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Sailors allegedly created 'rape list' of female crew members aboard Navy submarine
The USS Florida is seen off the coast of the Bahamas on Jan. 22, 2003.<br>David Nagle/U.S. Navy
The USS Florida is seen off the coast of the Bahamas on Jan. 22, 2003.<br>David Nagle/U.S. Navy

A new probe reveals that Navy submarine sailors compiled a list of female crew members that ranked them according to their attractiveness level. The "rape list" comprised female sailors aboard the USS Florida – only the second American sub to integrate women.

Health care for military and security contractors can be a confusing series of insurance claims and little-understood policies. <br>
Health care for military and security contractors can be a confusing series of insurance claims and little-understood policies. <br>

Episode 9 - Demystifying government, private contracting health care regulations

A trio of experts joins hosts Michelle Harven and Desmon Farris to help explain the intricacies of contractor health care, provide tips for those in the industry and clear up some of the murkier aspects of the current system.

In this Saturday, May 18, 2019, photo, a couple takes photos with bas reliefs of ancient Persian soldiers in an old neighborhood in downtown Tehran, Iran. The Associated Press spoke to a variety of people on Tehran's streets recently, ranging from young and old, women wearing the all-encompassing black chador to those merely loosely covering their hair. <br>AP Photo/Vahid Salemi
In this Saturday, May 18, 2019, photo, a couple takes photos with bas reliefs of ancient Persian soldiers in an old neighborhood in downtown Tehran, Iran. The Associated Press spoke to a variety of people on Tehran's streets recently, ranging from young and old, women wearing the all-encompassing black chador to those merely loosely covering their hair. <br>AP Photo/Vahid Salemi

In Iran, economic struggles trump fears of US confrontation

Across Iran's capital, the talk always seems to come back to how things may get worse.

The USS Abraham Lincoln sails in the Arabian Sea near the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge on Friday, May 17, 2019. <br>Brian M. Wilbur/U.S. Navy
The USS Abraham Lincoln sails in the Arabian Sea near the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge on Friday, May 17, 2019. <br>Brian M. Wilbur/U.S. Navy

Navy conducts training and deterrence exercises in Arabian Sea

The U.S. Navy has conducted exercises in the Persian Gulf with an aircraft carrier strike group ordered to the region to counter an alleged, unspecified threat from Iran.


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Episode 9: Contractors navigate complex maze of laws, policies for health care

A trio of experts joins hosts Michelle Harven and Desmon Farris to help explain the intricacies of contractor health care, provide tips for those in the industry and clear up some of the murkier aspects of the current system.

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Robert Rumsby, an Army second lieutenant at the time, receives a Distinguished Flying Cross during a ceremony at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., in May 2009 for his great uncle, Sgt. Donald Sang, who died in a plane crash during World War II. <br>Photo provided by Robert Rumsby
Robert Rumsby, an Army second lieutenant at the time, receives a Distinguished Flying Cross during a ceremony at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., in May 2009 for his great uncle, Sgt. Donald Sang, who died in a plane crash during World War II. <br>Photo provided by Robert Rumsby

National Guard NCO charged and banned from National Archives over taking of WWII dog tags

Robert Rumsby, 29, of Fredericksburg, Va., admitted he took the dog tags. Rumsby said his mission was to give the dog tags to the dead soldiers’ families, whom he met while researching the plane crash that killed his great uncle during World War II.

Incidents involving James Louis Jordan along the Appalachian Trail<br>
Incidents involving James Louis Jordan along the Appalachian Trail<br>

Traumatized ex-soldier died trying to 'find peace' on the Appalachian Trail

The physical injuries kept Ronnie Sanchez Jr. from moving as fast as he wanted on the Appalachian Trail, but it was the unseen wounds that almost made him quit. Sanchez spent 16 years in the Army and did three tours in Iraq as a combat engineer.

A video screen grab shows President Donald Trump speaking behind his desk aboard Air Force One with the presidential seal seen in the background.<br>
A video screen grab shows President Donald Trump speaking behind his desk aboard Air Force One with the presidential seal seen in the background.<br>

Trump's Air Force One video trashing Mayor Bill de Blasio may have violated law

While jetting on Air Force One to a political fundraising event, President Donald Trump may have broken the law, as he sat behind his desk calling New York Mayor Bill de Blasio soft on crime and quick on taxes.

