Jan 15, 2024The Navy has fired a guided-missile submarine’s commander after losing confidence in his leadership ability. Capt. Geoffry Patterson was relieved Friday from the Ohio-class USS Georgia’s blue …
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Feb 1, 2024Roger Wicker of Mississippi, the top Republican on the committee, said he was confident Paparo is “exceptionally qualified to lead our forces in the Pacific.” Paparo would succeed Adm. John …
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Jun 5, 2024Recent tests at a reservoir next to an air base in northern Japan found levels of toxic “forever chemicals” above U.S. and Japanese safety drinking standards, according to the local Japanese …
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May 10, 2024HONOLULU A Navy spouse’s exposure to jet fuel-contaminated tap water in 2021 did not result in long-term neurological problems, a neurologist testified Thursday in Hawaii federal court.
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Sep 1, 2023The Navy saw the number of sailors who died from an illicit drug overdose rise from 11 in 2017 to 17 deaths in 2021, according to the Defense Department, which made the data available in February …
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Chaplain (Lt.) Eric Brown speaks during a burial-at-sea ceremony aboard the USS Paul Ignatius in the Atlantic Ocean, June 13, 2021. The Navy announced chaplains will be assigned to every destroyer …
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BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Tribune News Service) The Navy’s newest boat, USS Savannah, will officially be brought to life during a commissioning ceremony Saturday at the Port of Brunswick.
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James Mattis, former Marine Corps general and U.S. Defense Secretary, with Christina Lomasney and an Elvis impersonator who reportedly married the couple in Las Vegas, on June 25, 2022.
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Jan 3, 2024A Marine security guard honored last year for stopping a stabbing in Virginia died several days before Christmas in the Republic of Congo. Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas Dural, 20, of Lafayette, La …
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Jenny Gaume, music teacher at Yokota High School, teaches, from left, students Sydney Roddan, Molly Bogdon and Jay Mahone the marching band the song “Mic Drop,” by BTS at Yokota High School on …
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Apr 14, 2024Her mother, Jayime Mathis, drove 14 hours from Mississippi, bringing a sign that read, “Welcome home, girly!” Jayime Mathis, left, holds a sign welcoming home her daughter, Spc.
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Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) navigates in the Gulf of Mexico during bravo trials. In a short, informal ceremony to be shown live on the Facebook page of the future USS Frank E. Petersen Jr …
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PASCAGOULA, Miss. (Tribune News Service) Twenty years before he was appointed U.S. Secretary of the Navy, Carlos Del Toro was stationed in Pascagoula and helped build the USS Bulkeley (DDG-84 …
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May 10, 2024The TRITON drone, manufactured by Gulfport, Miss.-based Ocean Aero, is capable of operating on the surface or underwater. The Navy is testing the drone’s capabilities in the Gulf of Guinea during …
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Aug 18, 2023Dexavion Sanders, a 22-year-old Mississippi National Guard member on rotation in Grafenwoehr, died Saturday when his car careened off an A6 highway exit ramp into a group of trees, according to …
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BILOXI, Miss. (Tribune News Service) A civilian contractor charged in the fatal wreck that killed one airman and critically injured three others at Keesler Air Force base had taken the herbal …
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John Alexander, with Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, said his group had approved loans or grants of $1.4 million to more than 3,700 “clients” from Gulfport and Pascagoula, Miss …
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Aug 2, 2024Army Sgt. Sagen Maddalena smiles and waves to the crowd before accepting her silver medal after placing second in the women’s 50-meter three-position rifle competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics …
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Combatives training in the 75th Ranger Regiment may soon become a bit more intense, as the son of a hall-of-fame martial artist enlisted recently with hopes of donning the unit’s tan beret.
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (Tribune News Service) A federal grand jury Friday unsealed a five-count indictment against a military police officer at Edwards Air Force Base alleging more than $250,000 …
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