U.S. Military
'America will be there for you,' Obama tells veterans
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama paid tribute Monday to the men and women who have died defending America, and pointed out Vietnam veterans as a sometimes-maligned group of war heroes who remained true to their nation despite an unwelcome homecoming.
Date: 05/28/2012 | Nation & World
New hero, fresh heartbreak
An Army widow shares memories of her late husband
Date: 05/28/2012 | Business
Edmonds artist remembers fallen soldiers with sketches
For the past eight years, Edmonds artist Michael Reagan has been sketching free portraits of U.S. service members who have lost their lives in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in the wars against terrorism.
Date: 05/28/2012 | Local News
2 female Army officers sue to reverse combat ban
RICHMOND, Va. -- Two women in the Army Reserve have sued the U.S. Department of Defense and the Army in a bid to reverse military policies banning women from serving in combat roles.
Date: 05/25/2012 | Nation & World
Extent of fire damage to Navy submarine not yet clear
KITTERY, Maine -- Those who have spent time on Navy submarines will tell you that few combustible materials are aboard. But don't tell that to the firefighters who rushed to the USS Miami when a blaze swept through the billion-dollar nuclear-powered submarine.
Date: 05/25/2012 | Nation & World
Raid admiral's toughest fight: Winning Washington over
TAMPA, Fla. -- The commander in charge of the raid to kill Osama bin Laden is defending his proposal that would give him more authority to send special operations forces overseas to address problems like terrorists or sudden Arab Spring-style unrest.
Date: 05/25/2012 | Nation & World
Nimitz likely headed to San Francisco
EVERETT -- The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz left Naval Station Everett on Thursday, with sailors in dress uniforms ceremonially "lining the rails" of the deck as the ship was pushed out into Port Gardner.
Date: 05/25/2012 | Local News
AWOL Muslim soldier guilty in Fort Hood bomb plot
WACO, Texas -- A federal jury on Thursday convicted a Muslim soldier on six charges in connection with a failed plot to blow up a Texas restaurant full of Fort Hood troops, his religious mission to get “justice” for the people of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Date: 05/24/2012 | Nation & World
1st black to graduate from Naval Academy dies
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Brown, the first African-American to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy, has died, the Academy said. He was 85.
Date: 05/23/2012 | Nation & World
Fire reported on nuke-powered sub at Maine yard
KITTERY, Maine -- A fire on a nuclear-powered submarine at a Maine shipyard has injured four people.Fire crews responded Wednesday to the USS Miami SSN 755 at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, located on an island in the small town of Kittery near Portsmouth, N.H.
Date: 05/23/2012 | Nation & World
Front Porch: Learn personal protection tips
Personal safety 101Learn the best practices for protecting yourself, your property and your family at the Mountlake Terrace Police Department's seminar, "Home Defense and Firearm Safety," from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Mountlake Terrace Library, 23308 58th Ave. W.
Date: 05/21/2012 | Local News
Ruling sought on split of military benefits in divorce
A disabled veteran has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider anew whether states violate federal law when they allow divorce courts to count a veteran's disability compensation in calculating spousal support.
Date: 05/21/2012 | Business
State of the Station: Navy belongs in Everett
TULALIP -- Naval Station Everett has a secure future due in no small part to the support of the surrounding communities, the base's executive officer told the Greater Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce on Friday.
Date: 05/19/2012 | Local News
China may build new aircraft carriers, Pentagon says
WASHINGTON -- China may have started work on it first domestically built aircraft carrier and is likely to produce a number of carriers over the next decade as part of an aggressive effort to modernize its military, the Pentagon said Friday.
Date: 05/19/2012 | Nation & World
Soldier faces murder charges in Iraq base deaths
SEATTLE -- Murder charges have been filed against a sergeant accused of killing four other soldiers and a Navy officer in May 2009 at a mental health clinic in Iraq, the Army said Friday.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Northwest
Abandon theater!