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In this Tuesday, May 14, 2019 photo, a converted C-130 is a new STEM education classroom at Hill Aerospace Museum in Ogden, Utah. The Standard-Examiner reports the Vietnam era cargo plane has been converted into a classroom for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math students and attached to a museum at the Hill Air Force Base near Ogden. <br>Ben Dorger/Standard-Examiner via AP

Vietnam-era C-130 converted into interactive classroom

The Standard-Examiner reports a Vietnam era C-130 cargo plane has been converted into a classroom for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math students and attached to a museum at Hill Air Force Base near Ogden. Ogden is about 40 miles north of Salt Lake City.

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The North Korean Embassy in Madrid, Spain, on March 28, 2019.<br>(Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images/TNS

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Matteo Salvini and Marine Le Pen, Leader of the French National Front, attend a rally organized by League leader Matteo Salvini, with leaders of other European nationalist parties, ahead of the May 23-26 European Parliamentary elections, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, May 18, 2019. <br>Luca Bruno/Associated Press

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Police inspect a car and a bus that were damaged by a bomb, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 19, 2019. Egyptian officials say a roadside bomb has hit a tourist bus near the Giza Pyramids. They said Sunday's blast wounded at least 17 people including tourists. <br>Mohammed Salah/AP

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A roadside bomb hit a tourist bus on Sunday near the Giza Pyramids, wounding at least 17 people including tourists, Egyptian officials said.

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Actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks at CinemaCon 2019 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Thursday, April 4, 2019. <br>Chris Pizzello, Invision/AP

Arnold Schwarzenegger assaulted during event in South Africa

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In this Tuesday, May 14, 2019 photo, a converted C-130 is a new STEM education classroom at Hill Aerospace Museum in Ogden, Utah. The Standard-Examiner reports the Vietnam era cargo plane has been converted into a classroom for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math students and attached to a museum at the Hill Air Force Base near Ogden. <br>Ben Dorger/Standard-Examiner via AP

Vietnam-era C-130 converted into interactive classroom

The Standard-Examiner reports a Vietnam era C-130 cargo plane has been converted into a classroom for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math students and attached to a museum at Hill Air Force Base near Ogden. Ogden is about 40 miles north of Salt Lake City.

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The North Korean Embassy in Madrid, Spain, on March 28, 2019.<br>(Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images/TNS

A bizarre takeover of North Korea's embassy in Spain has an LA man on the run

The North Korean Embassy in Madrid was a soft target. All it took was imitation handguns, fake business cards and some guile for a group of human rights activists to capture the embassy on the evening of Feb. 22. Over four hours, they took hostages, smashed photographs of the country's late dictators and absconded with a stash of electronics and thumb drives.

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Matteo Salvini and Marine Le Pen, Leader of the French National Front, attend a rally organized by League leader Matteo Salvini, with leaders of other European nationalist parties, ahead of the May 23-26 European Parliamentary elections, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, May 18, 2019. <br>Luca Bruno/Associated Press

Italy's Salvini stakes out post as Europe's populist leader

The far-right and populist leaders in Milan are making one of the strongest challenges to the European status quo in decades, united under an anti-migrant, anti-Islam, anti-bureaucracy banner.

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Police inspect a car and a bus that were damaged by a bomb, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 19, 2019. Egyptian officials say a roadside bomb has hit a tourist bus near the Giza Pyramids. They said Sunday's blast wounded at least 17 people including tourists. <br>Mohammed Salah/AP

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A roadside bomb hit a tourist bus on Sunday near the Giza Pyramids, wounding at least 17 people including tourists, Egyptian officials said.

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Actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks at CinemaCon 2019 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Thursday, April 4, 2019. <br>Chris Pizzello, Invision/AP

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Soldiers inspect the damage in the surrounding area of Dong Ap Bia during Operation Apache Snow in May 1969.<br>U.S. Army Center of Military History
Soldiers inspect the damage in the surrounding area of Dong Ap Bia during Operation Apache Snow in May 1969.<br>U.S. Army Center of Military History

50 years later, Connecticut veteran recounts one of Vietnam War's most notorious battles

Art Wiknik Jr., a young combat squad leader serving with the 101st Airborne Division, had been in Vietnam for about a month when his unit was sent in to help support the fighting on what became known as Hamburger Hill.

