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Meet the namesake of the Navy’s newest ship, the USS Robert E. Simanek
This Marine threw himself onto a grenade to save his entrenched comrades in Korea. He absorbed the full blast — yet survived.
By Jon Guttman
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The Marine officer who saved 8,000 lives at the ‘Frozen Chosin’
'To me, it didn’t matter whether those were Chinese, Korean, Mongolian, whatever — they were the enemy.'
Thanks to the Navy, scientists discovered the infamous ‘humongous fungus’
The discovery of the "humongous fungus" was a side product of a U.S. Navy effort called Project ELF.
By Karina Zaiets, Columbia Missourian
Trump trying to make sure North Korea’s Kim Jong Un gets ‘what he wants,’ South Korean leader says
The U.S. president says he has a "very friendly view" of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Mattis: Putin tried to ‘muck around’ in US midterm elections
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Saturday took aim at Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of trying to "muck around" in the U.S. midterm elections, of duplicity in arms control and of acting irresponsibly in last weekend's naval confrontation with Ukraine.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Navy brings newest destroyer to life in Boston
The Maine-built Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is named in honor of Thomas Hudner, a Fall River native and longtime Concord resident who was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Harry Truman for crash-landing his plane to try to save the life of Ensign Jesse Brown during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in December 1950.
Escalating tensions: Ukraine bars entry to Russian men of fighting age
The ban will last 30 days — as long as the martial law introduced this week in much of Ukraine after Russia seized three Ukrainian naval vessels and their crews.
Air Force: No bomber presence over the Korean Peninsula since talks
Top general says readiness is being maintained through smaller joint operations.
By Tara Copp, AP
Russia fires on Ukrainian vessels in Black Sea; 2 wounded
Earlier in the day, Russia and Ukraine traded accusations over a separate incident involving the same vessels, prompting Moscow to block passage through the narrow Kerch Strait, which separates the peninsula from the Russian mainland.
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