u.s. navy

Tribe, Groups Sue Navy Over Ship Cleaning in Puget Sound
Tribe, Groups Sue Navy Over Ship Cleaning in Puget Sound
Tribe, Groups Sue Navy Over Ship Cleaning in Puget Sound
SEATTLE (AP) — The Suquamish Tribe and two environmental groups are suing the U.S. Navy, saying it sent harmful pollutants into Puget Sound when it cleaned a decommissioned aircraft carrier near Bremerton. The mothballed 60,000-ton USS Independence was cleaned in waters near Bremerton, Washington, before it was towed to Brownsville, Texas, this month to be dismantled...
Navy to Expand Sonar, Other Training Off Northwest Coast
Navy to Expand Sonar, Other Training Off Northwest Coast
Navy to Expand Sonar, Other Training Off Northwest Coast
SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Navy has finalized a plan to expand sonar testing and other warfare training off the coasts of Washington, Oregon and northern California. The Navy decided Nov. 4 to implement its preferred plan after a lengthy review that included a determination from the National Marine Fisheries Service that the exercises would not have major impacts on endangered orcas and other marine
Remains of Revolutionary Gunboat Found
Remains of Revolutionary Gunboat Found
Remains of Revolutionary Gunboat Found
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The remains of a Revolutionary War battleship that burned and sank as the Americans and British struggled for control of Lake Champlain will be in the hands of the U.S. Navy in time for the Fourth of July. Timbers from the schooner Royal Savage, raised from the lake in 1934, has been in possession of the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and will be turned over to the Navy d
A Rolling Thunder Memorial Day Tribute
A Rolling Thunder Memorial Day Tribute
A Rolling Thunder Memorial Day Tribute
Here is a moving tribute to those men and women who have served in the United States Military to give us the freedom we enjoy everyday. Remember them all. Remember "Freedom Isn't Free." Last year Staff Sergeant Tim Chambers honored his brothers in arms with a broken wrist that had a special brace made so he could salute during his four hour parade stand...
To Remember Thoses Who Have Paid The Ultimate Price
To Remember Thoses Who Have Paid The Ultimate Price
To Remember Thoses Who Have Paid The Ultimate Price
While you are enjoying your Memorial Day weekend, the local Veterans of Foreign Wars organization wants you to remember those who have served in the United States military. The 2012 Memorial Day Ceremony will take place at Tahoma Cemetery in Yakima at 10:00 a...