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In this Tuesday, May 14, 2019 photo, a converted C-130 is a new STEM education classroom at Hill Aerospace Museum in Ogden, Utah. The Standard-Examiner reports the Vietnam era cargo plane has been converted into a classroom for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math students and attached to a museum at the Hill Air Force Base near Ogden. <br>Ben Dorger/Standard-Examiner via AP
In this Tuesday, May 14, 2019 photo, a converted C-130 is a new STEM education classroom at Hill Aerospace Museum in Ogden, Utah. The Standard-Examiner reports the Vietnam era cargo plane has been converted into a classroom for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math students and attached to a museum at the Hill Air Force Base near Ogden. <br>Ben Dorger/Standard-Examiner via AP

Vietnam-era C-130 converted into interactive classroom

The Standard-Examiner reports a Vietnam era C-130 cargo plane has been converted into a classroom for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math students and attached to a museum at Hill Air Force Base near Ogden. Ogden is about 40 miles north of Salt Lake City.

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A video screen grab shows the detonation of live ammunition on Friday, May 17, 2019, at March Air Reserve base in Riverside, Calif. The ordinance had been recovered from an F-16 fighter jet that crashed into a nearby warehouse Thursday.<br>KABC-TV
A video screen grab shows the detonation of live ammunition on Friday, May 17, 2019, at March Air Reserve base in Riverside, Calif. The ordinance had been recovered from an F-16 fighter jet that crashed into a nearby warehouse Thursday.<br>KABC-TV

Ordnance on F-16 jet that crashed in Southern California is detonated by military

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The USS Abraham Lincoln sails in the Arabian Sea near the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge on Friday, May 17, 2019. <br>Brian M. Wilbur/U.S. Navy
The USS Abraham Lincoln sails in the Arabian Sea near the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge on Friday, May 17, 2019. <br>Brian M. Wilbur/U.S. Navy

Navy conducts training and deterrence exercises in Arabian Sea

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The insignia for the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, based in North Carolina.<br>U.S. Army
The insignia for the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, based in North Carolina.<br>U.S. Army

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In a July, 2014 file photo, Lt. Cmdr. Molly Waters addresses the crowd during the Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay change of command ceremony held at the cutter's home port of Cleveland.<br>Lauren Laughlin/U.S. Coast Guard
In a July, 2014 file photo, Lt. Cmdr. Molly Waters addresses the crowd during the Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay change of command ceremony held at the cutter's home port of Cleveland.<br>Lauren Laughlin/U.S. Coast Guard

Coast Guard commander who led Great Lakes crews dies from motorcycle crash injuries

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In this Tuesday, May 14, 2019 photo, a converted C-130 is a new STEM education classroom at Hill Aerospace Museum in Ogden, Utah. The Standard-Examiner reports the Vietnam era cargo plane has been converted into a classroom for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math students and attached to a museum at the Hill Air Force Base near Ogden. <br>Ben Dorger/Standard-Examiner via AP
In this Tuesday, May 14, 2019 photo, a converted C-130 is a new STEM education classroom at Hill Aerospace Museum in Ogden, Utah. The Standard-Examiner reports the Vietnam era cargo plane has been converted into a classroom for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math students and attached to a museum at the Hill Air Force Base near Ogden. <br>Ben Dorger/Standard-Examiner via AP

Vietnam-era C-130 converted into interactive classroom

The Standard-Examiner reports a Vietnam era C-130 cargo plane has been converted into a classroom for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math students and attached to a museum at Hill Air Force Base near Ogden. Ogden is about 40 miles north of Salt Lake City.

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A video screen grab shows the detonation of live ammunition on Friday, May 17, 2019, at March Air Reserve base in Riverside, Calif. The ordinance had been recovered from an F-16 fighter jet that crashed into a nearby warehouse Thursday.<br>KABC-TV
A video screen grab shows the detonation of live ammunition on Friday, May 17, 2019, at March Air Reserve base in Riverside, Calif. The ordinance had been recovered from an F-16 fighter jet that crashed into a nearby warehouse Thursday.<br>KABC-TV

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The USS Abraham Lincoln sails in the Arabian Sea near the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge on Friday, May 17, 2019. <br>Brian M. Wilbur/U.S. Navy
The USS Abraham Lincoln sails in the Arabian Sea near the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge on Friday, May 17, 2019. <br>Brian M. Wilbur/U.S. Navy

Navy conducts training and deterrence exercises in Arabian Sea

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The insignia for the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, based in North Carolina.<br>U.S. Army

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In a July, 2014 file photo, Lt. Cmdr. Molly Waters addresses the crowd during the Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay change of command ceremony held at the cutter's home port of Cleveland.<br>Lauren Laughlin/U.S. Coast Guard
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Skylar Hensen-Drumm is one of a handful of transfers on Nile C. Kinnick's softball team, which is chasing its second Division I title in three years.<br>Jack Higbee/Special to Stripes

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