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  • NECC civil affairs group CO fired
    The captain of a year-old civil affairs group was relieved of duty Friday after commanders “lost confidence” in his ability to command.
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 11:26:18 EDT
  • Officer charged with faking rank, award
    A Navy Reserve public affairs officer is facing a general court-martial next week for allegedly forging an award citation and pretending to be a lieutenant when he was one rank lower at the time, the...
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 9:58:58 EDT
  • Bill would scrap DDG 1000, add amphib
    One of the Navy’s top Capitol Hill critics was as good as his word Thursday and formally recommended that Congress make several changes to the Navy’s near- and long-term shipbuilding...
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 9:59:42 EDT
  • Readers, leaders detail surface force problems
    The commander of the Navy’s surface force took an unscheduled drive down the San Diego waterfront April 10 with his force master chief, and the two were not pleased with what they saw.
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 11:23:42 EDT
  • Frigate Ingraham returns home today
    EVERETT, Wash. — An Everett-based Navy ship, the frigate Ingraham, is returning to its home port. The homecoming Friday ends a deployment that began in November and took the ship to the Western...
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 10:49:48 EDT
  • CBO: Better GI Bill would cut retention 16%
    A new congressional report supports the Pentagon’s claims that vastly improved GI Bill benefits would hurt retention.
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 10:49:14 EDT
  • 2 petty officers charged in Brunswick suicide
    BRUNSWICK, Maine — Two Navy security officers will face military trials in the case of a sailor who fatally shot himself at Naval Air Station Brunswick in January, a base spokesman said.
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 9:58:07 EDT
  • Former CNO picked to lead General Dynamics
    A former chief of naval operations has been tapped for a new job: chief executive officer of General Dynamics.
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 5:48:18 EDT
  • Soldier, translator find love in Iraq
    LACEY, Wash. — Their first real date lasted only 20 minutes. It ended because darkness was falling, when unimaginable new threats and nightmares could emerge on the streets of Baghdad.
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 11:20:04 EDT
  • Navy releases McCain military record
    WASHINGTON — From his five years in a North Vietnamese prison camp to his tenure as the Navy’s liaison to the Senate, John McCain’s Navy record boils down to a series of unadorned...
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 9:57:24 EDT
  • Calif. man admits lying about Vietnam service
    SACRAMENTO — An Oroville man has pleaded guilty to falsely representing himself as a decorated military hero from the Vietnam War.
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 10:18:27 EDT
  • DoD: 43,000 unfit troops sent to war
    WASHINGTON — More than 43,000 U.S. troops listed as medically unfit for combat in the weeks before their scheduled deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan since 2003 were sent anyway, Pentagon...
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 6:58:43 EDT
  • New Coast Guard cutter delivered
    Thirty-six years after the U.S. Coast Guard took delivery of its last high-endurance cutter, 122 Coasties moved aboard what the service hopes is the first of eight new replacement cutters.
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 5:43:06 EDT
  • U.S. denies al-Qaida in Iraq leader arrested
    BAGHDAD — The U.S. military on Friday denied Iraqi government claims that the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was captured and said a man with a similar name had been arrested in the northern city...
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 8:08:06 EDT
  • House panel adds $950M for readiness needs
    A House subcommittee has approved a $950 million increase in operations and maintenance funds in hopes of restoring combat readiness, set aside $650 million to improve living conditions on military...
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 8:02:40 EDT
  • 3 admirals nominated for new positions
    The White House has nominated three admirals for appointments to senior posts in planning, Fleet Forces Command and Naval Sea Systems Command, according to an announcement Wednesday.
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 5:39:35 EDT
  • Ship honors SEAL who received Medal of Honor
    The last Arleigh Burke-class destroyer will bear the name of a Navy SEAL awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Afghanistan.
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 8:36:24 EDT
  • Preventive care plan omits Tricare for Life
    Budgetary rules forced a House subcommittee to take the unprecedented step of creating a new Tricare preventive health care program that does not apply to 1.5 million for Medicare-eligible retirees...
