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USS Vermont sub celebrates commissioning a year late due to COVID-19

Defense News // 2 years ago

USS Vermont sub celebrates commissioning a year late due to COVID-19

The commissioning of the U.S. Navy's first Block IV Virginia-class submarine, the USS Vermont, was celebrated in Connecticut, more than a year after a ceremony for the vessel was canceled due to COVID-19.

Bath Iron Works seeks assurances of more Naval destroyer orders

Defense News // 2 years ago

Bath Iron Works seeks assurances of more Naval destroyer orders

Shipyards could suffer if the U.S. Navy does not order additional Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks was told this week.

Pentagon leaders, senators surprised by plan to cut sea-based nuclear cruise missiles

Defense News // 2 years ago

Pentagon leaders, senators surprised by plan to cut sea-based nuclear cruise missiles

Pentagon leaders told a Senate committee that they were not informed of acting Navy Secretary Thomas Harker's plan to defund a sea-launched cruise missile.

2 more House members test COVID-19 positive

U.S. News // 3 years ago

2 more House members test COVID-19 positive

Two more U.S. House of Representatives have announced they have tested positive for COVID-19 as the virus surges throughout the country.

Omar wins in Minnesota; other primaries set November races

U.S. News // 3 years ago

Omar wins in Minnesota; other primaries set November races

Voters in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Connecticut and Vermont cast votes in primary contests on Tuesday to determine final races for November as Georgia held a pair of runoff contests from its June primary.

House votes to repeal Affordable Care Act's 'Cadillac tax'

U.S. News // 4 years ago

House votes to repeal Affordable Care Act's 'Cadillac tax'

The House voted Wednesday to repeal a provision of the Affordable Care Act meant to control healthcare spending.

Connecticut delegation proposes new federal safe gun storage laws

U.S. News // 4 years ago

Connecticut delegation proposes new federal safe gun storage laws

More than a year after a teenager killed himself with a loaded gun in Connecticut, Congress will consider a bill requiring guns be stored safely and away from children.

Air Force won't buy refrigerators worth $24M for Air Force One

U.S. News // 5 years ago

Air Force won't buy refrigerators worth $24M for Air Force One

Air Force One will not be outfitted with two refrigerators worth $24 million, the Air Force said in a letter to Connecticut Rep. Joe Courtney.

USS John McCain crew rated it 'below average' before deadly collision

Defense News // 6 years ago

USS John McCain crew rated it 'below average' before deadly collision

Crew serving aboard the USS John S. McCain were overworked, unprepared and unhappy in the year leading up to its collision with a merchant vessel in the Pacific.

U.S. tracking Russian spy ship movements up East Coast

U.S. News // 7 years ago

U.S. tracking Russian spy ship movements up East Coast

The U.S. Coast Guard is continuing to track and monitor what officials say is a Russian spy ship moving along the United States' eastern seaboard.

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It's just very distressing when you see a passenger, a customer treated so poorly, and to have it happen to someone who's wearing the uniform of this country
Soldier denied replacement train ticket Jan 08, 2008

They moved in while we were getting briefed. It was such a moving scene. It hurt literally just seeing it
Did welding spark set off deadly blast? Feb 09, 2010

Joseph (Joe) Pierre Courtney (born October 17 1969 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA.

He attended both the University of Southern Mississippi and Mississippi State University. He played in the NBA for seven different teams, and has also played professionally in Slovenia.

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