Category: US Military

The Internet on the Peninsula :Options for Broadband

Blue Hill resident and past Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Director Butler Smythe will present current options and realistic growth areas for Broadband Capacity on the Blue Hill Peninsula at the Blue Hill Public Library on Thursday January 26th at 7:00 PM. He will discuss how Internet service affects selling a house; working and recreating from home; and establishing scalable business opportunities in the area.

Billions to be paid to affected Marines

After years of wait, veterans who had been exposed to contaminated drinking water while assigned to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina may now be able to receive a portion of government disability benefits totaling more than $2 billion.

Top Cabinet nominees Tillerson, Mattis contradict Trump’s foreign policy

Toughness with Russia and China, support of the Iran nuclear deal, the quest for a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Donald Trump’s diplomacy and military picks have outlined the incoming administration’s foreign policy in Senate confirmation hearings this week. And on many strategic issues, in particular the president-elect’s desire for improved ties with Russia, Rex Tillerson, the former head of ExxonMobil chosen for secretary of state, and James Mattis, the retired U.S. Marine Corps general chosen as defense secretary, contradicted Trump in the hearings Wednesday and Thursday.

Ron Paul: Will Barack Obama’s ‘Good War’ in Afghanistan Continue?

Last week, as the mainstream media continued to obsess over the CIA’s evidence-free claim that the Russians hacked the presidential election, President Barack Obama quietly sent 300 U.S. Marines back into Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. This is the first time in three years that the U.S. military has been sent into that conflict zone, and it represents a final failure of Obama’s Afghanistan policy.

More human remains found in search for plane in Lake Erie

More human remains have been recovered in the search for wreckage of a corporate jet carrying six people that crashed in Lake Erie two weeks ago, authorities said Thursday. Cuyahoga County’s medical examiner, Dr. Thomas Gilson, said DNA testing will be required to identify the remains found Wednesday.

Safety workshop for commercial fishermen

The Alaska Marine Safety Education Association will offer a fishing vessel drill conductor workshop in Juneau on Saturday, Jan. 21 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the UAS Technical Education Center, 1415 Harbor Way, Room 106. Instructor Neil Nickerson will cover cold-water survival skills; EPIRBs, flares, and maydays; man-overboard recovery and firefighting; immersion suits and PFDs; emergency drills, helicopter rescue, life rafts, and abandon ship procedures.

Homeland Security pick faces questions on wall, immigration

In this Nov. 20, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump talks to media as he stands with retired Marine Gen. John Kelly at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J. Kelly is likely to be pressed about plans to build a border wall and other steps to boost immigration security at a Senate confirmation hearing on Jan. 10, for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Homeland Security secretary.

Air Forces grants honorable discharge to 91-year-old gay vet

” A 91-year-old veteran who was dismissed from the U.S. Air Force as “undesirable” in 1948 because he is gay has had that discharge status changed to “honorable.” The move by the Air Force comes in response to a lawsuit filed in November by H. Edward Spires of Norwalk, Connecticut, who served from 1946 to 1948 as a chaplain’s assistant, earning the rank of sergeant.

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial for global commerce and rich in fish and potential oil and gas reserves: EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a weekly look at the latest developments in the South China Sea, home to several territorial conflicts that have raised tensions in the region. China says it was routine combat drills, yet the deployment of the aircraft carrier Liaoning’s battle group in the Western Pacific and into the South China Sea has made neighbors jittery about Beijing flexing its muscles.

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

In this undated file photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, China’s aircraft carrier Liaoning berths in a port of China. China says it was routine combat drills, yet the deployment of the aircraft carrier Liaoning’s battle group in the Western Pacific and into the South China Sea has made neighbors jittery about Beijing’s flexing its muscles.

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

In this undated file photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, China’s aircraft carrier Liaoning berths in a port of China. China says it was routine combat drills, yet the deployment of the aircraft carrier Liaoning’s battle group in the Western Pacific and into the South China Sea has made neighbors jittery about Beijing’s flexing its muscles.

Obama reveals his toughest decision

In his weekly address, U.S. President Barack Obama discusses the points he will touch on in his upcoming farewell address to the nation. PRESIDENT Barack Obama said his hardest decision during his two terms in office was a massive troop surge in Afghanistan.