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 8:54:08 EDT
  • VA warns of problems with GI Bill upgrades
    The Department of Veterans Affairs seemed to be standing in front of a fast-moving train Wednesday when a top official said VA would need two years of preparation to come up with a payment system for...
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 12:07:25 EDT
  • Crews prepare for medical center expansion
    BETHESDA, Md. — Navy officials say construction trailers will be placed outside the National Naval Medical Center in the coming days as crews prepare to expand the hospital.
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 11:01:00 EDT
  • Former Gitmo prisoner carried out Iraq attack
    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Kuwaiti freed from Guantanamo Bay carried out a suicide car bombing recently in Iraq, the U.S. military said Wednesday, confirming what is believed to be the first...
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 8:53:08 EDT
  • Midshipman who died Monday identified
    A Naval Academy student who died after roommates found her unresponsive in her dormitory bed Monday morning has been identified.
    Posted Friday May 9, 2008 5:38:58 EDT
  • Super Hornet squadron commander fired
    The skipper of an East Coast F/A-18 Super Hornet squadron has been fired because of ‘loss of confidence” in his ability to command.
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 21:05:39 EDT
  • 3 cockpits found on N.J. property
    MIDDLETOWN, N.J. — Navy officials are trying to determine how three jetfighter cockpits ended up in private hands in Middletown.
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 9:38:20 EDT
  • Navy seeks new servicewide ‘ethos’
    The Navy has a creed, knows what being a “shipmate” means and now is looking for an “ethos.”
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 9:38:03 EDT
  • Army running out of payroll cash, DoD says
    In an announcement that puts troops and their families in the middle of a political dispute, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday that the Army will not be able to pay soldiers after June 15 unless...
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 5:44:46 EDT
  • Shipbuilders may decline to bid on next LCSs
    The Navy may find itself alone at the altar if the stringent contract conditions it’s demanding for the next Littoral Combat Ships put off the two competing shipbuilders.
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 7:56:20 EDT
  • Man convicted of falsely claiming MoH
    It was a novel argument: freedom of speech protects falsely claiming an award of the Medal of Honor.
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 7:04:55 EDT
  • Parents hear Afghan firefight on voice mail
    OTIS, Ore. — An Oregon couple checking their voice mail found a frightening three-minute recording of their son caught in a battle in Afghanistan.
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 7:56:03 EDT
  • Stethem makes liberty stop in Russia
    The destroyer Stethem arrived in Vladivostok, Russia, on Wednesday for a port visit, the Navy announced.
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 5:45:22 EDT
  • Son accused of killing retired Navy chief
    WOODBINE, Ga. — Camden County authorities have arrested a 22-year-old man in the shooting deaths of his parents.
    Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008 12:39:54 EDT
  • Navy to fly to demonstrate landing field noise
    CAMDEN, N.C. — The Navy says it will fly its F/A-18 Super Hornet jets over Camden County during the next 12 months to show residents what type of noise they would face if a practice landing...
    Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008 12:39:12 EDT
  • Cheney to speak at CG Academy graduation
    NEW LONDON, Conn. — The Coast Guard Academy says Vice President Dick Cheney will speak at its commencement ceremony May 21.
    Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008 10:09:33 EDT
  • Common base-access rules unlikely until 2012
    The Defense Department said it cannot meet a Jan. 1 deadline to craft a defensewide policy for allowing entry to installations and is asking for more time.
    Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008 6:26:59 EDT
  • Navy awaits Myanmar’s decision on aid
    President Bush on Tuesday urged the military junta leaders in Myanmar to accept assistance from U.S. Navy ships and military forces in the region poised to help the nation recover from a devastating...
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 7:35:40 EDT
  • Green Zone golf: A course with real bunkers
    BAGHDAD — The weight of the 9-iron felt just right. My first swing off the first tee was smooth and the ball sailed straight and true.
    Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008 10:27:20 EDT
  • Congressman accuses VA of criminal negligence
    WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs’ top mental health official said Tuesday he made a poor choice of words when he sent his colleagues an e-mail about suicide data that...
    Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008 10:26:59 EDT
  • Senate prepares for GI Bill showdown
    A showdown Wednesday in the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee over improvements in GI Bill education benefits could hinge on whether the Veterans Affairs Department softens its opposition to...
    Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008 10:25:55 EDT
  • Overseas members get more health care options
    Active-duty members overseas who have urgent medical needs can now use Tricare’s overseas contractor facilities, even if they are near a military treatment facility.
    Posted Thursday May 8, 2008 13:42:08 EDT
  • Lockheed protests Navy’s BAMS award
    Lockheed Martin has filed an official protest against the Navy’s decision to award Northrop Grumman the contract to build a long-range drone aircraft.
    Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008 6:40:59 EDT
  • Report: Saddam feared getting STDs from guards
    CAIRO, Egypt — Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein feared catching AIDS or some other venereal disease during his U.S.-supervised captivity, according to excerpts of his prison writings...
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 7:32:03 EDT
  • 4-star: Spec ops need in Iraq likely to rise
    WASHINGTON — Even as the overall U.S. force in Iraq shrinks, the number of elite troops known as special operations forces is likely to grow, the U.S. military’s top commando told The...
    Posted Wednesday May 7, 2008 7:41:06 EDT
  • Peleliu ESG departs for 6-month deployment
    SAN DIEGO — Six ships carrying more than 3,000 sailors and 2,200 Marines left San Diego Naval Base on Sunday for a scheduled six-month deployment to the Western Pacific.
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 12:11:25 EDT
  • D.C. Madam suicide notes released
    TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — The so-called “D.C. Madam” says in suicide notes that she couldn’t bear to go to prison, and apologized to her mother and sister.
    Posted Monday May 5, 2008 12:29:07 EDT
  • Academy field house to honor first black grad
    ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The new sports complex at the U.S. Naval Academy will be dedicated Saturday in honor of the academy’s first black graduate.
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 7:48:03 EDT
  • Tight airspace for Navy aviators in Mideast
    ABOARD THE USS HARRY S. TRUMAN — U.S. pilots flying missions over Iraq come to the region expecting a host of challenges, including swirling sandstorms and urban battlefields filled with a mix...
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 8:21:15 EDT
  • Thousands of medical billets will stay Navy
    Congress has ordered the Navy to abandon its plan to replace thousands of uniformed medical personnel with civilian federal government employees.
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 9:33:55 EDT
  • A room ashore for nearly every shipboard sailor
    Within three years, almost all junior sailors living aboard ships in port will trade their mass berthing, gang heads and daily inspections for two-person barracks rooms with private bathrooms, cable...
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 12:04:12 EDT
  • Spring break murder nets ex-sailor life in jail
    DELAND, Fla. — A former Navy sailor is going to prison for life for fatally shooting an 18-year-old man during last year’s spring break.
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 12:01:38 EDT
  • Gen.: Afghanistan pullout may be 3 years off
    CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — An American general leading NATO forces in Afghanistan said troop withdrawals could start in about three years.
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 12:10:44 EDT
  • Submarine North Carolina commissioned
    WILMINGTON, N.C. — Master Chief Barry Swofford joined the Navy in the 1980s, volunteered for the “silent service” and got down to work stalking Soviet submarines.
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 7:00:46 EDT
  • Military donations to anti-war candidates rise
    Republicans receive the largest slice of presidential campaign contributions made by military members and their spouses, but leading anti-war candidates are getting a substantial cut, too, according...
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 7:00:29 EDT
  • Hotels, shops, condos planned for Green Zone
    BAGHDAD — Forget the rocket attacks, concrete blast walls and lack of a sewer system. Now try to imagine luxury hotels, a shopping center and even condos in the heart of Baghdad.
