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XO dies after being found unresponsive aboard USS Marinette
The Navy has opened an investigation into the cause of Cmdr. Jonathan Volkle's death.
Afghan refugees at Fort McCoy cheer ‘Nutcracker’ ballet
Evacuees from Afghanistan began arriving at Fort McCoy in late August.
By Lucas Robinson, Wisconsin State Journal
US Navy accepts first Freedom LCS since discovering widespread defect in combining gear system
The Navy is satisfied that land-based and at-sea testing of the new combining gear system — and its bearings, specifically — sufficiently wrung out the new design, and now the service can move forward with installing the fix in new-construction and in-service ships.
No charges for National Guard mishandled sex assault cases
The state justice department reviewed the cases for 18 months.
Navy christens, launches littoral combat ship Nantucket in Wisconsin
When it is commissioned, the Freedom-variant LCS will be homeported in Mayport, Florida.
By Diana Stancy
Best pics of the week: Aug. 8, 2021
Soldiers and airmen take part in Exercise Forager 21 in the Pacific, Navy divers prepare for deployment, Marines battle fires and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Wisconsin National Guard soldier, friend charged in Capitol attack
Both men admitted they entered the Capitol, an FBI affidavit said.
Sea power backers propose $25 billion to fix US shipyards
The introduction of the 11-page Shipyard Act comes after President Joe Biden proposed a $2.25 trillion infrastructure package and Republicans made a $568 billion counteroffer.
By Joe Gould
Navy pauses plan to move Wisconsin badger statue to Virginia museum
The U.S. Naval Academy loaned it to the state in 1988 and planned to move it to the nonprofit Nauticus Museum, where the second USS Wisconsin is berthed as an exhibit.
It’s Navy’s badger statue, but Wisconsin has grown attached
Navy officials want the statue they loaned to the state more than 30 years ago back. But state historians aren’t letting it go without a fight.
Presidency hinges on tight races in battleground states
Neither candidate cleared the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House, and the margins were tight in several battleground states.
By Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press, Zeke Miller, The Associated Press and Jill Colvin, The Associated Press