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Article Excerpt: "...awarding E. Royce Williams the Medal of Honor for his actions in a secret mission during the Korean War. ...first lady Melania Trump placed the medal around his neck. "
Reference Source: www.cbsnews.com
Article Excerpt: "...ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – Jonathan Saburn, a 44-year-old active-duty U.S. Navy commander, was arrested this week on multiple child sex crime charges. Saburn also serves as the deputy director of Naval Academy Sailing. ...Saburn was taken into custody while on duty at Naval Station Mayport."
Reference Source: www.news4jax.com
Article Excerpt: "...Twenty-three-year-old Loyce Edward Deen, an aviation machinist mate, was the first and only aviator buried at sea inside his airplane. It was part necessity — his TBM Avenger was so badly shot up by 40mm anti-aircraft shells that the removal of Deen would have been almost impossible — but the U.S. Navy took it one step further to honor its slain shipmate. According to a memorial page dedicated to Deen, orders came down not to strip the plane for parts, a rare occurrence during a time when the demand for scrap metal was high. ..."
Reference Source: www.navytimes.com
Article Excerpt: "...Attack Squadron 203 (VA-203), nicknamed the Blue Dolphins, was established at NAS Jacksonville, Florida on 1 July 1970, as a reserve force squadron (RESFORON) under a new concept in the reorganization of the Naval Air Reserve Force. The reorganization was intended to make the reserves more compatible with active duty units and to increase their combat readiness.
It was redesignated VFA-203 in 1989. ...On 1 December 1977, the squadron moved from NAS Jacksonville to NAS Cecil Field, Florida.
In February 1980, the squadron participated in a combined NATO forces exercise 'Safe Passage' conducted at NAS Bermuda.
Transitioning to the A-7E Corsair II in 1983, VA-203's primary mission was to provide contributory support to the fleet, and to be ready to deploy to an aircraft carrier during a crisis as an activated reserve light attack squadron."
Reference Source: www.seaforces.org
Article Excerpt: "...“To deliver at speed and scale, I’ve directed the acquisition of a new frigate class based on [the design by Huntington Ingalls Industries],” Phelan said, “a proven, American-built ship that has been protecting U.S. interests at home and abroad. President Trump and the secretary of war have signed off on this as part of the Golden Fleet.” ..."
Reference Source: www.navytimes.com
Article Excerpt: "Head referee Tim Rich thanked Trump for his “leadership and… continued support of our servicemembers and our veterans,” adding, “It’s an honor to have you here today.”
Trump responded that it was a “great honor” to attend.
The Army called tails and won the toss with the president’s flip...The Army has won 6 of the last 10 matchups, though Navy holds the all-time record, 62-55, since 1890. ..."
Reference Source: www.breitbart.com
Article Excerpt: "...A U.S. Navy sailor assigned to the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands died Saturday after attempting to rescue children from high surf at a Kauai beach, authorities said.
Master-at-Arms 1st Class Jeffrey Diaz died after..."
Reference Source: www.navytimes.com
Article Excerpt: "...A U.S. Navy helicopter and a fighter jet assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz crashed in the South China Sea on Sunday in separate incidents less than an hour apart, the Navy said. ..."
Reference Source: www.navytimes.com
Article Excerpt: "...The nation’s top defense official got a firsthand taste of high-speed flight this week — right here in northern Nevada. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth paid a..."
The nation’s top defense official got a firsthand taste of high-speed flight this week — right here in northern Nevada.
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth paid a visit to Naval Air Station Fallon Sunday, home of the Navy’s elite TOPGUN program.
In a video posted to his X account, Hegseth shouted the fighter pilot catchphrase “TURN AND BURN!” while previewing his flight experience in an F-16, teasing that an extended version — complete with cockpit footage — is coming soon.
Reference Source: mynews4.com
Navy Veterans of Numerous Fallon, Nevada, Detachments, Robin Mark Colbert of Attack Squadron 203 (VA-203) ...
Article Excerpt: "...the Japanese bullet that was once lodged in the heart of U.S. sailor Dean Darrow...His wife, 106-year-old Alice Beck Darrow, was on hand to personally donate the bullet
“I’ve held onto this bullet for so long because it meant everything to us,” Alice said in a press release. “But I know it belongs in a place where others can understand what it represents ..."
Reference Source: www.armytimes.com
Article Excerpt: "A special bond forms between a daughter and her father when they hold the same Navy job on the same ship. ...For Navy Lt. Caitlin Dailey, that is exactly what happened when she took on the role of USS Shiloh's navigation officer at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii. Her father, retired Navy Lt. Cmdr. Donald Dailey, served in the same role as the ship's navigator more than two decades ago. Today he lives in Gainesville, Florida. ..."
