Hawaii bill seeks more oversight of commercial fishing
In this March 23, 2016 file photo, a man unloads fish from a U.S. commercial fishing vessel at Pier 38 in Honolulu.
Category Archives: US Military
Conway: Flynn resigned because he’d become – a lightning rod’
National security adviser Michael Flynn has resigned following reports he misled Vice President Mike Pence about contacts with a Russian diplomat, up-ending President Donald Trump's White House team less than a month after his inauguration. In a resignation letter, Flynn said he gave Pence and others "incomplete information" about his calls with Russia's ambassador to the U.S. The vice president, apparently relying on information from Flynn, initially said the national security adviser had not discussed sanctions with the Russian envoy, though Flynn later conceded the issue may have come up.
Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn resigns
President Donald Trump 's embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned following reports he misled Vice President Mike Pence and other officials about his contacts with Russia. His departure upends Trump's senior team after less than a month in office.
Coast Guard calls off search for 6 fishermen on crab boat
The search has been called off for the six veteran fishermen aboard a crabbing boat missing in the icy, turbulent Bering Sea. The fishing vessel Destination went missing early Saturday after an emergency signal from a radio beacon registered to the ship.
India eyes record satellite launch as Asia’s space race heats up
India's space agency will attempt to launch 104 satellites from a single rocket Wednesday -- a record feat that, if successful, will cement the country's space smarts after its successful Mars orbiter mission. "It's going to be a big deal.
6 fishermen on crab boat go missing; owners hope for best
Six veteran fishermen aboard a crabbing boat have gone missing in the icy, turbulent Bering Sea, and their employers are clinging to hope that they might somehow be found safe. The fishing vessel Destination went missing early Saturday after an emergency signal from a radio beacon registered to the ship.
Mexican Marines Use Helicopter Minigun To Kill Cartel Boss
Mexico-Eight people were killed according to authorities, including the suspected gang leader, identified as Juan Francisco Patron Sanchez, known as H2; he's the leader of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel. A Mexican military helicopter gunship fired on the alleged hideout of a drug kingpin in one of a pair of raids that left 12 suspects dead, including the cartel capo, Mexican authorities said Friday.
Trump says US will deal with North Korea ‘very strongly’
To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: President Donald Trump listens as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in Washington. WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to "deal with" North Korea, calling it "a big, big problem" without mentioning the ballistic missile it test-fired over the weekend or any planned American response.  The Pentagon was more pointed in its assessment of the problem.
Will Trump’s cabinet challenge Trump?
Because we don't think we've done so before, let us use the words "quiet" and "successful" in a sentence that references the Trump White House: Two of President Donald Trump's cabinet picks got off to -- here it is -- quiet, successful starts in their positions, reinforcing the notion that business-as-has-been-customary just might be a viable expectation for elements of this peripatetic administration. Stay with us here: Do you recall all the Obama Cabinet members who pushed back at the president when he overstepped his role? Neither do we.
Trump must Return to ‘Peace Through Strength’
One of the issues that helped elect President Ronald Reagan in 1980 was the fact that President Jimmy Carter, ironically a Navy veteran, had left the United States military gasping for air with planes that couldn't fly and ships that couldn't sail for lack of trained crews or spare parts or both. Reagan would go on the build his 600-ship navy, start development of missile defense, etc.
Search for fishing vessel with 6 people goes into 2nd day
The U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska is searching for a fishing boat with six people that has been missing in the Bering Sea for more than a day. Ships and aircraft have looked through the night for the 98-foot-long F/V Destination, according to a news release from the agency on Sunday afternoon.
Nation-Now 23 mins ago 2:37 p.m.Army to spend $300 million on bonuses …
The Army plans to spend $300 million in a blitz of bonuses and advertising over the next eight months to recruit 6,000 additional soldiers it needs to fill out its ranks. Legislation approved by Congress and signed late last year by former president Barack Obama halted a years-long drawdown of U.S. troops.
Pentagon launches effort to solve a baffling WWII mystery
The Pentagon is launching efforts to solve a baffling World War II mystery: whether dozens of U.S. sailors listed as missing from a ship disaster were actually recovered and buried all along as unknowns in a New York cemetery. More than 130 victims of the USS Turner's 1944 explosion and sinking near New York Harbor are still officially missing.
Yemen: In the Shadow of Death
It is my intention to make my entire life a rejection of, a protest against the crimes and injustices of war and political tyranny which threaten to destroy the whole human race and the world ... If I say no to all these secular forces, I also say yes to all that is good in the world and in humanity. I say yes to all that is beautiful in nature ... I say yes to all the men and women who are my brothers and sisters in the world.
Rep. Stivers promoted to brigadier general
In a ceremony at the Beightler Armory in Columbus attended by friends, family members and his fellow members of the military, Stivers, 51, a fourth-term congressman serving central Ohio, was promoted from a colonel to a brigadier general of the Ohio National Guard. In his new position, Stivers will oversee a joint staff of Army and Air Guardsmen tasked with creating better contingency plans for no-notice deployments, such as natural disasters.
Northern Virginia man who attempted to provide support to ISIS sentenced to 11 years in prison
Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 27, of Sterling, and a former member of the Army National Guard, was sentenced today to 11 years in prison and five years supervised release for attempting to provide material support to ISIS.
Military sources deny reports Britain’s entire fleet of attack submarines is out of operation due to repairs
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
Foreign workers in Hawaii may be catching seafood illegally
In this Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, photo, a catch of fish is unloaded from a commercial fishing boat at Pier 38 in Honolulu. Hawaii authorities may have been violating their own state laws for years by issuing commercial fishing licenses to thousands of foreign workers who have been refused entry into the United States, The Associated Press has found.
9 killed when US sub hit Japanese fishing ship remembered
Uwajima Fisheries High School students offer flowers in memory of nine people killed when a U.S. Navy submarine accidentally rammed into the Ehime Maru, a training vessel for the school students, 16 years ago off Hawaii during a ceremony Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, at the memorial of the accident at the school in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. The submarine's rudder sliced into the ship's hull some 6 miles offshore.
From submarine searching to subsea cable surveys
RV Geo Resolution, a hydrographic survey vessel owned by Hong Kong base EGS Survey, will leave Sydney's Glebe Island wharf in the next few days to commence surveying the seabed between Australia and the US in search of the optimal route for Southern Cross Cable's new submarine cable, Next. The 68 metre, 1913 tonne diesel electric-powered Geo Resolution started life in 1989 as the US Navy's Tenacious tracking Soviet submarines and after a stint as a New Zealand Navy hydrographic survey vessel was bought by EGS and converted for submarine cable route surveying in 2014.