'Battleship' has only its volume going for it, Robert Horton says
Date: 05/18/2012 | Entertainment
Push made to bring tankers to Spokane
SPOKANE -- Washington's entire congressional delegation has signed a letter asking the Air Force to select Spokane's Fairchild Air Force Base as the home for new air tankers.The Spokane base is already home to aging KC-135 air tankers.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Northwest
Survivors of Afghan massacre recall horror of GI's assault
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- It was early in the morning, perhaps 2 a.m., when gunfire awoke 14-year-old Rafiullah.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Nation & World
Navy ships back in port after collision
SAN DIEGO — Sporting crumpled catwalks and smashed lifeboats, the U.S. Navy vessel USS Essex managed to glide into San Diego Bay on Thursday, 24 hours after colliding with a tanker when the aging warship's steering apparently failed.
Date: 05/16/2012 | Nation & World
GI killed in Vietnam War gets Medal of Honor
WASHINGTON — Leslie Sabo's Vietnam War ended in the flash of his own grenade, hurled at an enemy bunker in Cambodia to save surrounded comrades. Forty years later — and a dozen years after the long-lost paperwork turned up in military archives — he was honored by President Obama...
Date: 05/16/2012 | Nation & World
Front Porch: USS Nimitz returning
The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is scheduled to return to Naval Station Everett this morning.
Date: 05/16/2012 | Local News
Active Duty and Veterans calendar
EventsWhidbey Island Naval Air Station plans to host a ceremony to mark the end of service by the Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron VQ22, the "Rangers." The event is set for May 17 at the base.
Date: 05/14/2012 | Local News
House panel would raise a few, not all, Tricare fees
The House Armed Services Committee has voted to raise drug co-payments for Tricare beneficiaries who have brand-name prescriptions filled at retail pharmacies or through the Tricare mail order program.
Date: 05/14/2012 | Business
USS Nimitz at work
See a gallery of recent photos from the aircraft carrier
Date: 05/14/2012 | Local News
Battleship USS Iowa to become museum
RICHMOND, Calif. -- Firing its 16-inch guns in the Arabian Sea, the USS Iowa shuddered. As the sky turned orange, a blast of heat from the massive guns washed over the battleship. This was the Iowa of the late 1980s, at the end of its active duty as it escorted reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers from...
Date: 05/13/2012 | Nation & World
China tensions spur deeper U.S.-Philippine alliance
WASHINGTON — China's assertive behavior is breathing life into America's historically tumultuous relationship with the Philippines.
Date: 05/12/2012 | Nation & World
F-16 jets intercept small plane as Obama leaves L.A.
LOS ANGELES — Two F-16 fighter jets intercepted a small private plane that violated restricted airspace Friday as President Barack Obama was about to depart from Los Angeles International Airport aboard Air Force One, authorities said.
Date: 05/11/2012 | Nation & World
Navy: Sonar, blasts may hurt more sea life
HONOLULU -- The U.S. Navy says its training and testing using sonar and explosives could potentially hurt more dolphins and whales in Hawaii and California waters than previously thought.
Date: 05/11/2012 | Nation & World
Apache helicopter squadron arriving at JBLM
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD -- The first 10 Apache helicopters from a squadron moving from Fort Hood, Texas, are scheduled to land Friday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
Date: 05/10/2012 | Northwest
Study sought to save Boeing program in Okla.
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A defense funding bill that would delay efforts to end a program at Oklahoma City's Boeing plant to upgrade the cockpits of U.S. Air Force C-130 transport planes was approved Thursday by the U.S. House Armed Services Committee.
Date: 05/10/2012 | Business
House Republicans OK $5 billion antimissile site
WASHINGTON -- The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday backed construction of a missile defense site on the East Coast, rejecting Pentagon arguments that the facility is unnecessary and Democratic complaints that the nearly $5 billion project amounts to wasteful spending in a time of tight...
Date: 05/10/2012 | Nation & World
Proposal would delay end of C-130 work in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY — A proposed amendment in the U.S. House Armed Services Committee would — if accepted — delay efforts to end a program in Oklahoma City to upgrade the cockpits of U.S. Air Force C-130 transport planes.
Date: 05/09/2012 | Business
Air Force: Boeing KC-46A tanker on track
The Boeing Co. is on track to deliver aerial-refueling tankers to the U.S. Air Force, having recently met another milestone on the program.
Date: 05/08/2012 | Business
Body found in Long Lake may be missing airman
SPOKANE -- Officials are trying to identify a body found in Long Lake and determine whether it's the Fairchild airman who disappeared March 31 when he attempted to canoe in the fast-moving Spokane River.
