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  • Bomb threat locks down Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

    06/09/2021 1:00:22 AM PDT · by Jyotishi · 8 replies
    KITV ^ | Tuesday, June 8th 2021, 9:07 PM HST | Paul Drewes
    Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam was locked down for hours because of a bomb threat. Play Video: https://www.kitv.com/clip/15223704/bomb-threat-locks-down-joint-base-pearl-harborhickam A bomb threat forced military officials to lock down Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. By the afternoon, it was back to normal for the busy Oahu base, after its gates were closed for four hours. The ripple effects of the bomb threat were also felt around Pearl Harbor. A line of traffic stretched out from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after its gates were closed at 9:39 a.m. Drivers not only waited to get in, but also were unable to leave because of a security...
  • Top Biden Economic Policy Adviser Linked to Kashmiri Extremists [Muslim/Islamist Terrorists]

    03/06/2021 2:06:51 AM PST · by Jyotishi · 6 replies
    Top Biden Economic Policy Adviser Linked to Kashmiri Extremists By J. M. Phelps Islamist Watch meforum.org and American Spectator https://spectator.org/sameera-fazili-biden-adviser-kashmir-extremists/ March 5, 2021 [Caption] On February 24, Sameera Fazili, deputy director of the National Economic Council, became the first Muslim American woman to hold a White House press briefing. Promising to put together one of the most diverse cabinets in American history, President Joe Biden has appointed at least 20 Indian-Americans to various positions within his administration, including the first two women of Kashmiri descent. Alarmingly, one of his latest picks to the National Economic Council (NEC) has a history...
  • USS Mason Fired 3 Missiles to Defend From Yemen Cruise Missiles Attack

    10/11/2016 3:00:23 PM PDT · by Nachum · 47 replies
    USNI news ^ | 10/11/16 | Sam LaGrone
    The crew of a guided-missile destroyer fired three missiles to defend themselves and another ship after being attacked on Sunday in the Red Sea by two presumed cruise missiles fired by Iran-backed Houthi-forces, USNI News has learned. During the attack against USS Mason (DDG-87), the ship’s crew fired the missiles to defend the guided-missile destroyer and nearby USS Ponce (AFSB(I)-15) from two suspected cruise missiles fired from the Yemini shore, two defense officials told USNI News. Mason launched two Standard Missile-2s (SM-2s) and a single Enhanced Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) to intercept the two missiles that were launched about 7...
  • USS Cole commander blasts transfer of Al Qaeda Gitmo detainees to Saudi Arabia

    05/03/2016 9:40:41 AM PDT · by Nachum · 21 replies
    Fox News ^ | 5/3/16 | Cristina Corbin
    The man at the helm of the USS Cole when it was attacked by an Al Qaeda cell in 2000 said last month's release of a Guantanamo Bay detainee linked to the bombers denies justice to the 17 people killed aboard the ship. Kirk Lippold, who was commanding officer of the U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer when suicide bombers aboard a small fishing boat blew a hole in the side of the ship, told FoxNews.com Mashur Abdallah Ahmed al Sabri's release was a mistake. "I would have liked to have seen him receive a military commission where he was tried,...
  • U.S. Steel Corp. to idle McKeesport's Tubular Products plant

    06/04/2014 6:22:14 PM PDT · by RS_Rider · 23 replies
    Pittsburgh Tribune Review ^ | June 2, 2014 | Patrick Cloonan
    Three years after it resumed operation of the last vestige of the old National Tube Works, U.S. Steel is pulling the plug on pipemaking in McKeesport. McKeesport Mayor Michael Cherepko said he is “extremely disappointed” with U.S. Steel Corp.'s announcement on Monday that it will idle indefinitely its McKeesport Tubular Operations effective in early August. “I think it is devastating for the entire Mon Valley region,” the mayor said shortly after receiving word about the shutdown of plants in McKeesport and Bellville, Texas, two of 10 plants in the Pittsburgh-based steelmaker's Tubular Products division. The announcement came 60 days before...
  • U.S. attack submarine strikes vessel in Gulf

