Federal funding bill would authorize Kodiak land swap
Legislation to fund the U.S. Coast Guard includes a rider that would protect a small island in exchange for opening up a plot of tideland on Kodiak Island to development.
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Funeral Held For Victims Of New Milford Murder-Suicide
The low sound of taps drifted from St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Dover Plains, N.Y., on Saturday, honoring a man who gave 30 years to the U.S. Coast Guard and 20 more to the state of Connecticut before he and his adoptive daughter were slain in nearby New Milford last week.
Lawmakers push for water cleanup at former Air Force base
Three members of Congress are asking the U.S. Air Force to move faster on removing chemical contamination around the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda, Michigan. Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Senator Gary Peters and Rep. Dan Kildee made the request in a letter, noting that Congress recently boosted funding for cleaning up military installations tainted with chemicals commonly known as PFAS.
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Predictions by the US's top emergency response agency FEMA reveal the terrifying possibilities of a nuclear attack by Russia on the US. Vladimir Putin has the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons at his fingertips, with Donald Trump just a hair's breadth behind as the two sides squareup to one another over the Middle East.
Officials: Maryland boating season start deadliest in years
State Natural Resources Police and the U.S. Coast Guard told news outlets Friday that four boaters have died since April 4. Police superintendent Col. Ken Ziegler and Coast Guard Lt.
Republicans left behind in blue Democratic wave of new women candidates
Dressed in a blue flight suit adorned with a US flag and her name, Martha McSally, the US Congresswoman representing this Tucson, Arizona crowd, scanned the airline hangar filled with supporters. Saluting, as the retired Colonel is well accustomed to doing from her 26 years in the US Air Force, McSally pledged to crack a political ceiling with a rallying cry that echoes her entire career.
Operation Provide Feline Transporting the squadron cat.
While I was stationed in Germany, my unit, the 512th Fighter Squadron, spent time in Turkey, participating in Operation Provide Comfort I and II in the early 1990s. Turkey has a lot of cats.
That’s how she’s wired’: Pilot lauded fora
The Southwest Airlines pilot being lauded as a hero in a harrowing emergency landing after a passenger was partially blown out of the jet's damaged fuselage is also being hailed for her pioneering role in a car 'That's how she's wired': Pilot lauded for handling crisis The Southwest Airlines pilot being lauded as a hero in a harrowing emergency landing after a passenger was partially blown out of the jet's damaged fuselage is also being hailed for her pioneering role in a car Check out this story on yorkdispatch.com: In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, Lt.
That’s how she’s wired: Pilot lauded for handling crisis
The Southwest Airlines pilot being lauded as a hero in a harrowing emergency landing after a passenger was partially blown out of the jet's damaged fuselage is also being hailed for her pioneering role in a career where she has been one of the few women at the controls. The Southwest Airlines pilot being lauded as a hero in a harrowing emergency landing after a passenger was partially blown out of the jet's damaged fuselage is also being hailed for her pioneering role in a career where she has been one of the few women at the controls.
She calmly landed the Southwest flight and broke barriers as a fighter pilot
"Southwest 1380, we're single engine," Capt. Tammie Jo Shults, a former fighter pilot with the U.S. Navy, said.
China may be jamming US Navy jets off aircraft carriers in the…
China may be jamming US Navy jets off aircraft carriers in the Pacific - and the US will 'not look kindly on it' An EA-18G Growler assigned to the "Rooks" of Electronic Attack Squadron 137 launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman on February 28, 2018. The US Navy's USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier has reached the Philippines, and a pilot on board reported possibly having his aircraft jammed by the Chinese.
Gas Pipeline Fire Closes Intracoastal Waterway
The United States Coast Guard said it responded to a natural gas pipeline fire near Port O'Connor, Texas, on Tuesday evening. The agency was notified of the incident by vessel Jonathon King Boyd, which was on fire after hitting a gas pipeline while conducting dredging operations.
U.S. Coast Guard says responded to gas pipeline fire near Port O’Connor, Texas
The United States Coast Guard said it responded to a natural gas pipeline fire near Port O'Connor, Texas, on Tuesday evening. The agency was notified of the incident by vessel Jonathon King Boyd, which was on fire after hitting a gas pipeline while conducting dredging operations.
Navy identifies man killed in shooting at Ewa Beach home
The Navy said 41-year-old Chief Petty Officer John Ellsworth Hasselbrink, a submariner who served 22 years at Pearl Harbor, was killed in the shooting. Police reports say Hasselbrink was shot while trying to open the door of a 33-year-old Ewa Beach resident's house in the middle of the night.
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Born in Jersey City, Bob was a lifelong Bayonne resident. Bob served in the US Marine Corps from 1963-1967, serving in Vietnam 1965-1966.
The United States Navy’s plans to expand to a 355 ship force.
Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee questioned Navy leaders on April 17, 2018 on how quickly the fleet can be expanded to 355 ships. Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee questioned Navy leaders on April 17, 2018 on how quickly the fleet can be expanded to 355 ships.
USS John Warner tomahawk missile launch on Syria
On April 14, 2018, the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS John Warner launched tomahawk missiles from the Mediterranean Sea as part of a multi-national strike operation against the Syrian government in order to degrade the Syrian government's capability to produce and utilize chemical weapons. The submarine's operations in the Mediterranean Sea are part of a routine deployment in support of our regional allies and partners and U.S. national security interests.
U.S. Coast Guard saves stranded Dunnellon man near Crystal River
Members of the U.S. Coast Guard's station in Yankeetown rescue 76-year-old Jack Baird on Monday, after the Dunnellon man's 45-foot sailboat ran aground near the Crystal River. A 45-foot sailboat sits aground Monday near the Crystal River.
Patrick Buchanan: Trump – Prisoner of the War Party?
"Ten days ago, President Trump was saying 'the United States should withdraw from Syria.' We convinced him it was necessary to stay."
Video: Arizona Senate candidate joked about Saudi women stepping on land mines
Before she was a U.S. Representative for Arizona and a U.S. Senate candidate, Martha McSally made her name as an Air Force pilot from Rhode Island who sued the Department of Defense in 2002 to avoid having to wear an abaya off-base while stationed in Saudi Arabia. But a year later, in a commencement speech at Rhode Island College , she told an Islamophobic and tasteless joke that foreshadowed her anti-immigrant, xenophobic political career.