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Navy names ship for Gabrielle Giffords

The Navy has named a ship for Gabrielle Giffords, the recently retired congresswoman from Arizona who is recovering from a gunshot wound to the head received

GOP report questions Guantanamo detainee releases

The Bush and Obama administrations released or transferred 600 terror suspects deemed an acceptable threat from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, only

Marines practice war, storm US beaches

Military officials say current training operations being conducted in Virginia and North Carolina is the largest amphibious training exercise they've attempted

Bataan ARG returns home

Nearly 2,000 local sailors in the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group have returned home following the longest deployment for a Navy ship in nearly 40 years.

Forces prepare for amphibious exercise

Little Creek-based sailors from the Navy's Expeditionary Combat Command have been busy all week patrolling the inland waterways of Amberland in preparation for

Congressmen push to keep carrier in HR

Local Congressmen are pushing back to keep a Norfolk-based aircraft carrier in Norfolk.

Suspected Cole bombing suspect killed

U.S. airstrikes targeting leaders from Yemen's active al-Qaida branch killed four suspected militants, including a man suspected of involvement in the 2000

Truman sailors to pitch in around town

More than 1,000 sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman will be working throughout Hampton Roads one day this week during a community service

USS Ponce to become floating base

It was scheduled for decommissioning, but it looks like the USS Ponce will stay afloat. According to Navy Spokesman LCDR Mike Kafka, the ship will be used as

154 Marines, sailors to return to NC

Approximately 154 Marines and sailors from 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force will return between Feb. 5 and Feb. 8.

USS Arleigh Burke leaves for deployment

USS Arleigh Burke deployed from Naval Station Norfolk Monday to conduct counter-piracy operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.

Navy diver who died identified

The Navy has identified a Fort Story-based sailor who died Thursday while diving off the coast of North Carolina in the Atlantic Ocean.

Alantic Shores names Sailor of the Year

A sailor recently assigned to the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower is the Atlantic Shore Sailor of the Year.

Captain Owen Honors to retire

The former commander who produced controversial videos aboard the USS Enterprise is leaving the Navy. The Navy says Captain Owen Honors is set to retire April

Navy diver dies during operations in NC

A Fort Story-based sailor assigned to EOD Mobile Unit 12 died Jan. 26 while diving off the coast of North Carolina in the Atlantic Ocean.

CNIC names Sailor of the Year

Commander, Navy Installations Command ( CNIC) named a Portsmouth native Sailor of the Year in a ceremony Jan. 26.

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