    01/11/2013 4:06:57 AM PST · by rawhide · 25 replies
    Yahoo News/Reuters ^ | 1-10-13 | Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by Lisa Shumaker
    A nuclear-powered U.S. attack submarine struck a suspected fishing vessel shortly after passing through the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf on Thursday, damaging one of the submarine's periscopes but injuring no one, a Navy official said on the condition of anonymity. The Navy's Fifth Fleet said in a statement the vessel appeared unaware of the incident, adding it "continued on a consistent course and speed offering no indication of distress or acknowledgment of a collision." The USS Jacksonville, a Los Angeles-class, nuclear-powered submarine, did not appear to suffer further damage, the Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said. "The reactor remains in...
  • Former military brass ‘shocked,’ ‘angered’ over USS Gabrielle Giffords

    02/15/2012 8:47:49 AM PST · by servo1969 · 90 replies
    The Daily Caller ^ | 02/14/2012 | Caroline May
    Retired Rear Admiral George Worthington, former commander of the Naval Special Warfare Command, told The Daily Caller that there are many people more worthy of a ship bearing their name. “Here is the issue. There are a lot of dead Marines out there whose names could go on anything that appears to be an amphibious ship,” he said, explaining that a past recipient of the Medal of Honor, Dakota Meyer, might be a good candidate. Worthington added his email “inbox” has been filled with messages from military friends who are “shocked and angered” by the decision. “We think fallen Marines...
  • USS George Washington Heads for South Korea in Wake of North Korean Attack – Video

    11/24/2010 8:09:10 AM PST · by Federalist Patriot · 15 replies · 1+ views
    Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | November 24, 2010 | Brian
    Here is video of the USS George Washington getting under way and heading to waters off South Korea as part of the U.S. response to North Korea’s artillery attack on South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island yesterday. The attack killed two South Korean Marines and at least two civilians as well. Dozens more were injured in the unprovoked attack. President Obama has condemned the attack, and ordered the USS George Washington to head to region where it will join more than 28,000 U.S. Troops stationed in South Korea. The USS George Washington leads a carrier strike group that will take part in...
  • Space Station Is Near Completion, Maybe the End (to be crashed in 2016)

    01/31/2010 12:49:09 AM PST · by tlb · 61 replies · 1,305+ views
    washington Post ^ | July 13, 2009 | Joel Achenbach
    After more than a decade of construction, it is nearing completion and finally has a full crew of six astronauts. The last components should be installed by the end of next year. And then? "In the first quarter of 2016, we'll prep and de-orbit the spacecraft," says NASA's space station program manager, Michael T. Suffredini. That's a polite way of saying that NASA will make the space station fall back into the atmosphere, where it will turn into a fireball and then crash into the Pacific Ocean. It'll be a controlled reentry, to ensure that it doesn't take out a...
  • Just In Time For Christmas

    09/02/2009 6:19:46 AM PDT · by pansgold · 21 replies · 2,442+ views
    United States Postal Service ^ | September 2, 2009 | pansgold
    Link to the image since the port office pulled it from their website. Remember, the president had to approve this.
  • Former USS Cole Commander Assails Release of Terrorist Suspected of Trying to Murder U.S. Soldier

    08/25/2009 1:56:38 PM PDT · by Nachum · 5 replies · 659+ views
    CNSNews ^ | 8/25/09 | Fred Lucas
    (CNSNews.com) - A terror suspect charged with the attempted murder of two U.S. soldiers -- before a judge ruled that his confession was coerced and inadmissible -- returned home to Afghanistan on Monday, the same day news broke of a policy change in interrogations. After many Democrats and some Republican lawmakers called the Central Intelligence Agency’s interrogation techniques such as playing loud music and waterboarding “torture,” President Barack Obama reassigned interrogation responsibilities from the CIA to the National Security Council – which is run out of the White House, the Washington Post first reported.
  • Report: CIA Conducted Mock Executions of Detainees

