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Biden’s Pentagon nominees: More diverse and more of them
Eight months into President Joe Biden’s first year as commander-in-chief, he’s making good on a campaign pledge to form an administration that would “look like America,” selecting for the Defense Department top officials meant to reflect the country’s diversity.
By Joe Gould
California Air National Guard speeds coronavirus testing kits to cruise ship
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus climbed to 12 on Thursday.
By Carl Prine
Coast Guard officer appeals prison sentence
He pleaded guilty in October to possessing unregistered and unserialized silencers, being a drug addict in possession of firearms and illegal possession of tramadol, an opioid painkiller.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
Judge: Coast Guard officer plotted mass murder ‘to act out his white nationalist views’
The pill-popping ex-Marine drew a stiff sentence.
Payback at Balikpapan
Only weeks after Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, four stalwart destroyers demonstrated that there was still plenty of fight left in the U.S. Navy.
By Michael Crowder, World War II
Free records — 8 million of 'em!
An instant hit with World War II sailors, V-Discs are today a priceless archive of rare performances by jazz and pop greats.
By Lewis Lord, World War II Magazine
Celebrating our son’s life through Heroes In Transition’s work
Heroes In Transition looks to ease the burdens military members face through a range of services.
By Cyndy Jones
Coast Guard officer pleads guilty to drug, gun charges
He was accused of stockpiling weapons and targeting Supreme Court justices, prominent Democrats and TV journalists.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
Judge refuses to toss Coast Guard officer’s gun charges
The judge ruled a silencer is a firearm accessory, not a weapon in and of itself, and therefore isn't a "bearable arm" protected by the Second Amendment.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
Coastie accused of plotting terror attacks wants gun charges dropped
But a federal prosecutor contends other courts already have held that the Second Amendment doesn't cover silencers.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
Mutiny on the Amistad: ‘All we want is make us free.’
On Aug. 26, 1839, the Navy brig Washington seized the Spanish slaver Amistad near Montauk Point, New York, sparking one of the most important anti-slavery cases in American history.
By Dr. Howard Jones, American History Magazine