Gilmer grad promoted to Air Force general
NAVAL AIR STATION FORT WORTH JOINT RESERVE BASE, Texas - A 1984 Gilmer High School graduate promoted to brigadier general recently. Air Force Reserve Brig.
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Happy St Patrick’s Day – here are 10 great things the Irish have done for us
It's that time of year again when we celebrate all things Irish but there is a lot more to Irish achievement than shamrocks, Guinness and Jedward. Ireland has been making a positive impact around the globe for centuries and there's no better time to celebrate some of those real Irish accomplishments than just ahead of St Patrick's Day.
Sources: 106th Rescue Wing members killed in Iraq helicopter crash
New York Air National Guard flight engineer Christopher J. Raguso, a lieutenant with Commack fire and the FDNY, identified as one of the victims. Members of the 106th Rescue Wing of the Air National Guard stationed at Francis Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach were among those killed Thursday in the crash of a U.S. helicopter in Iraq, sources said.
For future river workers –
Students tour a U.S. Coast Guard boat, taking the opportunity to ask members of the Coast Guard about the vessel. OHIO VALLEY - Living along the river offers careers to residents of those river communities of which the youth may be unaware.
Edmonds man gets prison for Navy cadet program embezzlement
A 49-year-old Edmonds man has been sentenced to a year in prison for defrauding the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps of more than $75,000. Court records say Leighton volunteered to become a training officer for a local cadet corps based in Skagit and Snohomish counties working with teens in the Sea Cadets program.
Icebreaker Polar Star due home tomorrow
The Seattle-homeported U.S. Coast Guard heavy icebreaker Polar Star is one of a kind, and it's coming home tomorrow after more than three months at sea. You'll see it off north West Seattle before its scheduled arrival on the downtown waterfront at 4 pm.
The names of the 2 Navy aviators involved in fatal crash will be released tonight
The U.S. Navy late tonight will release the names of the two aviators who were killed Wednesday when the F/A-18F Super Hornet they were in crashed into shallow water at Naval Air Station Key West. The aviators were flying near Key West when the two-seat jet crashed around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.
And Now Yountville
TRAUMATIC STRESS Alleged Veterans Home of California shooter and suicide victim Albert Wong had been recently forced to leave a program for veterans with PTSD. State Sen. Bill Dodd was at a meeting in Napa County about wireless emergency alerts this past Friday morning when the emergency alert on his phone went off, along with those of Sonoma County Supervisor James Gore and District 4 Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry.
US military official: Iran naval forces halt ‘provocations’
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, March 13, 2018.
Coast Guard searches for boater after rescuing 3 in Florida
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three boaters and is now searching for a fourth man after a boat sank off Florida's Gulf Coast. Coast Guard officials said in a news release they received a call from the crew early Thursday that a 37-foot commercial fishing boat was taking on water and required rescue.
Oceana-based jet crashes off Key West; 2 crew members dead
A US Navy fighter jet based at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach crashed off the coast of Key West, Florida on Wednesday afternoon. Both crew members have died.
2 Navy aviators die after jet crashes near Key West
The two crew members of the plane ejected and were found during a search and rescue operation. They were transported to an area hospital, CBS News reported .
Squamish climber and friend have died in Alaska, father confirms
On a Tuesday night Facebook post, Marc-Andre Leclerc's father Serge wrote, "Sadly we have lost 2 really great climbers and I lost a son I am very proud of. My heart is so broken...Part of me is gone with him..." "I gotta say, I loved that young guy, almost like my kids," says one of Leclerc's mentors in a GoFundMe campaign that has been set up to help his family.
Navy jet crashes off Key West, killing 2 crew members
A U.S. Navy fighter jet crashed Wednesday off the coast of Key West, Florida, killing its two crew members. The F/A-18 Super Hornet was on approach to land at the naval air station around 4:30 p.m. EDT, and crashed into the water about a mile east of the runway.
Lookout Mountain, Tn., Promotes Dale Taylor To Assistant Chief; Coyotes Increasing On The Mountain
Dale Taylor has served the town of Lookout Mountain, Tn., since 2014 as a police officer, firefighter and paramedic.
Dachau Survivor and Liberator Talk About Meeting After 67 Years
The first time Ernie Gross and Don Greenbaum crossed paths was on April 29, 1945.
Retired US general and foreign affairs chair eyed for role of South Korea envoy
A retired US Army general and the chairman of the US house foreign affairs committee have emerged as candidates to become US President Donald Trump's ambassador to Seoul. Retired US Army General James Thurman and outgoing Republican Representative Edward Royce are under consideration for the ambassadorship, two sources with knowledge of the matter told the South China Morning Post .
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.
Jonathan Brussow
Jonathan Brussow, 19, and his girlfriend, Athena Williams, 20, were vacationing in the Bahamas last Monday when a huge wave swept him away. The night before the 19-year-old's tragic death, he sat down with Williams' family to ask them a question that would change their lives forever.