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Marine quick-response unit heads for home after Middle East deployment
The special-operations-capable 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked across three Navy ships, left the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday.
Lynda Carter, TV’s Wonder Woman, loves a heartwarming video from Navy Exchange
Separated from his mother while she's deployed, a child looks to a familiar toy for comfort — and a little magic.
By Mark D. Faram
Nation bids goodbye to Bush with high praise, cannons, humor
The nation bid goodbye to George H.W. Bush with high praise, cannon salutes and gentle humor Wednesday, celebrating the life of the Texan who embraced a lifetime of service in Washington and was the last president to fight for the U.S. in wartime. Three former presidents looked on at Washington National Cathedral as a fourth — George W. Bush — eulogized his dad as “the brightest of a thousand points of light.”
US Naval Academy board hears about handling sea-level rise
The sea level in Annapolis is predicted to rise between 0.6 and 3.6 feet (.18 to 1.1 meters) by 2050, a U.S. Naval Academy oceanography professor said Monday in a briefing about an advisory council helping the riverside academy make decisions on flood-related matters.
‘Active shooter’ near amphibious warship in Virginia never found
Emergency dispatchers received a telephone call about a possible shooter at 11:46 a.m. Thursday, according to the Portsmouth Police Department.
By Carl Prine