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Marines Open Another Probe Into Sunken AAV Blamed on Errors
The Marine Corps is launching a probe looking at the readiness of its troops before they participated in an exercise that ended in tragedy with the sinking of an amphibious assault vehicle off the Southern California coast that killed eight Marines and one sailor
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Navy Leap Frogs Skydiving Team Hits Marks on Midway
The U.S. Navy’s Leap Frogs took to the skies over downtown Wednesday, jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft around 1 p.m., then landing on the flight deck of San Diego’s USS Midway Museum in a special St. Patrick’s Day appearance.
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Former Navy Chief Gets Prison Time for Involvement in ‘Fat Leonard' Bribery Scandal
A former U.S. Navy chief petty officer involved in the wide-ranging “Fat Leonard” bribery scandal was sentenced Friday in San Diego to 27 months in federal prison. Brooks Alonzo Parks, 48, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was one of 34 defendants charged in the scheme, which involved the bribery of Navy officials in exchange for helping Leonard Glenn “Fat Leonard” Francis…
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Papers Shed Light on Early Years of ‘Old Ironsides,' Navy
The U.S.S. Constitution Museum has acquired more than 150 documents, including correspondence from President George Washington’s secretary of war and the leader of the Haitian Revolution, that shed light on the warship’s early years and the young United States’ first international conflict.
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Military Contractor Charged With Fraud on Africa Contracts
A U.S. military contractor has been indicted in California for allegedly faking quality control on construction projects in Africa that were so badly done some buildings collapsed, including an aircraft hangar
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US Navy to Mark 20 Years Since Terror Attack on USS Cole
Monday October 12th 2020 will mark 20 years since the terrorist attack on the Navy destroyer USS Cole.
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20 Years Since Attack on USS Cole
Monday will mark 20 years since the terrorist attack on the Navy destroyer USS Cole. NBC7’s military reporter Bridget Naso has more from a sailor who survived the attack.
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Coronavirus Outbreak Diverts Aircraft Carrier to Guam; All 5,000 Aboard to Be Tested
The Navy says an outbreak of coronavirus aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific has forced it to divert to Guam, where all 5,000 aboard will undergo testing. The USS Theodore Roosevelt remains “operationally capable,” according to the acting secretary of the Navy, Thomas Modly. The carrier is the first U.S. Navy ship to have a reported an outbreak while at...