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 6:23:46 EDT
  • 9/11 charity for Pentagon victims to close
    WASHINGTON — The largest charity established to help Washington-area victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is closing nearly seven years after a hijacked airplane crashed into the Pentagon.
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 6:23:33 EDT
  • ‘Northern Edge’ set to begin
    The biggest annual military training exercise in Alaska is set to kick off Monday, bringing together about 5,000 soldiers, airmen, Marines and sailors from bases in Alaska, California, Nevada and...
    Posted Tuesday May 6, 2008 5:54:41 EDT
  • Probe sought into using retired officers in PR
    WASHINGTON — Forty-one House members are calling on the Defense Department inspector general to investigate a public relations effort that relied on retired military officers to defend the Bush...
    Posted Monday May 5, 2008 7:09:25 EDT
  • Defense schools chief to retire June 30
    After nearly eight years at the helm of the Defense Department’s school system, Joe Tafoya has announced his retirement from federal service.
    Posted Friday May 2, 2008 14:03:13 EDT
  • Fleet Week sailors hammer for Habitat
    OAKLAND PARK, Fla. — Operations Specialist 3rd Class Daniel Hendrix was having a ball. Hammer in hand, he was pounding shingles on the roof of a new home here alongside his shipmate, Operations...
    Posted Monday May 5, 2008 9:38:25 EDT
  • VA adds $2 million for PTSD center
    After a series of congressional hearings showed that gaps remain in mental health care for veterans, the Veterans Affairs Department announced Friday it is allocating an additional $2 million to the...
    Posted Monday May 5, 2008 9:37:36 EDT
  • Senate votes to continue health care panel
    A joint committee responsible for improving the transition of combat-injured service members from active-duty to veterans’ status would live on into the next administration under legislation...
    Posted Sunday May 4, 2008 17:21:38 EDT
  • Bill would open Vet Centers to active troops
    Active and reserve service members would be eligible for mental health counseling from one of the 207 veterans’ centers operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs under bipartisan...
    Posted Friday May 2, 2008 13:17:01 EDT
  • Marine burned on 97 percent of body dies
    Sgt. Merlin German had been struggling with burn wounds covering more than 97 percent of his body for nearly two years when he made a decision: painful or not, he was going to don his dress blues and...
    Posted Sunday May 4, 2008 11:18:50 EDT
  • National security cutter ‘capable’
    Coast Guard acquisition officials planned to sign the paperwork in “early May” to accept the first national security cutter, the Bertholf, after the ship got a clean bill of health from a...
    Posted Sunday May 4, 2008 13:09:51 EDT
  • Famed boxing writer faked Korean War legacy
    As a widely admired boxing scribe at Sports Illustrated, the late Pat Putnam was known as someone who could spin a tale with the best, sharing the stories of all-time greats such as Muhammad Ali.
    Posted Friday May 2, 2008 9:44:55 EDT
  • Senate panel OKs 3.9 percent raise for 2009
    A Senate committee, siding with military and veterans’ groups rather than the Pentagon, has approved a 3.9 percent military pay raise for 2009, a move that would continue to close the perceived...
    Posted Friday May 2, 2008 6:41:29 EDT
  • Police: ‘D.C. Madam’ found dead
    TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — A woman thought to be the one convicted of running a high-end prostitution ring in Washington was found dead here Thursday of an apparent suicide, police said.
    Posted Friday May 2, 2008 16:25:25 EDT
  • Security clearance process to be automated
    Bush administration officials want to have a plan in place to automate most aspects of the security clearance process by the time a new administration arrives.
    Posted Friday May 2, 2008 6:05:36 EDT
  • Service dress khaki wear tests underway
    Wear tests of a throwback service dress khaki uniform have begun at six Navy locations and will continue through the summer.
