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Two US Navy destroyers involved in deadly collisions this year -- the USS John S. McCain and USS Fitzgerald -- had lengthy records of expired training certifications and some requirements had lapsed for more than two years, according to a new report obtained by CNN. New data submitted by the Government Accountability Office in response to questions from Rep. Joe Courtney, a Connecticut Democrat, confirmed CNN's previous reporting that both the McCain and Fitzgerald failed to fulfill key training qualifications ahead of the incidents that occurred this summer.
In this Feb. 10, 2017, file photo, family members of El Faro crew members stand with photographs of their loved ones during a break in a U.S. Coast Guard investigative hearing in Jacksonville, Fla. Federal accident investigators on Tuesday, Dec. 12, will determine the probable cause of the sinking of the cargo ship, the worst maritime disaster for a U.S.-flagged vessel in decades that resulted in the deaths of 33 mariners.
A federal judge on Monday declined the US government's request to put on hold an order allowing transgender individuals to join the military beginning in January. The decision means transgender people will be free to enlist in the new year.
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter intercepted a self-propelled semi-submersible vessel engaged in smuggling more than 3,800 pounds of cocaine, federal officials said Sunday. According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection , on November 13, CBP and Marine Operations arrested the crew during operations in international waters, and all three suspects will face charges in the U.S. "The drug cartels are relentless and extremely innovative," National Air Security Operations Center - Corpus Christi Director Allen Durham said.
I salute all who served, or currently serve, in the U.S. military. Every day - not just on Veterans Day - we should show gratitude for their service to country.
Spotsylvania resident Dorothy Dinnauer, 98, shares a birthday with the Marine Corps, and she's usually more excited about celebrating the service's big day than her own. She lives at Cardinal Village in Spotsylvania, Virginia on Dec. 5, 2017.
In a Thursday Nov. 30, 2017 photo, a collection of more than 200 miniature buildings is shown at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Ashland, Neb. In a Thursday Nov. 30, 2017 photo, a collection of more than 200 miniature buildings is shown at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Ashland, Neb.
The expedition crew of Research Vessel Petrel led by Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. Allen has documented the USS Ward in its final resting place near Ponson Island in Camotes, Cebu. The Allen-led expedition released the first underwater footage of the USS Ward - the American destroyer that fired the first shots in World War II at 6:45 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, just before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
President Donald Trump has an approval rating lower than any of his modern predecessors had at the same point in their presidencies, but the crowd at his campaign rally in northwest Florida offers adoring praise. Jason Kimball calls him "phenomenal."
The Trump administration plans to install a political appointee at the State Department to a key position managing policy on Iran and Iraq, a move that will replace a career diplomat with a loyal supporter of the president. Andrew L. Peek, a former captain in the U.S. Army Reserve and member of the president's State Department transition team, will become the new deputy assistant secretary of state covering Iran and Iraq, according to three State Department officials familiar with the matter.
As is the case with the X-32, the YF-23 never faced the most dramatic problems to afflict the F-22 Raptor. It never experienced cost overruns, technology failures, software snafus, or pilot-killing respiratory issues.
Donald Sellers, Sr. age 80, of Kings Mountain, went home to be with his Lord on December 7th, 2017, surrounded by his family at his home he took his last breath and entered the gates of heaven. Don was born in Kings Mountain, NC to the late George William Sellers, Sr and Alma Bell Sellers.
I have read a lot of negative letters in this paper regarding Rep. Herrera Beutler. I cannot say I agree with all her actions, but she was elected to represent us, and I believe she is doing her best.
We've compiled a list of fact checks related to the 7 December 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, the event that launched the United States into World War II. On 7 December 1941, the Japanese air force launched a surprise attack on the United States naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, killing more than 2,400 Americans, sinking or damaging more than a dozen warships, and destroying more than 180 aircraft.
We recognize today as the 76th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and as the beginning of a long and hard military struggle for the United States and its allies. Members of Company D, 192nd Tank Battalion, Kentucky National Guard, pose with their vehicles at Ft.
Just days before Thursday's 76th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, marine researchers have found and explored the undersea wreckage of the U.S. ship that was the first to fire upon a Japanese vessel that day. On Nov. 30, the crew of the research vessel Petrel sent an underwater drone 650 feet below to explore and document the remnants of the USS Ward, according to a statement by the USS Ward Expedition.
In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber, right top, flies over the Korean Peninsula with South Korean fighter jets and U.S. fighter jets during the combined aerial exercise, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. The United States flew a B-1B supersonic bomber over South Korea on Wednesday in part of a massive combined aerial exercise involving hundreds of warplanes, a clear warning after North Korea last week tested its biggest and most powerful missile yet.
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The Senate and House of Representatives contingents to the 25-member Commission on Appointments said Wednesday they would seek to lengthen the retirement age of those in the Armed Forces of the Philippines from 56 years old to at least 60 years old. They would also undertake committee hearings on proposals that the term of an AFP chief of staff should at least be three years, not for a few days after his appointment of an AFP chief of staff is confirmed by the CA.