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NAVAL STATION EVERETT, Wash. (Tribune News Service) — Rear Adm. Christopher Sweeney is a native of Maryland’s Eastern Shore who, as a boy, took to the Chesapeake Bay in a boat called the …

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May 7, 2024 – The vessel is part of the Boxer Amphibious Group, whose lead ship, the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer, turned back to San Diego less than two weeks after it left port on April 1 for repairs to …

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Jun 15, 2023 – Capt. Brett Crozier speaks to reporters outside the USS Theodore Roosevelt at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, Jan. 17, 2020 – . (Kaylianna Genier/U.S. Navy)

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Oct 13, 2023 – The commander of the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie, seen here returning to San Diego in November 2019, was relieved of duty on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023 – . (Woody Paschall/U.S. Navy)

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The drones, made by General Atomics of San Diego, can carry 3,000 pounds of ordnance and first saw combat in Afghanistan in 2007 and Iraq the following year. … California is a great step off …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/air-force-patch-showing-reaper-drone-over-outline-of-china-vexes-beijing-1.647026

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WASHINGTON — A Navy helicopter’s rotor struck the flight deck after landing on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, causing the crash that killed five sailors last week, according to a …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-09-08/navy-fatal-helicopter-crash-abraham-lincoln-aircraft-carrier-2815907.html

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He was arraigned at Naval Base San Diego in February 2019, but the case was postponed while the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals considered two appeals of a ruling that statements …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-05-02/navy-officer-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-2015-killing-of-wife-in-belgium-5870007.html

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The group’s namesake, Sgt. Matthew Abbate, is a Marine from Fresno, a close friend Schueman calls a modern-day Achilles. Abbate died in a firefight on Dec. 2, 2010 in the Sangin District.

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2021-05-28/Group-named-for-Marine-killed-in-action-gives-others-who-served-the-strength-to-push-through-1600948.html

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Aug 25, 2024 – USS Kingsville will homeport in San Diego. Contributing: The San Diego Union-Tribune. The crew of the Navy’s newest littoral combat ship, USS Kingsville (LCS 25), brings the ship to life during …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-08-25/uss-kingsville-christened-14971994.html

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Aug 30, 2024 – The absence of a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Indo-Pacific poses no immediate risk to regional security but exposes the U.S. Navy’s inability to project a complete global presence, a defense …

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May 24, 2023 – Marine Corps dress blue uniforms hang on a rack during the first uniform fitting at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego on March 21, 2023 – . … and the promotion process,” California-based think …

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May 8, 2024 – USNS Earl Warren (T-AO 207) during a testing event. The Navy accepted delivery on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 – , in San Diego following successful completion of Integrated Sea Trials.

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Jun 26, 2023 – Two pilots with the Army Air Service pump fuel through a hose from one plane to another in the sky over San Diego on June 27, 1923. The Air Force will commemorate the event on Tuesday with …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-06-26/air-force-inflight-refueling-flyovers-10559579.html

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Dec 14, 2023 – Sgt. Matthew K. Bylski, at right, a 23-year-old Marine who died Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023 – , in a rollover accident during training at Camp Pendleton, Calif., had nearly five years of service and was …

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Jul 19, 2024 – Players and staff from New Zealand’s All Blacks rugby team tour the Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado, Calif., on July 16, 2024 – . (Mar’Queon Tramble/U.S. Navy)

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His previous Navy assignments have taken him to Iraq, Bahrain, Diego Garcia, Japan, South Korea and Naval Special Warfare Command in California. Subscribe to Stars and Stripes Just 99c a week!

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On July 30, 2020 – , Marines and sailors from 1/4 left the amphibious transport dock ship Somerset in 13 AAVs and rode to San Clemente Island, Calif. for training.

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Two were treated in San Diego and the others were treated on board for minor injuries, the Navy said Sept. 1. One sailor, a petty officer third class whose name was redacted in the final report …

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Rachel Markwald, a sleep and human performance research physiologist for the Naval Health Research Center in San Diego, on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021 – , wears a smart ring used to assess sailor fatigue.

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