    Posted Friday May 2, 2008 13:20:43 EDT
  • Navy’s LCS program advances
    The second Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), USS Independence, has been launched after a complex operation in Mobile, Ala.
    Posted Friday May 2, 2008 13:02:32 EDT
  • Navy vet dies, leaving $263,000 at motel
    SHELDON, Iowa — Authorities say a transient who stayed at a motel left behind $263,000 when he died — and few clues about how he got it.
    Posted Sunday May 4, 2008 10:40:31 EDT
  • Levin: Contractor cuts could strain troops
    A move by the Senate Armed Services Committee to limit the role of private security contractors in Iraq could have an unintended consequence of increasing the strain on Army and Marine Corps ground...
    Posted Friday May 2, 2008 13:01:15 EDT
  • New DoD Web sites counter enemy rhetoric
    The Pentagon is setting up a global network of foreign-language news Web sites, including an Arabic site for Iraqis, and hiring local journalists to write current events stories and other content...
    Posted Friday May 2, 2008 13:18:32 EDT
  • Long-term TBI care lacking, report says
    Three years after rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury, eight of 52 veterans interviewed faced significant unmet medical, mental health and career-assistance needs, and most of the patients had...
    Posted Friday May 2, 2008 13:19:22 EDT
  • VA to help more veterans with voting
    A revised voting assistance policy for patients at veterans’ hospitals and nursing homes has satisfied two senators who have been pressing the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide more...
    Posted Friday May 2, 2008 13:04:00 EDT
  • Mission Accomplished, 5 years later
    WASHINGTON — The White House said Wednesday that President Bush has paid a price for the “Mission Accomplished” banner that was flown in triumph five years ago but later became a...
    Posted Thursday May 1, 2008 11:24:38 EDT
  • U.S. airstrike kills Somalian al-Qaida chief
    MOGADISHU, Somalia — The U.S. military killed a man identified as the head of the main al-Qaida cell in Somalia and 10 others in an airstrike overnight, an Islamic insurgent group said Thursday.
    Posted Thursday May 1, 2008 9:44:15 EDT
  • Class action sought in anti-war shirt case
    PHOENIX — A Tennessee couple whose soldier son was killed in Iraq wants to expand their lawsuit against an Arizona online merchant of anti-war T-shirts to cover thousands of casualties and seek...
    Posted Friday May 2, 2008 7:37:34 EDT
  • Security clearance Question 21 rewritten
    WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday urged troops to get psychiatric counseling for wartime mental health problems, saying it’s “not going to count against...
    Posted Thursday May 1, 2008 12:56:42 EDT
  • Gates: 2nd carrier in Gulf a reminder to Iran
    MEXICO CITY — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that sending a second U.S. aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf could serve as a “reminder” to Iran, but he said it’s...
    Posted Thursday May 1, 2008 12:47:13 EDT
  • Mercy to deploy for humanitarian mission
    SAN DIEGO — The hospital ship Mercy, carrying about 700 Navy personnel, will leave its homeport here Thursday morning for a humanitarian mission in the South Pacific and Southeast Asia, Navy...
    Posted Thursday May 1, 2008 12:46:13 EDT
  • Navy hires women’s hoops coach
    BRUNSWICK, Maine — The Bowdoin College women’s basketball coach is stepping down to take a new job as coach of the women’s team at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.
    Posted Thursday May 1, 2008 12:49:23 EDT
  • Mullen to speak at Academy graduation
    The Naval Academy has announced that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Michael Mullen, will speak at the graduation and commissioning ceremony for the Naval Academy Class of 2008.
    Posted Thursday May 1, 2008 12:48:55 EDT
  • Action slows on vets’ benefits upgrades
    The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee approved major improvements in veterans’ education and home loan programs Wednesday, but details in the bills could delay or even prevent the...
    Posted Thursday May 1, 2008 11:33:28 EDT
  • VA trial ends with differing views of care
    SAN FRANCISCO — A two-week trial that scrutinized the quality of health care for veterans concluded Wednesday with the judge questioning how much authority he had to order changes in the...