Date: 05/07/2012 | Northwest
Afghan soldier kills U.S. Marine, wounds another
KABUL, Afghanistan -- An Afghan soldier killed one U.S. marine and wounded another before being shot to death in return fire Sunday in southern Afghanistan, the latest in a series of attacks against foreigners blamed on government forces within their own ranks.
Date: 05/07/2012 | Nation & World
White House moves to protect GI Bill users from ‘bad actors’
President Barack Obama's high-profile signing Friday of an executive order to protect GI Bill users from predatory practices of for-profit schools is viewed by veterans service organizations as a big step, but also a first step, toward curbing abuses within the U.S. education industry.
Date: 05/07/2012 | Business
In Uniform: News about county natives in military service and veterans
Reserve group offers flag exchangeFleet Reserve Association Branch 170 of Everett offers its second annual flag exchange beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday at 6802 Beverly Blvd. in Everett.
Date: 05/07/2012 | Local News
Wife Skyping with soldier saw bullet hole in wall
DALLAS -- An Army nurse showed no alarm or discomfort before suddenly collapsing during a Skype video chat with his wife, who saw a bullet hole in a closet behind him after his collapse, his family said Sunday.
Date: 05/06/2012 | Nation & World
State-based soldier investigated for luring girls
SEATTLE -- The Washington State Patrol is investigating allegations that a Joint Base Lewis McChord soldier lured underage girls through Facebook and blackmailed them into giving up nude pictures.The state Patrol said the 24-year-old soldier is currently stationed overseas.
Date: 05/04/2012 | Northwest
Panetta: Troop scandals endanger fellow soldiers
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned troops Friday that it takes just seconds for misconduct to make headlines and said that enemy insurgents can use recent military scandals to fuel their fight.
Date: 05/04/2012 | Nation & World
Russia threatens U.S. antimissile system
MOSCOW -- Russia may consider a pre-emptive strike on a missile defense system in Europe if the U.S.-led NATO project continues as planned, a top official said Thursday.
Date: 05/03/2012 | Nation & World
Lawyer in Afghan slayings case objects to background check
SEATTLE -- The lead civilian lawyer for a U.S. soldier accused of massacring 17 Afghan villagers in March doesn't want to undergo a background check.
Date: 05/03/2012 | Northwest
Navy to scrap $50 million stealth warship
LOS ANGELES -- For sale: An exotic, once top-secret radar-evading ship, dubbed the Sea Shadow, that was built by one of the world's largest defense contractors during the height of the Cold War.Specifications: about 68 feet wide, 164 feet long and around 563 tons.
Date: 05/02/2012 | Nation & World
Some Air Force pilots refuse to fly F-22 Raptor
LOS ANGELES -- Some of the nation's top aviators are refusing to fly the radar-evading F-22 Raptor, a fighter jet with ongoing problems with the oxygen systems that have plagued the fleet for four years.
Date: 05/02/2012 | Nation & World
$485K judgment awarded against Catholic nonprofit
SEATTLE -- A federal jury awarded an Everett woman $485,0000 Monday after finding that Catholic Community Services of Western Washington wrongfully fired her because of her overseas military deployment.
Date: 05/02/2012 | Local News
1st private cargo run to space station delayed
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The first commercial cargo run to the International Space Station has been delayed again for more software testing.
Date: 05/02/2012 | Nation & World
Jury: Former soldier wrongly fired
SEATTLE -- A federal jury in Seattle has awarded $485,000 in damages to a Washington National Guard sergeant who said she was fired because of her military service.
Date: 05/01/2012 | Northwest
Pilot error blamed for Lewis-McChord helicopter collision
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD -- An investigation into December's collision of two helicopters from Joint Base Lewis-McChord cites pilot and air traffic control errors and "dark spots" in aviation communication.
Date: 05/01/2012 | Northwest
Groundbreaking for new base command at Fairchild AFB
SPOKANE -- A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday for a long-sought new wing command headquarters building at Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane.
Date: 05/01/2012 | Northwest
Tricare fee increases blocked, but that’s not likely to last long
The House armed services subcommittee on military personnel has declined to give the Obama administration the new authority it sought to phase in higher Tricare fees on military retirees over the next four years and to peg future Tricare fee hikes to medical inflation nationwide.
