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"Californians are tired of partisanship and government dysfunction," New Way California says. This is true. But pandering to the left, which has run the once-Golden State into the ground, is no way to effect change An odd group of Republican centrists and has-beens formed New Way California earlier this year. They claim New Way is needed because they are “committed to policies that increase opportunities for all Californians.” As the Los Angeles Times explains in Schwarzenegger and Kasich back Republicans looking for a ‘new way’ for California’s party, Chad Mayes “started it after he stepped down as the leader of...

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- Sailors assigned to the pre-commissioning unit (PCU) of Navy’s first littoral combat ship, Freedom (LCS 1), are experiencing a new kind of cross training making them the Navy’s first hybrid Sailors. The crew, which began arriving in January, immediately started attending schools for job fields outside their designated rates. “A hybrid is a Sailor trained in a combination of several different rates,” said Command Master Chief (SW) Joel Nissen. “For example a fire controlman that also has the training of an electronics technician can function in either job as needed. I personally think there...