Reference Source: www.war.gov
Article Excerpt: "...Their elite status among special ops is very elite: Less than 10,000 men in history have ever been Navy SEALs. ... small groups of SEALs have taken on terrorist enemies like the Taliban, Iraqi insurgents, Al Quada, and Osama bin Laden. ...Join the Navy"
Reference Source: www.wearethemighty.com
Article Excerpt: "...Retired Adm. Robert P. Burke — once the second-highest uniformed officer in the Navy — was commanding its forces in Europe and Africa when he engaged in a bribery plot with two business executives, according to federal prosecutors. ..."
Reference Source: abcnews.go.com
Article Excerpt: "...returned to duty after a fire broke out Wednesday aboard amphibious transport docking ship New Orleans off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, the Navy said.
It is unclear what injuries were treated. Earlier, the Navy had said two sailors had been treated for injuries. ..."
Reference Source: www.navytimes.com
Article Excerpt: "...The Sampson, which was among several Arleigh-Burke class vessels to be deployed to the border, seized an estimated 3,439 pounds of cocaine about 380 miles southwest Acapulco, Mexico, the Navy announced. ..."
Reference Source: www.navytimes.com
Article Excerpt: "...The Virginia State Police issued a critically missing adult alert for Culinary Specialist Seaman Angelina Petra Resendiz, 21, who vanished after being spotted at her barracks in Miller Hall and hasn’t spoken to friends or family since. ..."
Reference Source: www.navytimes.com
Article Excerpt: "The U.S. Navy’s Carrier Air Wing 1 engaged in the largest maritime strike in Navy aviation history in terms of bomb tonnage earlier this year, a defense official confirmed...Feb. 1, the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman launched 27 F/A-18 Super Hornets as part of a coordinated airstrike against Islamic State operatives in Somalia in collaboration with the federal government of Somalia, a defense official with knowledge of the strike said. ..."
Reference Source: www.navytimes.com
Article Excerpt: "Paul Critchett battled Veterans Affairs for years, certain his terminal cancer diagnosis stemmed from radiation exposure. On Feb. 21, the government acknowledged it. ...he believed was a straightforward assignment: Repair a stripped pipe fitting. What made it less straightforward was the location of the pipe: Inside a reactor compartment on a nuclear submarine.
Something on that day went horribly awry, and Critchett was exposed to a level of radiation so high it could not be tracked on the pocket dosimeter used to monitor radiation levels in real time. ..."
Reference Source: www.pressdemocrat.com
Article Excerpt: "...Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a different ride home to close out a saga that began with a bungled test flight more than nine months ago. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico* AMERICA in the early evening, just hours after departing the International Space Station. ..."
Reference Source: Associated Press (AP)
* Media Bias Warning Relating to the Associated Press | Please note many liberal, America-hating media sources refuse to acknowledge the OFFICIAL change of the U.S. Gulf to its current official name of the Gulf of America. Be vigilant of political bias with sites refusing to acknowledge this official, patriotic change.
Article Excerpt: "...It was a really part-time job and I went in and joined the reserves at Navy JAX in VA-203, actually, right before 203 was commissioned in the summer of 1970. So, that started my reserve career and we were flying A-4L’s which were modified Charlies and we flew those for three and half years and then transitioned to the A-7 in the reserves and moved to Cecil Field. ... spend the rest of my flying career in the Navy back at Cecil Field and my last time to fly an airplane was the day before my change of command. I was the commanding officer of VA-203 and we were flying A-7B’s at the time. ...It was just a great ball-team spirit flying with VA-203 Blue Dolphins we called ourselves. We were deployed to active duty to Fallon, Nevada and we deployed to Yuma. We deployed to Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico all on weapons dets to have concentrated weapons training. You know, when I flew my last flight and Bill Bailey and I, Bill was taxiing in behind me going into Hangar, I think it is 14 which is the eastern-most of those two older hangars there. Then I look up and the whole squadron is out, all the enlisted guys are in the dungarees and everybody is out on the ramp and then I look and there is Mac McClarin. Mac McClarin was one of these first-class petty officers that had been active duty as a TAR for a long, long time."
Reference Source: www.powmiamemorial.org
Article Title: DAV condemns congressional proposal to cut disability benefits for 1.5 million veterans Article Excerpt: " Congressma...
