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After 286 days at sea, USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in Thailand
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln arrived in port in eastern Thailand on Wednesday after 286 days at sea, including a lengthy deployment in the Middle East, amid reports of mental health concerns and deteriorating conditions on board. The nuclear-powered Lincoln, with roughly 5,000 personnel, was involved in the U.S. naval blockade and combat operations in the war with Iran and — accordi...[Read More]
After 84 years, USS Arizona’s unknowns may soon be identified
Since Japanese aircraft sank the USS Arizona during the Dec. 7, 1941, surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the battleship has remained in place under water, the watery gravesite to more than 900 sailors entombed within. The U.S. Navy, as with other sunken ships in the harbor, considers those entombed beneath the ship’s hull to be in their final resting place. The battleship suffered more loss of life ...[Read More]
After 84 years, USS Arizona’s unknowns may soon be identified
Since Japanese aircraft sank the USS Arizona during the Dec. 7, 1941, surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the battleship has remained in place under water, the watery gravesite to more than 900 sailors entombed within. The U.S. Navy, as with other sunken ships in the harbor, considers those entombed beneath the ship’s hull to be in their final resting place. The battleship suffered more loss of life ...[Read More]
After Eight Decades, Pearl Harbor Sailor Finally Laid to Rest
Roberto Garcia, a Navy seaman, was killed aboard the USS California when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. After nearly 84 years, his remains have finally returned to his Texas home.
After Eight Decades, Pearl Harbor Sailor Finally Laid to Rest
Roberto Garcia, a Navy seaman, was killed aboard the USS California when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. After nearly 84 years, his remains have finally returned to his Texas home.
After Epic Fury, Navy may need an extra $8 billion to be solvent, CNO says
Amid combat operations and related efforts to clear mines and open sea lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, all while sustaining a naval blockade, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle estimates the Navy needs between $6 and $8 billion above what was budgeted for the current fiscal year “to be whole and solvent for [Fiscal Year] 26,” he told reporters at a round-table event on Wednesday. Deliverin...[Read More]
After more than half a century, these veterans returned to Vietnam
It was a homecoming of sorts — decades overdue. A dozen Vietnam veterans returned to the Southeast Asian country — with all but one having not been back since their combat boots left the soil of Vietnam for the last time some 50 years ago. “I got back from Vietnam in ‘68 and luckily, I didn’t experience any disrespect,” Jerry Melcher, a combat medic in the U.S. Army told Military Times. “Just expe...[Read More]
After World War I, séances boomed – and dead soldiers ‘wrote’ home
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. In March 1915, a young British man named Raymond Lodge was deployed to Ypres, France, to fight on the front lines of the first world war. By September, he was dead, aged ju...[Read More]
After World War I, séances boomed – and dead soldiers ‘wrote’ home
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. In March 1915, a young British man named Raymond Lodge was deployed to Ypres, France, to fight on the front lines of the first world war. By September, he was dead, aged ju...[Read More]
Against all odds: The 2nd Infantry Division’s fight at Elsenborn Ridge
The little road junction of Wahlerscheid was a veritable German fortress. Large concrete bunkers and log-covered pillboxes dotted the landscape, while the forest trails and roads bristled with mines and machine-gun nests. Barricades of barbed wire, piled high and 8 to 10 feet deep, covered all avenues of approach. Out in front of the bunkers, fields of fire had been cleared to provide yet another ...[Read More]
AI in Action — NPS Marine Develops “Odyssey” to Manage Complex Projects, Tackle Workload
When Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) computer science student U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Kyle Hicks heard a fellow research team member vent about the difficulty of coordinating the complex, interconnected efforts of their project, he didn’t blink an eye. Rather, through his own initiative, Hicks built an artificial intelligence (AI) powered program management tool he coined “Odyssey” to help manage ...[Read More]