Date: 04/30/2012 | Business
Local veterans support accused soldier's family
TACOMA -- A local veterans group has been raising money to support the wife and children of Sgt. Robert Bales, the U.S. soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians.
Date: 04/29/2012 | Nation & World
Spokane tries to preserve Fairchild AFB
SPOKANE -- Fairchild Air Force Base is Spokane County's largest employer and has been a mainstay of the local economy for seven decades.
Date: 04/29/2012 | Northwest
Navy finds it falls short in Arctic Ocean
KODIAK, Alaska -- In six oceans, the U.S. Navy is considered the master. In the seventh, the Arctic Ocean, it will rely on others. As global warming opens the Arctic Ocean to commercial and industrial traffic, the Navy is pushing to catch up with Russia, Canada and even Denmark in its Arctic...
Date: 04/29/2012 | Nation & World
House puts imprint on Obama's defense budget
WASHINGTON -- Domestic military base closings are out. The Global Hawk drone is back in.
Date: 04/28/2012 | Nation & World
Pirate guilty in Seattle couple's yacht slaying
NORFOLK, Va. — A Somali man was convicted of piracy on Friday for his role as a hostage negotiator in the hijacking of a German merchant vessel and U.S. yacht. The four Americans aboard the yacht were shot to death by pirates, and the crew on the other vessel was tortured to get a higher...
Date: 04/27/2012 | Nation & World
Army to announce JBLM force-alignment decision
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD -- Army Secretary John McHugh plans to announce a force realignment-basing decision at a news conference Thursday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
Date: 04/25/2012 | Northwest
Attorney: Crash survivor gets 'career killer' report
JUNEAU, Alaska -- The U.S. Coast Guard commander for Alaska is recommending that Lt .Lance Leone, the sole survivor of a 2010 Coast Guard helicopter crash, not be promoted or involved in flight operations again, an attorney for Leone said Tuesday.
Date: 04/24/2012 | Northwest
Top battlefield chefs
Competition tests kitchen skills of reservist cooks
Date: 04/24/2012 | Local News
Help for military families hit by illegal foreclosures
By Tom PhilpottSo far, several hundred military members who lost homes to illegal foreclosure actions by big banks and mortgage servicers have received settlements of $116,785 each for economic loss and emotional distress. They also have been paid any equity lost plus interest.
Date: 04/23/2012 | Business
In Uniform
Veterans calendarFleet ReserveFleet Reserve Association -- Branch 170: 5 p.m. second Wednesdays at Club 170, 6802 Beverly Blvd., Everett. For USN,USMC,USCG with honorable discharge. Joe, 425-931-4502; Mike, 425-870-8749; C.R. 206-605-8422.Veterans of Foreign Wars
Date: 04/23/2012 | Local News
Army roots out heroin using soldiers in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Army has investigated 56 soldiers in Afghanistan on suspicion of using or distributing heroin, morphine or other opiates during 2010 and 2011, newly obtained data shows. Eight soldiers died of drug overdoses during that time.
Date: 04/22/2012 | Nation & World
Air Force to trim its visits to air shows
NORFOLK, Va. -- The Air Force says it is scaling back its participation in dozens of air shows this year in an effort to cut costs and ensure its pilots are getting the training hours they need in a time of shrinking budgets.
Date: 04/21/2012 | Nation & World
Lynnwood soldier dies at Texas Army base
A 20-year-old soldier from Lynnwood died Thursday of apparent natural causes at Fort Hood, Texas.Army Spc. Joshua Aaron Martin was in the hospital when he died, an Army spokesman said. He declined to give any more details about the manner of death.
Date: 04/20/2012 | Local News
Secret U.S. hypersonic glider lost its skin
LOS ANGELES -- An unmanned hypersonic glider likely aborted its 13,000 mph flight over the Pacific Ocean last summer because unexpectedly large sections of its skin peeled off, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency said Friday.
Date: 04/20/2012 | Nation & World
More hearings planned on sinking that killed 4
WARRENTON, Ore. -- The U.S. Coast Guard plans more hearings later this spring into the sinking of the fishing vessel Lady Cecelia. It disappeared March 10 off the coast of southern Washington, and four people died.
