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Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington (US Navy Photo)

Navy gives itself ‘C+’ on ability to repair warships

Outdated public shipyards would get a low grade for the ability to repair warships damaged in a major conflict, a top Navy official said Wednesday.

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The USNS 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo, shown in March 31, 2014, in Australia, had to return to Florida following an engine room fire last Thursday. The Navy transport ship was carrying equipment for building a temporary humanitarian aid corridor in Gaza.

Navy ship carrying equipment for Gaza aid corridor catches fire, returns to US

A street at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, was renamed April 18, 2024, for Maj. Brian Mescall, a Massachusetts soldier killed in Afghanistan in 2009.

‘Replacing a traitor with a hero’: Street at US base in Germany renamed for soldier killed in Afghanistan

‘Hit the mark’: 101st soldiers impressed after firing Army’s new rifles for first time

Senators propose pilot program to partner military child care with civilian providers

New phone app at Navy base in Italy puts info at service members’ fingertips

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Demand supports creation, expansion of food pantries on Marine bases in Japan

Unexploded shell from WWII found at tourist destination on Okinawa

First shipboard USO center in 7th Fleet opens ahead of carrier’s expected departure

Army leaders open to more permanent basing in Poland, but costs would be high

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Army

Fort Carson fire burning on 1,450 acres near training areas is 60% contained

‘Replacing a traitor with a hero’: Street at US base in Germany renamed for soldier killed in Afghanistan

‘Hit the mark’: 101st soldiers impressed after firing Army’s new rifles for first time

Air Force

In this photo provided by the Alaska National Guard, an F-22 Raptor fighter jet hooks up to an Alaska Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker, from the 168th Air Refueling Wing, to conduct in-air refueling over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex during their fighter/bomber exercises, May 1, 2014. Personnel changes implemented at the national level may hinder the Alaska Air National Guard's ability to refuel U.S. and Canadian fighter jets when they scramble to escort Russian bombers nearing North American air space. (Lt. Bernie Kale/Alaska National Guard via AP)

Air National Guard changes in Alaska could affect national security, civilian rescues, staffers say

Runway upgrades to support 185th Air Refueling Wing in Iowa ‘moving forward,’ Air Force secretary says

Red Horse squadron returns home after 6½ months in Guam

Navy

The USNS 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo, shown in March 31, 2014, in Australia, had to return to Florida following an engine room fire last Thursday. The Navy transport ship was carrying equipment for building a temporary humanitarian aid corridor in Gaza.

Navy ship carrying equipment for Gaza aid corridor catches fire, returns to US

Navy gives itself ‘C+’ on ability to repair warships

New phone app at Navy base in Italy puts info at service members’ fingertips

Space Force

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink satellites launches from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, March 10, 2024. Starlink satellites are positioned in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). (U.S. Space Force photo by Joshua Conti)

SpaceX launch from Cape marks record turnaround time with record booster reflight

SpaceX is launching more rockets from a military base. Can the Coastal Commission impose a limit?

Space Force unveils distinctive new PT gear for guardians

Coast Guard

A group of barges sit pinned against the Emsworth lock and dam in Pittsburgh, on Saturday, April 13, 2024. More than two dozen river barges broke loose from their moorings and floated down the Ohio River, damaging a marina and striking a bridge.

US Coast Guard reopens Ohio River near Pittsburgh to maritime traffic after sunken barge is found

Temporary channel around Key Bridge opens to recreational boats Tuesday

Coast Guard Academy disciplines 55 cadets for distributing answers to homework assignments

Marine Corps

An expanded food pantry opened its doors in November at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan.

Demand supports creation, expansion of food pantries on Marine bases in Japan

18-year-old US Marine steals over $500,000 from jewelry stores, Texas cops say

Marine veteran donates kidney to pool rival

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U.S.

