20,000 pounds of potatoes sent to Harvey victims

Hundreds of volunteers from across Maryland worked side-by-side to harvest more than 20,000 pounds of potatoes Saturday afternoon to directly support the ongoing hurricane recovery effort in Texas. Volunteers who represent a variety of groups and organizations, including schools, churches, businesses, even the US Coast Guard began harvesting the potatoes around 9 a.m. At 3 p.m. a tractor-trailer was loaded with 400 bags of potatoes, equating to more than 20,000 pounds for Hurricane Harvey relief.

Sailboat survivors recount doomed Pacific voyage

In this Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017 photo, a sailor greets Zeus the dog with his owner Tasha Fuiaba, left, on the boat deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland after she and one other Honolulu woman and their dogs were rescued after being lost at sea for several months while trying to sail from Hawaii to Tahiti. The U.S. Navy rescued the women on Wednesday after a Taiwanese fishing vessel spotted them about 900 miles southeast of Japan on Tuesday and alerted the U.S. Coast Guard.

USS Oak Hill returning home from hurricane relief

Last season was an embarrassment for Texas, for coach Shaka Smart, the players and the entire program. There are few ot Texas Last season: 11-22 Nickname: Longhorns Coach: Shaka Smart Conference: Big 12 Who's gone: F Jarret Allen, G Kendal Yancy, F Shaq Cleare CARIBBEAN SEA Information Systems Technician Seaman Brandon Kirkorian and Information Systems Technician Seaman Daisy Ruis perform preventative maintenance on life rails aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill .

Japan-Based Marines Conduct Nighttime Aerial Refueling Training

Marines based here conducted a nighttime aerial refueling exercise Oct. 25-26 to improve operational readiness and enhance pilot proficiency. An F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, conducts a nighttime aerial refueling training operation with a KC-130J Hercules aircraft with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, Oct. 25, 2017.

Oil spill closes part of Chicago River, south of the city

Part of the Chicago River, south of the third largest city in the United States, was closed on Thursday due to an oil spill, the source of which is unknown, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The U.S. Coast Guard shut down access to Bubbly Creek, a waterway extending from the south branch of the Chicago River, to people and vessels after report of the oil spill, the guard said in a statement.

The US war you didn’t hear about … until now

The military intervention that the United States political and Pentagon establishment never talked about is suddenly in the news after a joint patrol comprising 12 US troops and 30 Nigerien soldiers was attacked by a small group thought to be an ISIS affiliate known as ISIS in the Greater Sahara . The attack, which took place outside the village of Tongo Tongo, near the border with Mali, left four US Army Green Berets and five Nigerien soldiers dead and many more wounded, along with numerous ISIS-GS forces.

More wounded soldiers to testify at Bowe Bergdahl sentencing

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl arrives to the Fort Bragg courthouse for a sentencing hearing on Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, on Fort Bragg, N.C. Bergdahl, who walked off his base in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held by the Taliban for five years, faces up to life in prison after pleading guilty last week to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. FORT BRAGG, N.C. - The wounds and hardships soldiers suffered during their fruitless search for Army Sgt.

Sailor served as electronics technician

Duty stations: Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay; San Diego; , Naval Station Mayport; Norfolk, Va.; Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine and aboard USS Moosbrugger. USS Eisenhower, USS John L. Hall and USS Samuel B. Roberts His story: Tim Holt made a six-year commitment to enlist in the Navy in exchange for electronics training that he believed would help him find a job after his tour of duty ended.