Date: 04/20/2012 | Northwest
3 Secret Service agents out in hooker scandal
WASHINGTON -- Moving swiftly, the Secret Service forced out three agents Wednesday in a prostitution scandal that has embarrassed President Barack Obama. A senior congressman welcomed the move to get to the bottom of the tawdry episode but warned "it's not over."
Date: 04/19/2012 | Nation & World
WWII’s Doolittle Raiders mark 70 years
DAYTON, Ohio -- A flyover by World War II bomber planes, Chinese visitors and a memorial ceremony with four Doolittle's Raiders helped mark the 70th anniversary Wednesday of the daring U.S. air attack on Japan.
Date: 04/19/2012 | Nation & World
First lady honors Edmonds military families group
EDMONDS -- Few Snohomish County residents can claim an invitation to the White House among their life accomplishments. Edmonds resident Maria Montalvo can.
Date: 04/19/2012 | Local News
Army denies clemency in 2010 'thrill kill' case
SEATTLE -- The Army has denied early release for a soldier who tried to blow the whistle on a plot to kill Afghan civilians in 2010, only to later be convicted in the plot himself.
Date: 04/18/2012 | Northwest
3 agents out in Secret Service hooker scandal
WASHINGTON — The international prostitution scandal at the Secret Service claimed its first casualties Wednesday. The agency announced three agents would leave the service, even as separate U.S. government investigations were under way into the incident. The tawdry episode took a sharp...
Date: 04/17/2012 | Nation & World
Front Porch: USS Nimitz departs for training exercises
Nimitz takes cruiseThe aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on Monday pulled away from its pier in Everett. The warship is headed for a training run to San Diego and a stop in the San Francisco Bay area for the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Date: 04/17/2012 | Local News
2 advance in Best Warrior competition
MARYSVILLE -- Two Army reservists emerged Sunday as winners of a Best Warrior competition at the Marysville Armed Forces Reserve Center.
Date: 04/17/2012 | Local News
Lewis-McChord soldier killed in Afghanistan
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Conn. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says a Connecticut native killed in Afghanistan last week will be honored by his home state.
Date: 04/16/2012 | Northwest
USS Nimitz ships out for San Diego
The nuclear aircraft carrier USS Nimitz pulled away Monday from its pier in Everett.The warship is headed south for a training run to San Diego and a stop in the San Francisco Bay for the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Date: 04/16/2012 | Local News
In Uniform
Active DutyAir Force Airman Christopher Winkley graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Winkley is the son of Randy Winkley of Stanwood and Lisa Winkley of Mount Vernon. He is a 2010 graduate of Arlington High School.
Date: 04/16/2012 | Local News
Study shows resilience of marriage of those in military
Despite enormous stress on military families from repeated wartime deployments and long periods of living apart, service marriages are showing a level of resilience that social scientists can't explain.
Date: 04/16/2012 | Business
Newest Coast Guard cutter the biggest, fastest in fleet
MIAMI -- Miami leaders on Saturday celebrated the launch of the first of a new generation of Coast Guard cutters designed to patrol South Florida's coasts and keep undocumented immigrants and drug smugglers from entering the state.
Date: 04/15/2012 | Nation & World
Warriors' weekend
Marysville reservists compete to determine the top soldier
Date: 04/14/2012 | Local News
Coast Guard: 2 dead in shooting at Alaska station
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Two Coast Guard members were fatally shot Thursday at a communications station on an island off Alaska in what officials said appeared to be a double homicide. They said they have yet to identify a suspect.
Date: 04/12/2012 | Northwest
Marine from Tacoma killed in Afghanistan
TACOMA -- The Defense Department says a Camp Pendleton Marine from Tacoma, Wash., has been killed in Afghanistan.The department said Lance Cpl. Ramon T. Kaipat, 22, died Wednesday in combat.
Date: 04/12/2012 | Northwest
Army weapon found in Pierce County home
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD -- Joint Base Lewis-McChord says an anti-tank weapon that was found at a home in Pierce County is not from the Army base.Spokesman Gary Dangerfield said Wednesday the base checked its inventory of M72 weapons for the past five years and none are missing.
