Jul 11, 2024 – The future USS John Basilone transits the Kennebec River near Bath, Maine, heading out to sea to conduct trials in April 2024. The ship, named for Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone, who was awarded the …
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By. Dennis Hoey. Portland Press Herald November 17, 2021 – . The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) transits the Mediterranean Sea Oct. 7, 2018. Bath Iron …
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Oct 12, 2023 – The drone sensor can detect vital signs from 30 to 150 feet away, even through body armor, an Army statement during the August exercise said. The prototype drone system is part of the VISTA …
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The Marine Corps’ spending plan would support a force of 204,800 active-duty Marines and Reserve members, several hundred less than the projected end strength for fiscal 2024.
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A “perfect storm” of supply chain issues coupled with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has arrived at Defense Department commissaries worldwide, leaving shelves empty and shoppers frustrated.
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Tetrault, 28, who works on F-35B Lightning II fighters at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, was one of 158 Marines from Japan and South Korea in the Far East Marksmanship Competition, a 10 …
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Jul 18, 2024 – Four thousand troops, including 1,400 Marines are involved in the drills, 1st Lt. Colton Martin, a spokesman for the rotational force, told Stars and Stripes by email Wednesday.
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Jul 15, 2024 – The troops arrived on the island by air while their vehicles and gear came by sea as part of Operation Pathways, he said. “It allowed us to stretch our logistics,” he said of the training.
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Nov 15, 2022 – Samuel Folsom, a Marine Corps fighter pilot who battled Japanese Zeros over Guadalcanal in World War II, died Saturday in Sherman Oaks, Calif., according to the New York Times. He was 102.
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For the past three years the Navy has been operating heavily along the coast and on the inland waterways of South Vietnam, but less than a year ago the Brown Water Navy really came into its own.
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WASHINGTON Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., on Tuesday called on Army leaders to investigate a “blood curdling” news report that found nearly 2,000 military firearms went missing during …
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Mar 30, 2023 – Meyer, of South Bend, Ind., said he and the other sailors were asked a lot of questions about their jobs, hometowns and more casual topics such as food or entertainment; and sailors asked similar …
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The Army projects an end-strength of about 442,300 active-duty soldiers, 325,000 National Guard members and 175,800 reservists by the end of fiscal 2025, he said.. The service implemented a series …
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Street Smart was last presented at Marine camps on Okinawa 10 years ago and this year follows in the wake of two fatal crashes right outside the Camp Foster gate.
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Former Army Staff Sgt. Ryan M. Pitts, shown here in April of 2014, will be awarded the Medal of Honor on July 21, 2014. ()
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WASHINGTON An airman was shot Friday evening at Hurlburt Field, Fla., by her civilian husband in an incident that ended nearly 90 minutes later with the shooter killing himself, base officials …
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A new KC-46A Pegasus arrives at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Jan. 21, 2022 – . The Air Force announced Monday, Jan. 24, that March Air Reserve Base in California is the “preferred …
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An upstate New York native who served three years in the U.S. Army before graduating from the University of Arizona, she previously worked at The Anchorage Daily News and The Seattle Times. Over …
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Jul 29, 2023 – Gen. Andrew Poppas, commander of Army Forces Command, left, administers the oath of enlistment to country singer Craig Morgan during a concert at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday …
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NAPLES, Italy Borrowing words from the nation’s 35th president, Rear Adm. Carl “Van” Mauney will look back on his naval career with pride and satisfaction, he said Friday …
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