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Fox News host Joey Jones blasted sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln for complaining about meals and conditions, calling them 'weak' during a CNN segment that aired on Fox's The Big Weekend Show; he leaned on his own Afghanistan service and ramen-and-tuna stories to argue that today’s recruits are less committed, while noting morale on the carrier has suffered after months at sea.
France is repositioning its aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and its carrier group toward the Strait of Hormuz with a possible mission in the volatile region, signaling an expanded French naval presence as President Macron visits Cyprus.
The AP piece details the deployment of U.S. military assets to the Middle East, highlighting the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and a B-52H Stratofortress conducting joint exercises in the CENTCOM area of responsibility in the Arabian Sea, alongside a visit by U.S. defense leadership to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, underscoring ongoing U.S. focus on the region.
A glitch in T-Mobile's phone unlock system is allowing users to unlock any Samsung smartphone without the typical waiting periods. By requesting a temporary network unlock through the Settings menu, users can then tap the option to permanently unlock their devices, leaving them open to use a SIM from any other carrier. This loophole, likely to be shut down soon, seems to work for recent Galaxy S devices and foldables, providing a useful option for some users.
The military-wide grounding of the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft fleet is impacting operations across the services, but the Navy is mitigating the loss by utilizing other options such as C-2A Greyhound aircraft, port calls, and underway replenishments. The carrier-specific CMV-22 variant of the Osprey, which the Navy started using in 2021, is currently only deployed on the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson. The Navy considers the Osprey a critical component of its future air wing and plans to continue adding new platforms and capabilities to its carrier air wings over the next decade.
Honeywell, a U.S. industrial firm, has announced its acquisition of Carrier's security unit for $4.95 billion in cash. The deal will strengthen Honeywell's building safety business, which has experienced slow growth in recent months. The acquisition will provide access to Carrier's brands, including Onity and Supra, and bolster Honeywell's building technologies business. The deal is expected to close before the end of the third quarter of 2024 and will be cash-earnings per share accretive to Honeywell in the first full year of ownership. Carrier intends to use the estimated net proceeds of about $4 billion to pay down debt.