Harrison County native rises through ranks of Air Force Reserve
He briefly moved to Virginia, where he worked as a roofer. He then came back to West Virginia and worked various jobs, including at a landfill and at a grocery store.
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Inspector warned duck boat company of design flaws nearly a year ago
A private inspector said Saturday that he warned the company operating duck boats on a Missouri lake about design flaws putting the watercraft at greater risk of sinking, less than a year before the accident that killed 17 people during a sudden storm. Steve Paul, owner of the Test Drive Technologies inspection service in the St. Louis area, said he issued a written report for the company in August.
Coast Guard suspends search for missing sailor off Chicago
The U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search for a missing sailor Saturday evening on Lake Michigan, some seven hours after he fell off a yacht that had just started the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac. Approximately 20 boats and three helicopters from Coast Guard, Chicago Fire, Chicago Police and Chicago Yacht Club covered searched 47 square miles.
U.S. Air Force fighter jet intercepts aircraft flying near President Trump’s private golf club
A U.S. Air Force fighter jet intercepted a small general aviation aircraft flying near President Donald Trump's private golf club Saturday. The U.S. military is announcing that an F-16 jet intercepted a plane around 12:30 p.m. Saturday flying "without proper clearances or communications" in the temporary flight restriction zone around the president's Bedminster, N.J. golf course, where he is spending the weekend.
Air Force fighter intercepts plane near Trump golf course
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Inspector warned duck boat company of design flaws last year
A private inspector said Saturday that he warned the company operating duck boats on a Missouri lake about design flaws putting the watercraft at greater risk of sinking, less than a year before the accident that killed 17 people during a sudden storm. Steve Paul, owner of the Test Drive Technologies inspection service in St. Louis, said he issued a written report for the company in August 2017.
Fighter jet intercepts plane near Trump golf course
A U.S. Air Force fighter jet intercepted a small general aviation aircraft flying near President Donald Trump's private golf club in Bedminster on Saturday. The U.S. military is announcing that an F-16 jet intercepted a plane around 12:30 p.m. Saturday flying "without proper clearances or communications" in the temporary flight restriction zone around the president's Bedminster golf course, where he is spending the weekend.
A hairy issue: Sailors tell the U.S. Navy, ‘We want beards’
The Navy said last week that servicewomen could sport ponytails, lock hairstyles, or ropelike strands, and wider hair buns, reversing a policy that long forbade females from letting their hair down. Servicemen immediately chimed in on social media, asking the Navy if they could grow beards.
Now A Museum, This USSR Submarine Base Was Built To Endure U.S. Nukes – And Retaliate
Hazmat suits hang next to the canal that leads from Balaklava Bay to the heart of the underground base. Lucian Kim/NPR hide caption Today, white yachts bob on the turquoise surface of Balaklava Bay, a quiet inlet hidden from the open waters of the Black Sea.
Colorado VA hospital plagued by delays, high costs to open
It's more than $1 billion over budget and five years behind schedule, but an elaborate new veterans hospital is finally ready to open in suburban Denver with the promise of state-of-the-art medical care. The $1.7 billion Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center made it through nearly a decade of management blunders, legal battles, federal investigations and congressional hearings.
130,000 Vets Owed Tax Refunds
Tom Philpott has covered the military for more than 30 years. His syndicated column, Military Update, reaches 2 million readers and focuses on breaking news affecting pay, benefits, and the lifestyle of service people.
Long-delayed, budget-busting VA hospital to open in Colorado Source: AP
It's more than $1 billion over budget and five years behind schedule, but an elaborate new veterans hospital is finally opening in suburban Denver on Saturday with the promise of state-of-the-art medical care. The $1.7 billion Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center made it through nearly a decade of management blunders, legal battles, federal investigations and congressional hearings.
Now that women in the Navy can wear ponytails, men want beards
The Navy said last week that servicewomen could sport ponytails, lock hairstyles, or ropelike strands, and wider hair buns, reversing a policy that long forbade females from letting their hair down. Servicemen immediately chimed in on social media, asking the Navy if they could grow beards.
Trump-Putin II: Planning fall event in aftermath of Helsinki
Unbowed by swirling criticism of his summit encounter with Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump swiftly invited the Russian leader to the White House this fall for a second get-together. Cleanup from the first has continued with no letup and Trump belatedly decided Putin's "incredible offer" of shared U.S.-Russia investigations was no good after all.
Kick Knack
Air Force 2nd Lt. Alicia Bridel practices a rainbow kick at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., July 20, 2018.
7/19/18 Ot: The Non-Gmo Ot
The Global Positioning System , originally Navstar GPS , [1] is a satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Air Force . [2] It is a global navigation satellite system that provides geolocation and time information to a GPS receiver anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites.
Military veterans divided over Trump’s Russia comments
In this photograph taken July 17, 2018, Marine Corps veteran Chris Sheppard poses with a picture of himself taken during his service in Iraq in Oct. 2004, at his office in Seattle. "I thought that press conference yesterday with him in Putin, I thought that was a national tragedy.
Report: Weather was deteriorating before Alaska plane crash
In this July 10, 2018 photo, Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews rescue people after a float plane crashed southwest of Ketchikan, Alaska, on Prince of Wales Island.
Lawmakers: Funding disruptions that fueled readiness crisis, deadly accidents must stop
The House on Tuesday passed several legislative measures to draw attention to defense funding disruptions that some lawmakers contend have helped fuel a crisis in military readiness. As two annual defense bills are negotiated by members of Congress, House lawmakers debated several resolutions that argued gaps in military spending, which resulted in nine temporary funding measures in recent years, have led to a rash of ship and aircraft crashes that killed dozens of servicemembers.
WWII vet turned down for benefits offered in ‘obsolete’ form on SSA website
Allison Crowder tried to apply for special veterans benefits, which his daughter discovered on the Social Security Administration's website, but there's a big problem. The government agency may not honor the benefits form, even though at last check, anyone with a computer can find it.