US Navy

Navy selects first female Blue Angels jet pilot

The US Navy named its first female jet pilot for the Blue Angels. On Monday, the Navy selected Lt. Amanda Lee for the 2023 show season. Lee, who is assigned to the Gladiators of Strike Fighter Squadron 106, worked her way up from an aviation electronics tech in 2007. She will undergo a five-month training this fall before officially becoming one of the Blue Angels’ Super Hornet pilots.

FILE - A vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is displayed on a counter at a pharmacy in Portland, Ore. on Dec. 27, 2021. Government advisers are debating Tuesday, June 28, 2022, if Americans should get a modified COVID-19 booster shot this fall — one that better matches more recent virus variants. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

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Attorney Younts: Armed forces vaccine mandates forcing ‘a purge of Christians in the military’

Pennsylvania attorney R. Davis Younts successfully defended an evangelical Navy lieutenant who didn’t want to receive the COVID vaccine. Now, the attorney told One America News that the vaccine mandate for all soldiers may be “creating a purge of Christians in the military.” One America’s John Hines has more from Washington.