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Sailors from sunken navy ship recognized as ‘buried at sea’ after 77 years
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For most of his life, Edward Salinas never knew he had a great uncle who served in World War II. The 26-year-old grew up in Edinburg, Texas, just north of the border with Mexico, thousands of miles away from where h...
More than 200 sailors moved off aircraft carrier after multiple suicides
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More than 200 sailors have moved off the USS George Washington aircraft carrier after multiple deaths by suicide among the crew, including three in less than one week in April, according to the Navy. The sailors are...
3 US sailors from aircraft carrier found dead in less than one week
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Three sailors from the USS George Washington aircraft carrier were found dead in less than one week, the Navy said, as the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and local authorities investigate the deaths. One sailo...
Navy says pilot forced to evacuate after jet ‘landing mishap’ that injured seven sailors in South China Sea
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The F-35C Joint Strike Fighter jet was conducting routine flight operations in the South China Sea when the mishap occurred, the Navy said in a statement. A Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35C Joint Strike Fighte...
3 Indian sailors killed in explosion on naval ship
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Mumbai, IndiaThree Indian Navy personnel were killed in an explosion on a ship at a naval dockyard in Mumbai on Tuesday, the navy said. It gave no reason for the blast but said a board of inquiry would investigate. "...
Navy discharges first sailors for declining COVID-19 vaccine
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The group, which included 20 sailors who had just entered active service, were removed via entry-level separations, causing them to be separated during their first 180 days. On Dec. 15, Navy commanders were ordered t...
Navy sailors injured after submarine strikes an object at sea
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The vessel, the USS Connecticut, made contact with the object while it was submerged Tuesday, causing several non-life-threatening injuries to the crew onboard. The submarine is now on the way to Guam and expected to...
Navy declares 5 missing sailors dead after helicopter crash
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An MH-60S helicopter had been conducting flight operations aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln when it plummeted into the water some 60 nautical miles off the coast of San Diego around 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 31. The Navy, work...
Coast Guard calls off search efforts for five sailors missing after Navy helicopter crash
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The search was called off Thursday morning, a Coast Guard spokesperson told Fox News. US NAVY HELICOPTER CRASHES OFF SAN DIEGO COAST: 1 RESCUED, 5 MISSING: REPORT The MH-60S helicopter had been conducting flight o...
Meet the US female sailors going for the gold at the Tokyo Olympics
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Maggie Shea and Stephanie Roble told "America Reports" Friday that it’s been a very challenging experience to find alternative ways to train for the Tokyo Olympics under tough circumstances. "It's certainly been an ...
Sen. Cotton rails Navy officer’s reading list: Sailors should focus on ‘fighting real wars’, not culture wars
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Cotton: Well, at best, it's a waste of time of our sailors to be reading such nonsense. They should be focused on basic seamanship or maritime strategy, naval history, leadership and so forth. But more likely, it act...
Russian sailors rescue stranded dog from Arctic ice
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One-year-old Samoyed "Aika" had strayed far from her owner and village, wandering near the "Alexander Sannikov" icebreaker. PUTIN SIGNS LAW ENDING RUSSIA'S OPEN SKIES TREATY WITH THE US Video from the scene shows th...
2 sailors are hospitalized after a shooting at Maryland’s Fort Detrick. Here’s what we know
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Two sailors are hospitalized following a shooting Tuesday at a military installation in Frederick, Maryland, authorities said. The US Navy identified the gunman as Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, a Navy hospital corpsm...
Chinese submarine sailors report significant mental health problems in rare study
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Hong Kong More than 1 in 5 sailors on Chinese submarines operating in the South China Sea reported mental health problems, according to a new study that provides a rare insight into the inner workings of one of the C...
Pirates kidnap 15 sailors in attack on Turkish container ship off coast of Nigeria
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Pirates off Nigeria's coast kidnapped 15 sailors from a Turkish container ship on Saturday, in a brazen and violent attack that was farther from shore than usual. One sailor, an Azerbaijani citizen, was killed in the...
Small number of sailors test positive for coronavirus on aircraft carrier that previously had Covid outbreak
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The coronavirus has returned to the USS Theodore Roosevelt, the same aircraft carrier that experienced a major outbreak earlier this year, the handling of which caused the ship's captain to be fired and led to the r...