    Posted Thursday May 1, 2008 7:27:12 EDT
  • Senator: Focus on mental health costs of war
    Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., is calling on President Bush to issue a directive making it clear that veterans’ mental health issues will be fully addressed.
    Posted Thursday May 1, 2008 5:53:00 EDT
  • Elmo videos help kids with 2nd deployment
    Elmo’s dad is deploying — again.
    Posted Thursday May 1, 2008 6:48:59 EDT
  • Gates opposes Senate GI Bill improvements
    Twenty-six veterans groups rallied on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to support a bipartisan measure to improve GI Bill benefits that now has 58 Senate and 249 House co-sponsors. But their message may be...
    Posted Thursday May 1, 2008 6:27:29 EDT
  • Singing sailor’s debut album out
    The Navy doesn’t pay Phil Stacey to sing and dance anymore — these days, it’s his day job.
    Posted Friday May 2, 2008 6:38:49 EDT
  • Survey to stress zero tolerance of violence
    TOKYO — The U.S. military will conduct a survey of health-related behaviors at the Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, from May 19 to 30 as part of the Defense Department’s annual survey on about...
    Posted Wednesday Apr 30, 2008 13:21:18 EDT
  • Man pleads guilty to using dead Navy vet ID
    WICHITA, Kan. — A man who took the identity of a dead Navy veteran after converting to Judaism has pleaded guilty to using a false name to apply for a U.S. passport and will be sentenced to a...
    Posted Tuesday Apr 29, 2008 10:53:13 EDT
  • Navy College offices offer paper tests again
    Two months after some academic testing was halted at Navy College offices worldwide, officials have announced selected tests will be offered again.
    Posted Wednesday Apr 30, 2008 14:19:35 EDT
  • Skelton: Improve readiness by leaving Iraq
    The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee says military readiness is his top priority — ahead of weapons modernization programs.
    Posted Tuesday Apr 29, 2008 10:12:36 EDT
  • Poor conditions at Bragg barracks exposed
    RALEIGH, N.C. — A video shot by the father of an 82nd Airborne Division soldier that shows poor conditions such as mold in a barracks at Fort Bragg caught the attention Friday of a U.S. senator...
    Posted Wednesday Apr 30, 2008 12:36:16 EDT
  • Tornado hits Norfolk
    At least one tornado — possibly two — touched down Monday afternoon at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., according to Navy sources.
    Posted Wednesday Apr 30, 2008 12:36:01 EDT
  • Friends: Luge victim was sailor home on leave
    KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kansas City, Kan., police have identified the man killed while riding a street luge.
    Posted Wednesday Apr 30, 2008 7:05:00 EDT
  • Quotas, opportunity to make E-8 down
    Competition to make E-8 is tougher this year.
    Posted Wednesday Apr 30, 2008 7:04:17 EDT
  • Earnhardt gets Navy recruit quota
    NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. is now a Navy recruiter — and officials want to see if he meets a quota of 88 recruits by the end of August.
    Posted Wednesday Apr 30, 2008 7:04:38 EDT
  • ‘Pause’ sought on readiness worry
    Top naval commanders have called for broad reviews and a “strategic pause” in the surface force after a pair of devastating inspections made them question whether today’s crews can...
    Posted Thursday May 1, 2008 16:27:53 EDT
  • Wheelchair-bound Navy vet dies in house fire
    ODESSA, Texas — A disabled Navy veteran died Sunday when his mobile home caught fire, authorities said.
    Posted Monday Apr 28, 2008 10:19:57 EDT
  • Kitty Hawk makes Hong Kong port call
    HONG KONG — The aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk sailed into Hong Kong on Monday on its final away-from-home port call five months after being turned away by China.
    Posted Tuesday Apr 29, 2008 8:33:48 EDT

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