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Hundreds gathered at a memorial service Sunday for nine Marine Corps aviators who were killed when their New York-based transport plane crashed in Mississippi last month. A total of 15 Marines and a sailor died July 10 when a C-130 transport plane crashed on July 10. The victims included nine crewmembers who served in a Marine Forces Reserve transport squadron based at Stewart Air National Guard base in Newburgh in New York's Hudson Valley.
The U.S. Coast Guard partnered with Illinois officials to police charter operations on Lake Michigan and the Illinois River, ending voyages for 22 vessels. The Coast Guard and Illinois Department of Natural Resources undertook the effort over the last two weeks.
Housing surrounded by flood waters caused by Hurricane Harvey is seen from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter during an overflight from Port Aransas to Port O'Connor, Texas, on August 26, 2017. Photo - U.S. Coast Guard/Petty Officer 3rd Class Johanna Strickland/Handout via Reuters Housing surrounded by flood waters caused by Hurricane Harvey is seen from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter during an overflight from Port Aransas to Port O'Connor, Texas, on August 26, 2017.
Constant deployments, a shrinking number of ships and high demands on crews have frayed the U.S. Navy, according to naval experts and current and former Navy officers, leading to four major incidents at sea this year and the deaths of 17 sailors. The collision of the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker on Aug 21 - which left 10 sailors dead - was the culmination of more a decade of nonstop naval operations that has exhausted the service.
The U.S. Coast Guard has stationed rescue boats and planes at several locations around parts of Southeast Texas affected by Tropical Storm Harvey. The Coast Guard's Houston-Galveston sector protects the coastline near the nation's fourth-largest city, a region home to a critical port and major oil refineries.
That was the tack of Russian-American oil tycoon Eugene Shvidler, who reportedly anchored his 370-foot vessel, "Le Grand Bleu," next to Lady Liberty for weeks at a time between April and June. No sooner did he leave Liberty Bay than Swiss-Italian scion Ernesto Bertarelli parked his 318-foot "Vava II" in the same waters, followed by German billionaire Reinhold Wurth in his relatively modest, 280-foot "Vibrant Curiosity" this month, according to reports.
The Great State of Maine Air Show returned to the former Brunswick Naval Air Station with the Navy Blue Angels and other top flying acts on Saturday. Organizers expect 40,000 to 50,000 spectators over two days to watch the Navy flight demonstration team, the U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight and the U.S. Special Operations Command parachute team, along with a host of other military and civilian pilots.
Norco College is at odds with some residents, city elected officials and the Navy over its plans to build a second road in and out of the campus to improve traffic. College President Bryan Reece is restarting a push for another access road to unclog traffic jams at the only entrance and exit to the campus at Third Street off Hamner Avenue.
The U.S. Coast Guard says Petty Officer 3rd Class Juan A. Guzman was sentenced in Seattle Friday to confinement for four years, a reduction in rank, forfeiture of all pay and a dishonorable discharge. The Coast Guard says Guzman was convicted of committing a sexual assault in Port Angeles, Washington in May 2014, and then lying to Coast Guard Investigative Service agents about it in July 2015.
Nine Marine Corps aviators who were killed when their New York-based transport plane crashed in Mississippi last month will be honored during a memorial service at their former air base. The victims of the July 10 crash of the C-130 include nine crewmembers who served in a Marine Forces Reserve transport squadron based at Stewart Air National Guard base in Newburgh in New York's Hudson Valley.
Sen. Chris Murphy is working on a bill that would help give U.S. manufacturers a shot at government contracts. Sen. Chris Murphy is working on a bill that would help give U.S. manufacturers a shot at government contracts.
The deaths of sailors aboard the USS John S. McCain have had an impact around the American fleet, and commanders want to make sure such an accident doesn't happen again. Ten sailors aboard the McCain were declared missing after their ship crashed into an oil tanker in coastal waters off Singapore.
Nearly one month after announcing via Twitter he'd ban transgender people from U.S. military, President Trump made good on his promise in a memo to the Pentagon Friday enacting a ban on their service -- although the fate of transgender people currently in the armed forces remains to be seen. In a memo dated Aug. 25 to the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security, Trump asserts the Obama administration "failed to identify a sufficient basis" to end the ban on transgender military service in June 2016 and directs the U.S. military to put the prohibition back in place.
In an impromptu speech while traveling abroad, Secretary of Defense James Mattis told a group of young troops to "just hold the line until our country gets back to understanding and respecting each other." Footage of Mattis' off-the-cuff remarks was posted to a Facebook page titled "U.S. Army W.T.F! Moments," a group that focuses on Army-related news and entertainment stories.
Local, state and national dignitaries will join Columbus residents, and friends and family members of U.S. Army Sgt. Jonathon Hunter for the Columbus native's funeral today.
In this Aug. 22, 2017 file photo. the damaged port aft hull of the USS John S. McCain is visible while docked at Singapore's Changi naval base in Singapore.
Vice President Mike Pence, left, talks to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin accompanied by his fiancA e Scottish actress Louise Linton after he was sworn-in Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. CREDIT: AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta Earlier this week, Louise Linton, the wife of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin posted an Instagram picture of her walking off a government plane, individually tagging every high fashion designer she was wearing and hashtagging her #hermesscarf.
High above the Persian Gulf, an Iranian drone crosses the path of American fighter jets lining up to land on the USS Nimitz. The drone buzzes across the sky at least a mile above the massive aircraft carrier and is spotted by the fighters.
White House guidance on the transgender military service ban President Trump ordered via tweet July 26 is headed to the Pentagon, as soon as Thursday afternoon or possibly Friday morning, a senior White House source told the Los Angeles Blade. The Guidance has been boiled down to a 21/2-page memo that directs Defense Sec. Mattis to come up with a policy in six months, stop spending money on transgender-related medical treatment for active duty trans servicemembers and gauges fitness for service based on "deployability"--whether the trans individual can ably serve in a war zone and engage in military exercises or function a ship for months, officials told the Wall Street Journal .