Date: 04/12/2012 | Northwest
Texas A&M Cadets get 1st black commander
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Nearly a half-century after African-Americans were admitted to predominantly white Texas A&M University, a black student has reached the pinnacle of one of its signature organizations.
Date: 04/12/2012 | Nation & World
U.S. deploys 2nd aircraft carrier to Gulf
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The U.S. Navy said Monday it has deployed a second aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf region amid rising tensions with Iran over its disputed nuclear program.
Date: 04/09/2012 | Nation & World
Veterans alarmed that Tricare increases break promise of free care
Older retirees such as Air Force Master Sgt. Floyd Sears, 81, stand shoulder to shoulder with younger generations of retirees in opposing higher fees being proposed for hard-earned Tricare benefits.
Date: 04/09/2012 | Business
More women vets are homeless, but housing scarce
WASHINGTON -- Misha McLamb helped keep fighter jets flying during a military career that took her halfway around the world to the Persian Gulf. But back home, the Navy aircraft specialist is barely getting by after a series of blows that undid her settled life.
Date: 04/09/2012 | Northwest
In Uniform
Navy Seaman Apprentice Jake Justin Cooney has graduated from Navy Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes, Ill., and is continuing his education at Dam Neck Naval Base, Va. A 2011 graduate of Stanwood High School, he is the son of Jennie and Glen Cooney of Stanwood and the fiance of Amanda...
Date: 04/09/2012 | Local News
Navy jet crash a 'Good Friday miracle' -- but how? (video)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A 12-ton Navy jet loaded with tons of jet fuel crashes in a spectacular fireball into a big apartment complex, scattering plane parts and wiping out some 40 units. How is it that everyone survived?
Date: 04/07/2012 | Nation & World
Veterans job fair Tuesday in Marysville
WorkSource Snohomish County, in partnership with the National Guard's Joint Service Support and the Fleet and Family Support Program, will host the Snohomish County Regional Veterans' Job and Resource Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Marysville. Veterans...
Date: 04/07/2012 | Bizblog
Navy jet slams into apartment complex; 7 injured (video)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A fighter jet that malfunctioned just after takeoff hurtled into a Virginia Beach apartment complex on Friday in a spectacular crash that sent flames and black smoke billowing from the rubble.
Date: 04/06/2012 | Nation & World
Judge won't block discharge of Marine critical of president
SAN DIEGO -- For a second time, a federal judge Friday refused to order a halt to the Marine Corps' process of discharging a sergeant who made comments critical of President Barack Obama on Facebook.
Date: 04/06/2012 | Nation & World
JBLM unit in Afghanistan adopts turtle mascot
TACOMA -- A unit from a Joint Base Lewis-McChord Stryker Brigade on a year-long deployment in Afghanistan has adopted a turtle as a mascot.The turtle was found in the desert this week by Sgt. Dison Ittue, who carried it back to Forward Operating Base Wolverine in Zabul Province.
Date: 04/06/2012 | Northwest
Coast Guard cannon fire sinks Japanese ghost ship
OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA — The long, lonely voyage of the Japanese ghost ship is over.
Date: 04/05/2012 | Northwest
Navy boots out 13 sailors for drug use
NORFOLK, Va. — The Navy says 13 sailors aboard a Virginia-based destroyer are being kicked out of the service for illegal drug use.
Date: 04/05/2012 | Nation & World
Sen. Murray questions officials over PTSD diagnoses
TACOMA -- U.S. Sen. Patty Murray is questioning military and Veterans' Affairs officials over concerns that cost has been a factor in reversing diagnoses of soldiers found to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Date: 04/04/2012 | Northwest
New Navy stealth destroyer under construction in Maine
BATH, Maine — Even though the Navy reduced its goal for overall number of ships, Bath Iron Works should stay busy over the coming years because the number of large warships like those built there would increase by 30 percent under the proposal, Sen. Susan Collins said Wednesday.
Date: 04/04/2012 | Nation & World
Army commissions new training center in Marysville
MARYSVILLE -- City officials, soldiers and their families Sunday celebrated the official opening of a $33 million Army facility.
Date: 04/02/2012 | Local News
Award of new Tricare contract challenged
Tricare beneficiaries across 21 western states won't know for another three months whether TriWest Healthcare Alliance will continue to administer their health care benefit beyond March of next year.
Date: 04/02/2012 | Business
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