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Navy pilot earns degree in combat zone

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Finals week was dangerous for Thomas Saenz. The Navy lieutenant needed armed guards and an armored car to get to his California university-approved exam site, in Kabul, Afghanistan. A deadly bomb […]

2013/05/17

DOD poised to trim furlough days, add exemptions

WASHINGTON (AP) — After weeks of debate and number-crunching, the Defense Department announced plans Tuesday to furlough about 680,000 of its civilian employees for 11 days through the end of this fiscal year, allowing only […]

2013/05/14

X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator launched from catapult of USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) aircraft carrier, Atlantic Ocean, US Navy photo (AP Photo)

Navy launches unmanned aircraft from carrier

ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (AP) — The Navy for the first time Tuesday launched an unmanned aircraft the size of a fighter jet from a warship in the Atlantic Ocean, as it wades […]

2013/05/14

X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator towed into hangar bay of USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) aircraft carrier, Atlantic Ocean, US Navy photo (AP Photo)

Navy to launch unmanned aircraft from carrier

ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (AP) — The Navy will make its first attempt to launch an unmanned aircraft the size of a fighter jet from an aircraft carrier on Tuesday, marking a significant […]

2013/05/14

Anchorage skyline along the Cook Inlet with Mt. Susitna -- namesake of the ferry -- on horizon. (AP Photo)

LA County considers Alaska’s ‘ferry to nowhere’

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A $78 million Alaskan ship that critics dubbed the “ferry to nowhere” could wind up in Southern California.

2013/03/11

Environmentalists oppose Navy offshore training

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Environmentalists say a five-year training plan by the Navy would harm endangered species off the Southern California coast including the blue whale.

2013/03/08

USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (AP Photo)

Pearl Harbor dead remembered on 71st anniversary

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) – More than 2,000 people at Pearl Harbor and many more around the country are marking the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack that killed thousands of people and launched the United States into World War II.

2012/12/07

Navy removes ship's command after boozy port visit

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The commander and top officers of a San Diego-based Navy frigate have been relieved of duty after a booze-fueled port visit to Vladivostok, Russia. The Navy said in a statement […]

2012/11/04

Ninth prisoner dies at Guantanamo

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – A prisoner has died at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the U.S. military said Monday, two days after the man was apparently found unconscious in his […]

2012/09/10

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