Promoting voter ID, Trump says ID needed to buy groceries

A supporter of President Donald Trump heckles CNN Jim Acosta, left, during a Trump rally at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, July 31, 2018. Trump rallied against Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, saying it's time for Florida to vote him out of office at the rally.

Public asked to weigh in on latest Coast Guard museum designs

To continue reading this premium story, you need to become a member. Click below to take advantage of an exclusive offer for new members: The latest design, showing the proposed front entrance of the estimated $100 million National Coast Guard Museum planned for downtown New London waterfront, is seen in this rendering released Tuesday, July 31, 2018.

UNMC Building National Reputation As Biosecurity Leader

The University of Nebraska Medical Center's biosecurity teams - working with the National Strategic Research Institute at the University of Nebraska , Nebraska Medicine and Indiana University, Bloomington - have been busy this year conducting military research and training exercises for the Department of Defense and also providing training for civilian responders from across the nation. Assistant vice chancellor for interprofessional health security training and education John Lowe is heading a team of 11 investigators from Nebraska, Indiana and NSRI evaluating the equipment and procedures used to airlift patients in bio-isolation.

GOP sees chance to beef up its power in blue Connecticut

In this Thursday, July 26, 2018 photo, Westport tech entrepreneur and Navy veteran Steve Obsitnik, right, one of five Republicans running for governor, meets with voters in Waterford, Conn., during a campaign event ahead of the Aug. 14 primary. Obsitnik, who was stationed at the U.S. Naval Submarine Base in Groton, said he's been campaigning for a while in eastern Connecticut, where many communities voted for Donald Trump.

11 people standing on jetty at Dana Point Harbor handed over to Border Patrol

Sgt. Paul Ketcham looks at Moro Beach where two panga boat were recently found near Crystal Cove State Beach while giving a tour to a reporter on Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Two Harbor Patrol deputies on patrol in Dana Point Harbor last weekend noticed something odd: 11 people, some in life vests, standing on the west jetty with no boat in sight.

Report: Marines lead all services in binge drinking, sex partners

A new report from the RAND Corp. analyzed survey data from thousands of active-duty military members and found Marines are more likely to be heavy drinkers, use tobacco and engage in riskier sexual behavior than the sailors, soldiers and airmen of the other branches. RAND found that incidents of binge drinking and hazardous drinking among Marines were almost double what they were in the Air Force.

Navy tightens surface warfare officer qualifications to improve watch-standing skills

The Navy is clamping down on who can become a surface warfare officer - a move aimed at boosting focus on bridge watch-standing opportunities for future warship commanders. Effective immediately, sailors pursuing SWO certification must be commissioned line officers qualified to command warfighting units or be making a lateral transfer into the field, according to a Navy instruction issued July 23. The change - which restricts limited-duty officers, chief warrant officers and senior enlisted sailors from becoming SWOs - comes after ineffective watch-standing was found to be partly to blame for separate collisions last year that killed 17 sailors on the destroyers USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain.

California Mesothelioma Victims Center Now Urges a US Navy Veteran…

If you want to receive the very best possible mesothelioma financial compensation you need direct access to some of the nation's most skilled mesothelioma attorneys " NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA, July 30, 2018 / EINPresswire.com / -- According to the California Mesothelioma Victims Center, "If you are a US Navy Veteran who has recently been diagnosed with mesothelioma in California or this is a family member, please call us anytime at 800-714-0303 so you do not hire an inexperienced lawyer/law firm.

Adieu, great view: Longtime lighthouse caretaker moving on

The New York Times reports the 62-year-old known as Marge has been living for free in the 222-year-old Montauk Lighthouse for 31 years - since April 1987 - when the U.S. Coast Guard moved out of the property on the island's eastern end and turned it over to the Montauk Historical Society. She lived at the lighthouse for free but the caretaker's job came with no pay, so she worked during the day at the local post office for 30 years.

RRAD eyes new missions

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's office would like to know why work that should be going to Red River Army Depot is going elsewhere. "Language has been put into the National Defense Authorization Act for FY19 to investigate this and figure out why missions are going other places than where they are supposed to," a Cruz spokesman said.

Truck falls off Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel

Truck falls off Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in crash A crash on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel closed all southbound traffic for a time Friday evening, officials said. Check out this story on eveningsun.com: A freight truck went over a Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel safety wall and into the water on Friday, officials confirmed, stopping all southbound traffic for a time.

Is Trump’s Space Force on life support or still taking off?

Launched from the USS John Paul Jones, a Standard Missile-6 demonstrated its ability to intercept ballistic missiles in their final seconds of flight during live fire tests July 28-Aug. 1, 2015. President Trump's dream of a "Space Force" to protect American satellites either had a setback or made "significant progress" this week, depending on your perspective.