Washington — The U.S. Navy is taking a major step to restrict press access to information about service members by no longer releasing information about any sailor’s service history – information that has been freely offered by the service for decades. The move, which officials say is being driven by increased security threats and harassment … Read more
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy is taking a major step to restrict press access to information about service members by no longer releasing information about any sailor’s service history — information that has been freely offered by the service for decades. The move, which officials say is being driven by increased security threats and harassment … Read more
6m ago Qatari negotiating team returns from meetings in Tehran, Qatari official tells CBS News A Qatari negotiating team returned from meetings in Tehran Thursday morning, a Qatari official told CBS News. The source said the team returned to Doha after meetings that went into the early hours in the Iranian capital. Diplomatic efforts, … Read more
Largest aircraft carrier in the world returns to the U.S., bringing thousands of sailors home – CBS News Watch CBS News The Pentagon awarded the USS Ford Carrier Group the prestigious Presidential Unit Citation for heroism as the warships finally returned home from two defining military missions. Olivia Rinaldi has more. Source link
Researchers say they have identified four sailors who were among 129 who died during a fatal polar expedition in 1845, resolving a decades-long debate about the identity of one of the men on the mission. The HMS Erebus and HMS Terror launched from England in 1845. The mission, led by Captain Sir John Franklin and … Read more
HONG KONG — He and his shipmates stay up on the deck at night, sometimes watching rockets fly over their heads. What was supposed to be an uneventful first voyage transporting oil across the Persian Gulf has turned into a nightmare for a 28-year-old sailor from India, who has spent the past month stuck as … Read more
The U.S. military has identified the six service members who were killed in Thursday’s plane crash in western Iraq, while thousands more U.S. sailors and a 2,500-strong Marine unit are headed to the Middle East. Charlie D’Agata reports. Source link
The U.S. military plans to exhume the remains of 88 sailors and Marines killed when the USS Arizona was bombed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and who were buried as unknowns in a Honolulu cemetery. It’s part of an effort to use advances in DNA technology to attach names to those the military … Read more
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The lengthy mission of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford is causing strains for the crew members and their families. Source link