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Aerial footage by 7News DC showed what appeared to be a remote-controlled bomb squad robot investigating a tan sedan parked about 50 feet away from the main gate of Joint Base Andrews, Md., at about 6:30 p.m. An Air Force explosive ordnance disposal truck was stationed nearby. <br>7News DC
Aerial footage by 7News DC showed what appeared to be a remote-controlled bomb squad robot investigating a tan sedan parked about 50 feet away from the main gate of Joint Base Andrews, Md., at about 6:30 p.m. An Air Force explosive ordnance disposal truck was stationed nearby. <br>7News DC

One in custody after bomb threat shuts down main gate at Joint Base Andrews

Base security forces shut down the main gate and cleared the area of all personnel, and the individual was questioned by base security forces and local law enforcement, according to military officials.

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Adm. Samuel J. Paparo became the 37th commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet during a ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. <br>U.S. Navy
Adm. Samuel J. Paparo became the 37th commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet during a ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. <br>U.S. Navy

Pacific Fleet’s new commander quietly takes up post in Hawaii

Adm. Samuel J. Paparo replaces Adm. John Aquilino as commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, who assumed leadership of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command on Friday.

Airmen attach the metal plates of a bikini gauge used in testing snow barriers to mitigate shockwaves from detonations at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, March 18, 2021.<br>Danielle Sukhlall/U.S. Air Force
Airmen attach the metal plates of a bikini gauge used in testing snow barriers to mitigate shockwaves from detonations at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, March 18, 2021.<br>Danielle Sukhlall/U.S. Air Force

Ordnance airmen have a blast experimenting with snow and C-4 in Alaska

In its Arctic strategy released last summer, the Air Force called the development of cold-weather materials “foundational to future operations.”

An airman with the 18th Space Control Squadron works on software for space operations at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Nov. 2, 2020. <br> Patrick Harrower/U.S. Air Force
An airman with the 18th Space Control Squadron works on software for space operations at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Nov. 2, 2020. <br> Patrick Harrower/U.S. Air Force

Space Command is tracking Chinese rocket-launch junk careening wildly toward Earth

Where the debris will land will remain unknown until shortly before it crashes, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

An F-15EX Eagle II flies for the first time out of Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., April 26, 2021, prior to departure for the Northern Edge exercise in Alaska.<br>Savanah Bray/U.S. Air Force
An F-15EX Eagle II flies for the first time out of Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., April 26, 2021, prior to departure for the Northern Edge exercise in Alaska.<br>Savanah Bray/U.S. Air Force

Joint exercise of US forces in Alaska mimics ‘what future conflict could feel like’

The massive Northern Edge joint exercise kicked off Monday in Alaska, bringing together about 15,000 U.S. airmen, sailors, Marines and soldiers and 240 ships and aircraft, including the Air Force’s newly upgraded fighter, the F-15EX Eagle ll.

Adm. John Aquilino, left, relieves Adm. Philip Davidson, center, as leader of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, during a ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Friday, April 30, 2021. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stands at right. <br>Anthony Rivera/U.S. Navy
Adm. John Aquilino, left, relieves Adm. Philip Davidson, center, as leader of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, during a ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Friday, April 30, 2021. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stands at right. <br>Anthony Rivera/U.S. Navy

Davidson, handing INDOPACOM’s reins to Aquilino, takes one last jab at China

Adm. Philip Davidson took a parting shot at Beijing on Friday as he ended his 39-year Navy career and handed the reins of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command to the former head of the Pacific Fleet.

Cmdr. Joseph Lautenslager is piped ashore during the USS Charlotte (SSN 766) change of command ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on March 15, 2019. Lautenslager was relieved of command of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, after a command investigation.<br>Bryan Carlson/U.S. Navy
Cmdr. Joseph Lautenslager is piped ashore during the USS Charlotte (SSN 766) change of command ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on March 15, 2019. Lautenslager was relieved of command of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, after a command investigation.<br>Bryan Carlson/U.S. Navy

Commander of Hawaii-based fast-attack submarine fired over ‘command climate’ problems

Cmdr. Joseph Lautenslager was dismissed from the fast-attack sub by Capt. Michael Majewski, who heads Submarine Squadron 7, after losing confidence in his ability to command, the Navy said in a news release.

Guam's quest to get the Navy to help pay a $160 million bill to clean up Ordot Dump has reached the U.S. Supreme Court.<br>Pixabay
Guam's quest to get the Navy to help pay a $160 million bill to clean up Ordot Dump has reached the U.S. Supreme Court.<br>Pixabay

Navy should share cost of toxic-dump cleanup, Guam tells Supreme Court justices

The federal government has shielded the U.S. Navy from paying its fair share to clean up a toxic dump on Guam by selective use of two key environmental laws, an attorney for Guam argued Monday before the U.S. Supreme Court.

An excavator demolishes a house at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., April 1, 2021, that was severely damaged by Hurricane Michael in October 2018.<br>Tiffany Price/U.S. Air Force
An excavator demolishes a house at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., April 1, 2021, that was severely damaged by Hurricane Michael in October 2018.<br>Tiffany Price/U.S. Air Force

Pentagon aims to appraise climate hazards at major US bases within a year

DOD will use its Climate Assessment Tool, which was launched in September, as a means of evaluating risks to the roughly 5,000 Defense Department sites worldwide.

The cutter Frederick Hatch arrives at Coast Guard Sector Key West, Fla., Feb. 9, 2021.<br>Luis Hofschneider/U.S. Coast Guard
The cutter Frederick Hatch arrives at Coast Guard Sector Key West, Fla., Feb. 9, 2021.<br>Luis Hofschneider/U.S. Coast Guard

A third fast-response Coast Guard cutter heads to Guam as tensions simmer with China

The 154-foot Sentinel-class cutter Frederick Hatch is expected to arrive at the U.S. island territory in early July. It will join two similar cutters — Myrtle Hazard and Oliver Henry — that arrived there in the latter half of 2020.

An MV-22B Osprey takes off from the hospital ship USNS Mercy in waters off Southern California, April 14, 2021.<br>Luke Cunningham/U.S. Navy
An MV-22B Osprey takes off from the hospital ship USNS Mercy in waters off Southern California, April 14, 2021.<br>Luke Cunningham/U.S. Navy

Osprey touches down on a Navy hospital ship for the first time

An Osprey has made the tiltrotor aircraft’s first-ever landing on a Navy hospital ship, an important step in an effort to increase the speed in which patients and crucial supplies can be brought aboard.