Connecticut-named subs break through Arctic Circle ice

Seawolf-class submarine USS Connecticut and Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Hartford break through the ice on Friday March 9, 2018 in support of Ice Exercise 2018. ICEX 2018 is a five-week exercise that allows the Navy to assess its operational readiness in the Arctic, increase experience in the region, advance understanding of the Arctic environment, and continue to develop relationships with other services, allies and partner organizations.

AP investigation: Justice elusive in child sex abuse on base

A decade after the Pentagon began confronting rape in the ranks, the U.S. military frequently fails to protect or provide justice to the children of service members when they are sexually assaulted by other children on base, an Associated Press investigation has found. Reports of assaults and rapes among kids on military bases often die on the desks of prosecutors, even when an attacker confesses.

Messenger Line

Navy Seaman Apprentice Xzavier Lindemood throws a messenger line from the USS Bonhomme Richard to sailors on the pier at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, March 12, 2018. The amphibious assault ship is operating in the Indo-Pacific and provides a rapid-response capability in the event of a regional contingency or natural disaster.

National Guardsman who threatened to kill Mike Pence sentenced

A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for threatening to kill Vice President Mike Pence. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, three witnesses said Dunbar made the statements days before the vice president, a former governor of Indiana, was set to appear as a keynote speaker at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., on Sept.

Dominican Republic boosts security along Haiti border

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Security officials in the Dominican Republic, say they have beefed up security along the border with Haiti in order to stem the flow of illegal immigrants According to Defence Minister Ruben Paulino, additional troops from the three military branches, as well as intelligence units have been deployed. He says the plan includes 50 drones, 50 vehicles, 200 motorcycles, and air force aircraft and navy boats to patrol the coastline.

Holiday pictures of Russian spy’s daughter Yulia Skripal emerge

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Ferne McCann discusses the aftermath of Arthur Collins’ acid attack

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Trump pardons sub picture taker

President Donald Trump has pardoned a former Navy sailor who served a year in prison for taking sensitive pictures of the reactor inside a nuclear submarine, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Friday. Trump repeatedly invoked the sailor, Kristian Saucier, during his presidential campaign after he was imprisoned for taking the pictures inside classified areas of the the USS Alexandria in 2009, saying Saucier's life was "ruined" though he did "nothing" compared to Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

Barnes ANG renovated main hangar reopens

Governor Charlie Baker was in Westfield Friday night to mark a multi-million dollar improvement at Barnes Air National Guard base. The state's highest ranking Massachusetts National Guard officer was also on hand to celebrate the renovation and the reopening of the 104th Fighter Group's main hangar.

Trump pardons Navy man who took illegal submarine photos

The White House announced Friday that President Donald Trump has pardoned a Navy sailor who took photos of classified areas inside a submarine and served a year in federal prison. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Kristian Saucier was pardoned by Trump and the president was "appreciative" of his service to the nation.

The Guantanamo Defense Lawyers Quit Because They Found Microphones in Their Office Walls

The team of lawyers defending the accused USS Cole bomber resigned because they discovered their client meeting room was bugged, according to a report yesterday in The Miami Herald . Attorneys for Abd al Rahim al Nashiri, the Saudi man charged with orchestrating the 2000 attack on the U.S. Navy destroyer, quit the case in protest back in October and have refused multiple orders from the presiding judge to return to the commission.