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That’s not just any astronaut on Navy’s helmet, that’s Navy royalty
Bruce McCandless II, a U.S Naval Academy graduate, went on to serve as a naval aviator and pioneering astronaut.
By Todd South
Boston-based cutter confiscates cocaine in Pacific patrol
Some of the narcotics came off a fishing boat flying a Costa Rican flag in the Eastern Pacific, officials say.
This skipper fled Iran. Now he’s preparing to deploy there.
Meet Capt. Kavon "Hak" Hakimzadeh.
By Brock Vergakis, The Virginian-Pilot
Search ends for missing sailor
The sailor served in Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 5, the Norfolk-based World Famous Nightdippers.
By Navy Times staff
Iran state TV: Iranian forces seize foreign oil tanker, crew
Iran's state television did not identify the seized vessel, but said it was intercepted on Sunday. It said the oil tanker had 12 foreign crew members on board and was involved in smuggling some 1 million liters of fuel from Iranian smugglers to foreign customers.
By Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press
VP Pence lauds Coast Guard crew for massive cocaine haul
The Coast Guard cutter Murno returned this week from a three-month drug interdiction deployment in the Eastern Pacific.
Trump Keeps Talking About the Last Military Standoff With Iran — Here’s What Really Happened
A ProPublica investigation makes clear that Trump’s repeated claims about the captured sailors – Obama’s weakness; that the money was improper – obscure the more troubling realities exposed by the Navy’s 2016 debacle in the Persian Gulf.
By Megan Rose, Robert Faturechi and T. Christian Miller, ProPublica
Iranian hackers wage cyber campaign amid tensions with US
In recent weeks, hackers believed to be working for the Iranian government have targeted U.S. government agencies, as well as sectors of the economy, including oil and gas
By Tami Abdollah
Sailor in V-J Day Times Square kiss photo to be laid to rest
George Mendonsa's funeral will be held Friday at St. Mary’s Church in Newport, Rhode Island, according to his obituary.
Back when Navy officers settled beefs by shooting each other — and Marines
“Oh Lord, I am a dead man.”
By Janine Peterson, Military History Magazine