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Tag Archives: Va.
Guardsmen running for resiliency
Two Maine National Guard officers who plan to run a marathon a day say they will run 550 miles for soldiers’ lives. Col. Jack Mosher and Maj. Herbert “Jay” Brock plan to start running May 8 from Kittery, Maine, and … Continue reading
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Tagged arlington national cemetery, Brock, Col. Jack Mosher, Jay, Maine, Maj. Herbert, National, Va.
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Lying charges dropped against 2 SEALs
NORFOLK, Va. — The government has dropped false statement charges against two Navy SEALs accused of mistreating an Iraqi detainee. Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class Jonathan Keefe of Yorktown, Va., and Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Julio Huertas of Blue … Continue reading
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Tagged Ahmed Hashim Abed, Blue Island, Ill., Iraq, Jonathan Keefe, Julio Huertas, Matthew McCabe, Norfolk, Ohio, Va., Warfare
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1 still missing in Arabian Sea Hawkeye crash
One crew member remains missing nearly seven hours after an E-2C Hawkeye crashed into the North Arabian Sea, a Navy official said. A mechanical failure forced the crew of four to bail out of the plane; a search-and-rescue team retrieved … Continue reading
DoD: Bomber substitute may be family of systems
The Defense Department is examining how to fit “complementary” tools on the “family of systems” that would replace a long-range bomber concept terminated last year, Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter said Monday. Defense Secretary Robert Gates in April 2009 canceled … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashton Carter, Carter, Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley, family, national aeronautics association, Robert Gates, U.S., Va.
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Airmen to chief: Fix evals now
No one should have been surprised when the Air Force announced that the 1,269 master sergeants selected for promotion this year all aced their enlisted performance reports. They’re expected to be “truly among the best,” what the perfect score calls … Continue reading
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Tagged Air, Base, Blair, Calif., Capt. David Blair, Chief Master, chief master sgt, Col. Michael Schiefer, Monica, N.M., Rodney McKinley, Roy, Va.
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W.Va. Guard chief: We can’t lose 2 C-130s
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Adjutant General Allen Tackett is sounding the alarm that an Air Force proposal could cost the state’s Air National Guard two C-130 cargo planes.“It’s a plane grab, that’s all it is,” Tackett said. “The Air … Continue reading
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Tagged 130th airlift wing, Air, Arkansas, Charleston, Charlotte, Delaware, General Allen Tackett, Georgia, Illinois, Jay Rockefeller, Minnesota, N.C., Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Robert Byrd, Texas, United States, Va., W., West Virginia
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Navy’s Haiti duties winding down
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Even though the Navy and the Marine Corps were all but finished with their missions here in early March, local officials said the real work in Haiti is only just beginning. The Military Sealift Command hospital ship … Continue reading
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Tagged Carter Hall, Col. Gareth Brandl, Haiti, military sealift command, Navy, Norfolk, Port-au-Prince, Read, Secretary Ray Mabus, U.S.
Still, Va., Wally Amudson
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Va. senators continue to fight Mayport plan
The battle of Mayport continues. Although the Navy and the Defense Department have decided to base a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the north Florida port, Virginia politicians are challenging the decision — as they have for at least a decade. … Continue reading
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Tagged Deputy Defense, Fla., Lynn, Mayport, Nelson, Norfolk, north Florida, nuclear propulsion systems, Secretary William Lynn, Sen. Bill Nelson, Sen. Mark Warner, Va., Virginia, Warner
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DoD: Expect fewer F-35s if costs keep rising
The Pentagon will buy fewer F-35s than planned if program costs keep rising, says a senior U.S. defense official. “If there is [additional] cost growth, then we will have to reduce the buy,” Robert Hale, Pentagon comptroller, said Wednesday during … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashton Carter, Hale, Israel, Japan, Martin F-, Pentagon, precision strike association, Robert Hale, Singapore, Texas, U.S., Va., Washington
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