Obama reveals his toughest decision

In his weekly address, U.S. President Barack Obama discusses the points he will touch on in his upcoming farewell address to the nation. PRESIDENT Barack Obama said his hardest decision during his two terms in office was a massive troop surge in Afghanistan.

Obama reveals his toughest decision

In his weekly address, U.S. President Barack Obama discusses the points he will touch on in his upcoming farewell address to the nation. PRESIDENT Barack Obama said his hardest decision during his two terms in office was a massive troop surge in Afghanistan.

9 things Obama will be remembered for

As Barack Obama prepares to leave office on January 20, here are nine things his presidency may be remembered for: U.S. President Barack Obama applauds active military personnel after speaking about counter-terrorism during his visit to MacDill Air Force Base, home to U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command, in Tampa, Florida, U.S. December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTON DC: As Barack Obama prepares to leave office on January 20, here are nine things his presidency may be remembered for: If historians were to write only one thing about Barack Hussein Obama, they would likely note that — 143 years after slavery was abolished – a young Illinois senator became the first black president of the United States.

Laser light causes safety risk during military flight, officials say

FORT DIX – The flight crew of a military transport aircraft had more to contend with than clouds and a dark night Friday – the light from a laser pointer hit the plane, causing a serious safety risk, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The incident happened around 9:15 p.m. Friday as the crew was flying a C-17 military aircraft about 20 miles southeast of McGuire Air Force Base, officials said.

‘It was like he lost his mind’

People stand on the tarmac at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport after a lone shooter opened fire inside the terminal. Picture: AP THE discharged US Army veteran arrested after the deadly shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport “lost his mind” after a tour of duty in Iraq, according to his aunt.

US veteran arrested in airport shooting; 5 dead, 8 wounded

An Army veteran who complained that the government was controlling his mind drew a gun from his checked luggage on arrival at the Fort Lauderdale airport and opened fire in the baggage claim area Friday, killing five people and wounding eight, authorities said. He was taken into custody after throwing his empty weapon down and lying spread-eagle on the ground, one witness said.

What we know about the Fort Lauderdale airport shooting suspect

The man suspected of killing five people Friday at Fort Lauderdale’s airport has been identified as Esteban Santiago, according to U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and multiple law enforcement officials. – Upon arriving at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, he picked up a bag at baggage claim, took out the gun and started firing, according to law enforcement sources.

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Five people were shot dead and eight wounded in a baggage claim area at Fort Lauderdale’s airport, and law enforcement sources tell CNN the suspect, identified as Esteban Santiago, had brought the firearm in his checked luggage The man suspected of killing five people Friday at Fort Lauderdale’s airport has been identified as Esteban Santiago, according to U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and multiple law enforcement officials. – Upon arriving at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, he picked up a bag at baggage claim, took out the gun and started firing, according to law enforcement sources.

5 dead, 8 wounded in airport shooting; US veteran arrested

An arriving airline passenger with a gun in his luggage opened fire in the baggage claim area at the Fort Lauderdale airport Friday, killing five people and wounding eight before throwing his weapon down and lying spread-eagle on the ground, authorities and witnesses said. The gunman – identified by authorities as 26-year-old Esteban Santiago, of Anchorage, Alaska, an Army National Guard veteran who served in Iraq – was immediately taken into custody.

Thursday’s Morning Email: House GOP Pushes To Undo Obama’s Legacy

While President Barack Obama visited Capitol Hill to urge lawmakers to fight to protect the Affordable Care Act, president-elect Donald Trump fired off a series of tweets about the ACA that seemed to indicate he would not be a fan of an immediate repeal. And the Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing this morning on “foreign cyberthreats to the United States.”

Strike group deployed to tension-fraught Pacific region

The USS Carl Vinson is bound for the tension-fraught Western Pacific. The San Diego-based carrier and its strike group of helicopters, fighter jets and ships – including the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain and the destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer – were due to depart Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., Thursday and Friday, a Navy statement said.

Strike group deployed to tension-fraught Pacific region

The USS Carl Vinson is bound for the tension-fraught Western Pacific. The San Diego-based carrier and its strike group of helicopters, fighter jets and ships – including the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain and the destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer – were due to depart Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., Thursday and Friday, a Navy statement said.