Commander Crystal Schaefer is a native of Medford, WI and earned her commission through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Program. She is a 2003 graduate of the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, with a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and earned a master's degree in Business and Administration from the Carlson School of Management.

At sea, she served as Strike Officer onboard USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79), Reactor Propulsion Division Officer onboard USS

Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Operations Officer onboard USS Pinckney (DDG 91), Chemistry and Radiological Controls Officer onboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), and Assistant Reactor Officer onboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77).

Ashore, Crystal served as Assistant Professor of Naval Science at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Naval Reserve Officer

Training Corp, Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) Officer in Charge for U.S. Sixth Fleet in Naples, Italy, and Prospective Commanding Officer Course Coordinator at the Surface Warfare Schools Command in Newport, RI.

Her personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corp Commendation Medal (three awards), Navy and Marine Corp Achievement Medal (four awards), and various unit, campaign, and service awards.

Commander Schaefer assumed duties as the 78th Commanding Officer of USS Constitution on June 21, 2024.

And among those files flagged for removal was a photograph of Pfc. Harold Gonsalves, who received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.

Gonsalves was born into a Portuguese-American family in Alameda, California, on Jan. 28, 1926. He spent his boyhood days there and was, by all accounts, an excellent student who was active in his school's extracurricular activities. But the young man never finished high school. Instead, he dropped out during his junior year to start working as a clerk for the local Montgomery Ward, one of America's oldest and then-most successful retail chains.

The United States entered World War II when Gonsalves was just 15 years old. He was barely 17 when he joined the Marine Corps Reserve in May 1943. Less than one month later, he was called up to active duty. He became a cannoneer with the Marine Corps artillery, and before the year's end, he was shipping out to the Pacific Theater. After joining his fellow artillerymen in the 22nd Marines, he first saw action capturing the island of Engebi during the Battle of Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands. From there, Gonsalves and the 22nd captured the Perry Islands and Kwajalein.

.....As the group approached the front, a Japanese grenade landed in their midst. Without hesitation or reservation, Gonsalves threw himself on it. He absorbed the full blast and fragmentation, saving his comrades who all emerged unharmed.

For his actions to protect his fellow Marines, President Harry S. Truman awarded him a posthumous Medal of Honor, which was presented to his family in San Francisco on June 19, 1946.

"Stouthearted and indomitable," his Medal of Honor citation read, "Private First Class Gonsalves readily yielded his own chances of survival [so] that his fellow Marines might carry on the relentless battle against the fanatic Japanese and his cool decision, prompt action, and valiant spirit of self-sacrifice in the face of certain death reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Naval Service."

Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets were scrambled over President Donald Trump's residence in Palm Beach, Florida, twice last weekend to intercept civilian aircraft, a growing trend since he began his second term.

On Saturday and Sunday, fighter jets from North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, were authorized to intercept civilian aircraft flying near Mar-a-Lago -- the resort near the West Palm Beach golf course that has been Trump's primary residence for several years -- that were violating a temporary flight restriction, or TFR, over the area put in place by the Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA.

The president was at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach during both incidents, according to press pool reports. Flights are often restricted around any area where the president is present.

NORAD said in a news release that, since the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, the command has "responded to over 20 tracks of interest entering the Palm Beach, Florida" temporary flight restriction area.