Military

Leaders in the nation’s capital are bracing for more demonstrations as the jury began deliberating Monday night in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd. The National Guard in Washington got a request from the city for 250 personnel who can support local law enforcement. The Guard members …

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CUT OFF, La. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said it will suspend the search for crew members who disappeared when a lift boat capsized off Louisiana last week at sunset Monday, and authorities do not expect to find more survivors from the vessel. The grim news from Capt. Will Watson, commander of the Coast …

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The hospital ship Mercy just welcomed the tiltrotor aircraft that will serve as the Navy’s next carrier delivery platform onto its deck for the first time. The Navy last week began flight deck tests with the V-22 Osprey off the coast of Southern California, marking the first time a V-22 variant has landed on a …

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A study of more than 3,000 Marine recruits indicates that having a case of COVID-19 doesn’t necessarily keep young people from getting the illness again. The research, conducted during six months last year at the Marine Corps‘ recruit depots, found that 10% of 189 recruits known to have previously had COVID-19 became reinfected with the …

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