USS Harry S. Truman CSG launches combat sorties against ISIL

The U.S. Navy's Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group launched combat sorties from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea last week in support of Operation Inherent Resolve over Syria and Iraq. According to a release from U.S. European Command, the group flew multiple combat sorties in an effort to degrade the resources and leadership capability of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Pence orders flags at half-staff in honor of Indiana cadet

Gov. Mike Pence has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of a West Point cadet and Indiana native killed last week during training exercises at Fort Hood, Texas. Cadet Mitchell Alexander Winey, a 21-year-old Valparaiso native, died after an Army transport truck he was riding in was washed away in a rain-swollen creek Thursday.

England’s Euro 2016 football shirts are being made in Indonesian…

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Ogden Arts Festival

This coming weekend, we start getting knee-deep in festival season; county fairs, music series, and various markets will all be kicking inm esp ecially now that most every school is out for summer break. The Ogden Arts Festival will take over Historic 25th Street and the Ogden Amphitheater from June 11-12, featuring local and visiting artists and musicians, as well as cool vendors and food, plus kids activities for the wee ones to enjoy.

David G. Sellars’ on the Waterfront Column: Hodgepodge of ships crowd Port Angeles Harbor

Jamie Marie, an 80-foot commercial fishing vessel, is hauled out at Platypus Marine in Port Angeles after having run aground in Ocean Shores on May 23. - David G. Sellars/for Peninsula Daily News ON THURSDAY, THE cargo ship Alaska moored to the Port of Port Angeles' Terminal 3 to take on a load of logs for export to China. The 616-foot ship was launched earlier this year from the Shin Kurushima Dockyard in Japan and made her maiden voyage to the United States in April.

USS Harry Truman launches airstrike against Islamic State from the Mediterranean Sea

A senior defense official told Fox News that F/A-18 Hornet combat jets deployed from the U.S. Navy carrier, flying over Turkey and conducting airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria. The strike marks the first launched by the United States from the Mediterranean since Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, as Naval air strikes have typically been launched from carriers in the Persian Gulf .

MacDill expected to weather delay in Air Force tanker delivery

There is a new delay in the launch of new KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling tankers but it should not affect MacDill Air Force Base, said U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, who has been leading the charge to bring the new planes to the base and obtain additional older ones. MacDill wasn't selected for the first round of the new tankers, but it is line to get more of the older KC-135 tanker planes they're replacing.

Coast Guard: Oil in Beaufort hospital, marina spills similar

The U.S. Coast Guard says oil found in the water at the Lady's Island Marina in Beaufort is similar to the type of oil that recently leaked from Beaufort Memorial Hospital into the Beaufort River. Chief Warrant Officer Dan Ferrell tells The Island Packet of Hilton Head that the oil that stained the hulls of boats and blackened the reeds on Factory Creek's banks has similar characteristics to the hospital's Sunday spill, but authorities are currently investigating them as separate incidents.