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Remember the Cole: al-Qaida attacked the destroyer in Yemen 20 years ago today

Two decades ago on Oct. 12, an al-Qaida attack on the USS Cole left 17 sailors dead and 37 wounded.

By Harm Venhuizen

3 years ago

As tensions rise, could Iran mistake airliners for warplanes?

Iraqi officials said ExxonMobil Corp. began evacuating staff from Basra, and Bahrain ordered its citizens out of Iraq and Iran over "the recent escalations and threats."

By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press

5 years ago

US warship sails the Arabian Sea, avoiding port, killing time ... and germs

Personnel on the dock landing ship Fort McHenry have treated 25 sailors and Marines for a viral infection similar to mumps.

By Mark D. Faram

5 years ago

Sailor booted after racist attack on his own rack, Navy says

Marquie Little posted photos of his vandalized rack to Facebook last year, but the Navy says he made it up "to get off the ship before its next underway."

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

6 years ago

‘I now hate my ship’: Surveys reveal disastrous morale on cruiser Shiloh

Morale aboard the cruiser Shiloh plummeted during the command of Navy Capt. Adam Aycock, making the ship the butt of jokes on the waterfront in Yokosuka, Japan.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

6 years ago

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