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Frontline Photos: Jan. 2, 2022
Dive training, flying into the sunset, morning colors and more in this week’s Frontline Photos.
Joint Base Andrews, others in NCR, go to HPCON Charlie over COVID-19 concerns
At the direction of Col. Andrew Purath, the commander of the 11th Wing and Joint Base Andrews, the base shifted from HPCON Bravo, according to the release. Other military bases throughout the National Capital Region have similarly shifted to HPCON Charlie.
By Howard Altman
National Medal of Honor center opens where it all began
The center celebrates historic valor and teaches lessons traits of the brave.
By Todd South
Diver discovers Lake Michigan shipwrecks
The vessels were resting on the lake bottom near Beaver Island.
Air Force cautions troops to beware of sexless ‘involuntary celibates’
The aggressive sect of repugnant men cast the entirety of the blame for their coitus-free existence onto women.
By Jon Simkins
Undefended shore: American antisubmarine operations in 1942
In 1942 American merchant ships up and down the Atlantic Coast were being relentlessly attacked by German U-boats. Why did the U.S. Navy secretly decide to leave them unprotected?
By Ed Offley, MHQ — The Quarterly Journal of Military History
All survive as plane carrying US military crashes into river
A military-chartered jet carrying 143 people landed hard, then bounced and swerved as the pilot struggled to control it amid thunder and lightning, ultimately skidding off the runway and coming to a crashing halt in a river at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
Washington Nationals partner with Air Force to teach new commanders about leadership
Leaders of military commands and baseball teams have more in common than you might think.
By Joshua Axelrod
Blessed by the Coast Guard, this boat is about to become an artificial reef
The cruise liner El Dorado will be filled with water and sunk to a depth of about 100 feet.
By Patrick McCreless, News Herald of Panama City
Confronting depression, anxiety, Navy moms with new babies get help in Norfolk
Read about one of many local support groups to which the nonprofit Postpartum Support Virginia connects women struggling with postpartum depression and other perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. The
By Katherine Hafner, The Virginian-Pilot via the AP
Baltimore’s WWII-era Liberty ship could be homeless soon
The 440-foot-long gray vessel is one of only two fully operational Liberty ships, which transported vast numbers of military personnel and countless tons of cargo during the war — and the only one sailing regularly out of the port city where it was built.
By Chris Kaltenbach, The Baltimore Sun via the AP