Pearl Harbor Navy survivor Bob Fernandez recalls Japanese bombing on 83 anniversary
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Pearl Harbor Navy survivor Bob Fernandez recalls Japanese bombing on 83 anniversary

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Bob Fernandez thought he’d go dancing and see the world when he joined the US Navy as a 17-year-old high school student in August 1941. Four months later he found himself shaking from explosions and passing ammunition to artillery crews so his ship’s…

China’s new nuclear sub sinks at shipyard, suggesting Beijing is in over its head
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China’s new nuclear sub sinks at shipyard, suggesting Beijing is in over its head

China lost its most advanced nuclear submarine when it sank in a naval yard earlier this year — and it suggests the Communist nation could be in too deep as tries to build a navy to rival America’s maritime might. The Chinese Zhou-class, the first of a new class of…

Stranded woman, child, tortoise, and cat rescued in Hawaii
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Stranded woman, child, tortoise, and cat rescued in Hawaii

The United States Coast Guard and Navy rescued a mother and her 7-year-old child alongside their pet tortoise and cat from a sailboat nearly 1,000 miles off the coast of Hawaii during Hurricane Gilma’s landfall last week after the boat’s captain died.  Watchstanders at the Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu…

Navy to sideline 17 vessels due to manpower shortage, operating crews will be redistributed: report
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Navy to sideline 17 vessels due to manpower shortage, operating crews will be redistributed: report

The Navy will reportedly sideline 17 vessels due to a manpower shortage that makes it difficult to properly crew and operate ships across the fleet.  There just aren’t enough Merchant Marines to keep all the ships going at once, according to Rear Admiral (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, senior director of the Center on…

Marine dead after vehicle rolls over during training exercise on California base: military officials
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Marine dead after vehicle rolls over during training exercise on California base: military officials

A Marine is dead after he was involved in a vehicle rollover during a training exercise on a California military base, officials said Sunday. The unidentified Marine was critically injured on Saturday when a high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle flipped at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms,…

US Navy crew members miraculously survive as helicopter crashes in San Diego Bay
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US Navy crew members miraculously survive as helicopter crashes in San Diego Bay

All six crew members aboard a US Navy helicopter miraculously survived a crash into San Diego Bay Thursday evening, according to reports. The MH-60R helicopter hit the water at around 6:40 p.m., Navy Cmdr. Beth Teach, a Naval Air Force Pacific Fleet spokesperson, confirmed to Fox 5 San Diego. The helicopter had…

USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier heads home after standing guard in Mediterranean Sea
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USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier heads home after standing guard in Mediterranean Sea

The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group, which was moved to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea following the Oct. 7 invasion of Israel by Hamas-led terrorists, will be heading back to its home in Norfolk, Virginia, US military officials said on Monday. The strike group includes the aircraft carrier USS Gerald…

Russia possibly tried and failed to test nuclear torpedo
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Russia possibly tried and failed to test nuclear torpedo

The Russian navy has made a possible failed attempt to test one of its new nuclear-powered “apocalypse” Poseidon torpedoes designed to trigger radioactive tsunamis from hundreds of miles away, according to US observers. The apparently botched exercise took place in the Arctic Sea in recent weeks and involved Russia’s behemoth…