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2 hrs ago | Government Executive

Navy Readies Full Production Buy of Shipboard Network Systems

U.S. Navy ship USS Freedom berths at the Changi Naval Base on Thursday April 18, 2013 in Singapore.

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Related Topix: US Military, Science, Computer Science

7 hrs ago | NBC San Diego

Contractors Sentenced in Navy Bribery Scheme

Robert Ehnow, 46, owner of L&N Industrial Tool and Supply, was sentenced to three years in federal prison.

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Related Topix: US Military, Federal Prisons, Prison, Naval Air Station North Island, US Military Prisons

Mon May 20, 2013

HawaiiNews

Navy pilot earns degree in combat zone Finals week was dangerous for...

A deadly bomb attack also caused him to his miss classes - transmitted live via the Internet - but he persevered and earned a master's degree in engineering from the His class graduated on Friday, as he joins a growing number of service members earning college degrees while deployed in a war zone.

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Related Topix: US Military, World News, Afghanistan,

WPMT-TV York

Parade apologizes for Nazi warship image in U.S. Navy chef feature story

Parade Magazine is apologizing for a design flub that paired a Nazi battleship with an award winning U.S. Navy chef, the magazine's top editor told USNI News on Monday.

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Russia Taday

Ongoing military rape epidemic: 85k vets treated for sex abuse in 2012

More than 85,000 US veterans received medical treatment for sex abuse trauma in 2012, while only 4,000 applied for disability benefits.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, Milbridge, ME, US Military

NBC Dallas

Navy Dolphins Uncover Rare Torpedo

Did the idea of "Navy dolphins" confuse you? Then you should know there is an entire program dedicated to studying and training marine mammals, called the Navy Marine Mammal Program .

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CBS Local

Navy Pilot Missing Since Vietnam War Buried At Arlington National Cemetery

Forty-six years after being killed in action, the U.S. Navy honored Lt. Dennis Peterson of Huntington Park and his crew during an interment ceremony on May 2. "I wanted to know more about what my father was all about," Peterson, who was two when her father went to war, said.

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PS News

Australia looking at US Navy drone

Australia is investigating the possible purchase of a US Navy unmanned aircraft that could be deployed in maritime surveillance.

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Navy Times

Letters from Navy founding father rediscovered

If you're visiting Charleston, S.C., stop by the Charleston Library Society at 164 King St.

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Journal Gazette

FBI Agents Killed in Virginia Training Accident

Two FBI agents from an elite counterterrorism unit based in Northern Virginia were killed Friday during a training exercise in the Virginia Beach area, the FBI said Sunday.

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Related Topix: US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Virginia Beach, VA, Quantico, VA, US Military, US Navy

Sun May 19, 2013

Ledger-Enquirer.com

Robin Abcarian: Military sex assault scandal goes from bad to worse

After writing last week about the Pentagon's report on the dramatic increase in reports of sexual assault in the last two years, I went back and looked at some of the coverage of one of the most notorious sexual assault scandals in U.S. military history, which took place in 1991 at the annual gathering of the Tailhook Association, a group of active ... (more)

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Examiner.com

New hangar coming to Tinker AFB for Navy E-6B aircraft

The U.S. Navy is searching for a company capable of constructing a hangar for their E-6B Mercury aircraft at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma .

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Jerusalem Post

Bosnia expels alleged Iranian spies

Bosnia's government expelled two Iranians last week for espionage, after having set a deadline of late April for the action.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, US News, Israel, World News, Middle East

Missileer

Senior enlisted advisers mark Armed Forces Day

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody places a service crest on a wreath in honor of Airmen's sacrifices during the inaugural Armed Forces Day wreath-laying ceremony May 18, 2013, at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Va.

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9NEWS

Honoring heroes on Armed Forces Day

PVT Austin David Acosta, graduation day on May 9, 2013. Now stationed at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX.

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Related Topix: San Antonio, TX, US Military, US Army, Fort Sam Houston, Fort Sam Houston (San Antonio, TX), Fort Sam Houston, TX, US Marine Corps

Seattle Times

Navy dolphins discover rare old torpedo off Calif. coast near Coronado

In the ocean off Coronado, a Navy team has discovered a relic worthy of display in a military museum: a torpedo of the kind deployed in the late 19th century, considered a technological marvel in its day.

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Sat May 18, 2013

Seattle Times

Saturday memo: $600 million Powerball ... Armed Forces Day ... More Mercer mess

Got your ticket? Tonight's Powerball lottery drawing for $600 million is the largest-ever Powerball jackpot and the second-largest world jackpot of all time.

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Related Topix: Lottery, US Military, University District (Seattle, WA), Seattle, WA, Capitol Hill (Seattle, WA)

WPTV Local News

Flags planted for armed services day

The Armed Forces are in uniform and are planting flags on Saturday at Riviera Beach City Hall to honor our military heroes and first responders.

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Northwest Florida Daily News

Students have flocked to the Navy's EOD school in recent years

As their time began to run out, they inserted protractors, rulers and other small measuring tools around the shells of the 50-caliber explosives burrowed in the sand.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Eglin Air Force Base, US News

The Miami Herald

Victims: Marines failed to safeguard water supply

A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their families were exposed to a witch's brew of cancer-causing chemicals.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Marine Corps, US News, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

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