Although they describe themselves as “old guys in tights,” the 70-some cyclists on a cross-country journey from Washington state to Maryland feel they have a duty to help fellow veterans.

As the military prepares to drain the Navy’s underground Red Hill fuel storage facility, the University of Hawaii at Manoa has launched an information hub it describes as a “one stop shop of the latest information, data and tools that can also be used for education, communication and research.”

The federal government on Monday agreed to pay Guam $48.9 million for costs associated with cleaning up a toxic, former Navy landfill that was handed over to the island 53 years ago.

The Navy fired the USS Alabama’s skipper on Friday, a little over a year after he took command of the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine.

Lawmakers are scrambling to ensure troops will be paid in case of a looming government shutdown, including Coast Guard members who typically go without paychecks during the closing of federal agencies.

The cruiser USS Bunker Hill — one of the first American warships to attack Iraq with cruise missiles during the Persian Gulf War in 1991 — was decommissioned Friday at Naval Base San Diego, ending 37 years of service.

The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan is late returning to its routine patrol, having missed five planned departure dates in the past week, according to the city of Yokosuka.

Nine US and South Korean navy vessels began three days of live-fire and antisubmarine exercises, South Korea said.

The USS San Juan, the first advanced version of the Los Angeles-class nuclear fast attack submarine built in 1988, arrived in Washington state this week concluding its final voyage.

“I joined the Navy to make my dad proud and to get discipline and structure,” said Petty Officer 3rd Class Emily Grayson. “My dad was in the Army and served in Desert Storm and he inspired me to join.”