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Jul 24, 2024The commanding officer of the USS Cole, Cmdr. Tim Clark, was transferred earlier this week to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt for undisclosed medical reasons, the Navy said in a …

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The division’s operations officer, Lt. Col. Matt Jonkey, 47, of Reno, Nev., said he was impressed to see the allies working toward a common goal.

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She has reported for a variety of publications in Montana, Nevada and Louisiana, and served as editor of newspapers in Louisiana, Oregon and Washington. previous coverage Navy fires commander of …

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Nov 28, 2022The $13.3 billion Ford returned Saturday to its Virginia homeport at Naval Station Norfolk, capping a long-delayed maiden deployment that included the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility in Europe.

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A Navy ship will bear the name of former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a pioneering women’s rights and gender equality advocate who took a leading role in a landmark decision …

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Sep 22, 2024The future Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine SSN 812 will be named USS Baltimore, secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced Friday during a ship naming ceremony in Baltimore …

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Jul 20, 2023She has reported for a variety of publications in Montana, Nevada and Louisiana, and served as editor of newspapers in Louisiana, Oregon and Washington. related stories ‘You saved the world …

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Mar 5, 2024Since 2017, Northrop has received more than $600 million in Navy contracts to produce and modify the Triton, which has a 20-year lifespan. Each one costs $32.8 million per year to support and operate.

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Jul 8, 2024USS Hershel “Woody” Williams enters the port at Libreville, Gabon, on May 5, 2024. The ship ran aground near the port four days later. On July 8, the Navy relieved Gold crew commander Capt …

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Aug 28, 2023Located at Camp Foster, the hospital serves a military population of 47,000, including active-duty service members and their families, Defense Department civilian workers and their dependents, and …

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Jun 27, 2024Philippine navy Vice Adm. Toribio Adaci speaks with Rear Adm. Joaquin J. Martinez de Pinillos, vice commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, during a reception aboard the USS Blue Ridge, June 20, 2024.

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In this June 1979 photo, then-Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Thomas B. Hayward meets with the 4th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Thomas Crow and his wife, Carol, in Washington, D.C., on …

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WASHINGTON — The Air Force says it has disciplined the technical sergeant at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada whose profane and racially charged diatribe about subordinates went viral in January.

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Oct 2, 2024NAPLES, Italy — Video footage released Wednesday by the Navy shows a U.S. destroyer in the eastern Mediterranean Sea launching missiles in defense of Israel against an Iranian air attack this week.

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Mar 4, 2024The Houthis on Monday also denied involvement in three severed Red Sea underwater cables that provide internet and telecommunications around the world.

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The U.S. Navy recently moved sailors aboard its newest base, a strategic installation in northern Poland that will support NATO’s European missile defense system.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-01-25/navy-complete-personnel-move-into-its-newest-base-4408247.html

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Sep 18, 2024The temporary fix is to sideline 17 ships. The Navy hopes that a plan to reassign 700 people from those ships to others will fill gaps and allow mariners to take adequate vacation time.

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Oct 16, 2024The destroyer USS Oscar Austin arrives at Naval Station Rota, Spain, completing its homeport shift from Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Oct. 15, 2024.

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Mar 7, 2024Air Force Office of Special Investigations personnel are assisting Italian authorities in Pordenone, Italy, following the death of a 12-year-old daughter of an Aviano Air Base airman, officials said.

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