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Amid hiring boom, defense firms say labor shortage is dragging them down

Labor shortfalls rooted in the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic remain a millstone around the neck of the defense industry, forcing firms to juggle staff, hold job fairs and find workarounds to keep operations running as smoothly as possible.

By Joe Gould and Stephen Losey

3 years ago

Men cross perilous Drake Passage unassisted

They braved icebergs, colossal waves and frigid temperatures across 600 nautical miles of churning sea.

5 years ago

John Paul Jones: Sea power visionary

John Paul Jones pioneered the idea of global sea power a century before the rise of the modern U.S. Navy.

By Joseph F. Callo, Military History Magazine

6 years ago

Navy petty officer wins transgender bodybuilding contest

Competitors were judged in the categories of lightweight, middleweight, heavyweight and masters, for age 60 and over, according to five disciplines: mass, definition, proportion, symmetry and stage presence.

7 years ago

One year later, McCain sailors and families locked in legal battle with oil tanker owner

Dozens of McCain sailors and relatives of the 10 shipmates who died in the collision last year are seeking more than $60 million in damages from the owners of the Alnic MC tanker.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

7 years ago

Crushed in their racks: Inside the John S. McCain disaster

Living quarters rapidly flooded after the McCain collided with an oil tanker on Aug. 21. The 10 sailors who drowned never had a chance to escape.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

8 years ago