A parent escorts her son to his classroom at the Lakehurst Child Development Center on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., March 18, 2024. The center reopened for care after 10 months of renovations. (U.S. Air Force photo by

Jewaun Victor)

Senators propose pilot program to partner military child care with civilian providers

Biden is off on details of his uncle’s WWII death as he calls Trump unfit to lead the military

US drops from top spot in poll about confidence in military among G7 countries

Europe

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy inspects the fortification lines in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Poland arrests man suspected of spying for Russia to aid Zelenskyy assassination plot

Ukraine’s allies see bleak times ahead without more air defenses

Dual German-Russian citizens arrested for plotting attacks on US forces in Bavaria

Asia-Pacific

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with survivors of religious persecution, including Hkalam Samson, standing on the first row, second from right, in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, in Washington. Hkalam Samson, prominent Christian church leader and human rights advocate from Myanmar’s Kachin ethnic minority, was detained by the authorities just hours after he was released from prison under an amnesty by the military government, a relative, a colleague and local media said Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Prominent Baptist pastor in military-ruled Myanmar detained again hours after release from prison

Unexploded shell from WWII found at tourist destination on Okinawa

European air forces to train across Indo-Pacific this summer

Middle East

FILE -- A sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2019. On Friday, April 12, 2024, Google announced it was testing removing links to California news websites from some people's search results. The search giant said it was preparing in case the Legislature passed a bill requiring it to pay media companies a fee for linking to its content. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Google fires 28 workers after office sit-ins to protest cloud contract with Israel

Netanyahu is caught between hitting Iran and heeding allies

Congress moving swiftly on bipartisan action to punish Iran after revenge attack on Israel

Africa

FILE - Sculptures created by French artist Prune Nourry, Inspired by ancient Nigerian Ife terracotta heads, titled "Statues Also Breathe," and representing the remaining 108 Chibok still in captivity are displayed in Lagos, Nigeria, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. The Nigerian army says a girl who was seized from her school along with hundreds others during a raid by extremists ten years ago in northeastern Nigeria has been rescued together with her three children. Lydia Simon was among 276 girls seized from their school in Nigeria’s Chibok village in April 2014. About 82 of them remain in captivity. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Nigeria’s army rescues a woman abducted from Chibok as a schoolgirl, and her 3 children

Defying Niger exit order leaves US troops vulnerable, whistleblower says

UN rights chief says eastern Congo’s escalating violence being forgotten by world

Americas

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security during a hearing on "A Review of the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Flyer at camp in Mexico urges US-bound migrants to vote for Biden. Its origins are suspect

Venezuela closes its embassy in Ecuador to protest raid on Mexican embassy there

Argentine court blames Iran and Hezbollah for deadly 1994 Jewish center bombing

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Okinawa

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Guam

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Veterans

VA ordered to end experiments on dogs, cats and primates by 2026

Experiments and testing on cats, dogs and primates by the Department of Veterans Affairs must end by 2026 under newly enacted legislation that lawmakers highlighted during a House subcommittee hearing.

Sports

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History

Somewhere in the Arabian Sea, Nov. 30, 2001: Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) fire their weapons off the end of the USS Bataan, somewhere in the Arabian
Sea. The Marines are busy staying prepared for possible orders into Aghanistan.

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Target practice on USS Bataan, 2001

Somewhere in the Arabian Sea, Nov. 30, 2001: Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) fire their weapons off the end of the USS Bataan.

Living

Australian actor Hoa Xuande, left, plays the Captain, a South Vietnamese spy for the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam War in “The Sympathizer.” His character is struggling with his communist leanings, having a fondness for the U.S. after studying there before the war.

‘The Sympathizer’ offers a fresh perspective on the Vietnam War

How HBO transformed Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel ‘The Sympathizer’ into a limited series

Travel

Young fairy fans brought their wings to last year’s first annual Fairy Tales event on the South Mountain Fairy Trail in Millburn, N.J. The next event, which features fairy stories, face-painting and walking tours, will be May 4.

Infusing a NJ forest with fairy magic

Film festivals abound across the Continent this month.

April events calendar for Europe

At Junglia, a theme park under construction in northern Okinawa, attractions will include safari rides in which patrons will be chased by dinosaurs.

Junglia, a nature-focused theme park, is in the works for northern Okinawa