    08/21/2009 9:35:45 PM PDT · by OldDeckHand · 38 replies · 2,018+ views
    FoxNews.com ^ | 08/21/09 | Staff
    WASHINGTON -- The CIA's internal investigator found that interrogators conducted mock executions of terror suspects and in one case threatened a detainee suspected in the USS Cole bombing with a gun and power drill, congressional officials said late Friday. The disclosure is contained in a 2004 report by the CIA's inspector general, which has keep secret and is to be released next week, two officials told The Associated Press. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the report has not yet been cleared for release. The report's findings were first reported by Newsweek on its Web site Friday night. In...
  • U.S. Steel scales back Clairton coke-making operations

    02/27/2009 8:53:00 AM PST · by RS_Rider · 5 replies · 594+ views
    TRIBUNE-REVIEW ^ | 02-27-2009 | Rick Stouffer
    U.S. Steel Corp. will soon idle three coke oven batteries at its Clairton Works, the result of the steelmaking slowdown and current economic conditions, the company said today. The batteries will be kept in what's called hot-idle status, meaning they will remain hot to maintain structural integrity, but won't be making coke, a major ingredient in making steel. U.S. Steel spokeswoman Erin DiPietro said the company is "adjusting its production according to customer demand."
  • USS Abraham Lincoln Hosts Chairman, Key Commanders

    08/28/2008 5:58:58 PM PDT · by SandRat · 6 replies · 234+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Petty Officer 2nd Class Arianne A. Anderson, USN
    NORTH ARABIAN SEA, Aug. 28, 2008 – Several senior military officials visited the USS Abraham Lincoln here Aug. 26 and yesterday. The visitors included Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of Multinational Force Iraq; Army Gen. David McKiernan, commander of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan; Navy Adm. Eric Olson, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command; and Army Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, acting commander of U.S. Central Command. The senior officers toured the ship, attended briefings, visited with Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing 2 crewmembers and awarded...
  • 9/11 steel poured for USS Somerset (USS Arlington and USS New York almost ready to go!)

    08/21/2008 8:46:49 PM PDT · by Libloather · 19 replies · 1,116+ views
    Tribune Democrat ^ | KIRK SWAUGER
    9/11 steel poured for USS SomersetBy KIRK SWAUGER Published: August 06, 2008 11:35 pm SOMERSET — The old draglines that towered above the reclaimed strip mine where Flight 93 crashed near Shanks-ville almost seven years ago are gone. But their symbolic significance to the day average Americans fought back against terror will not be lost. Twenty-two tons of steel from one of the large cranes was melted and poured Wednesday for the stemhold of the USS Somerset, a Navy vessel being constructed in honor of Flight 93’s passengers and crew. “We’re going to be cutting the water for that ship...
  • Famed US warship docks in Stockholm

    06/29/2008 3:54:38 AM PDT · by WesternCulture · 19 replies · 3,815+ views
    www.thelocal.se ^ | 06/27/2008 | David Landes
    We Swedes wish to honor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cole_bombing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell_S._Cole True Swedes - like I - love America. Yes, we are Europeans and you are Americans. Often, we insult each other, by employing various methods. Yet, you are our sisters'N'brothers and nothing will ever change tHAT. I would give my life up for America. The US is a nation which believes in true freedom. This idea will conquer the world.
  • USS Intrepid Returns to NYC on D-Day

    06/06/2007 6:03:57 PM PDT · by george76 · 12 replies · 1,199+ views
    AP ^ | Jun 6, 2007 | PAT MILTON,
    The USS Intrepid aircraft carrier, glistening from a full-body makeover, arrived in style at Staten Island on Wednesday to the cheers, hoots and hollers of former crew members and World War II veterans. "It's like running into an old girlfriend who had a facelift," said 82-year-old Ray Stone, a former Navy radar man who served on board the Intrepid from 1943 to 1945. "I nearly broke down in tears when I saw her," said Stone. "Her bottom has been scraped of barnacles and she looks just like she did way back when." Stone was among about 400 people who attended...
  • Model of USS Bisbee finds home (USCG frigate in WWII [this thread's for you Tonk])

    04/27/2007 5:30:03 PM PDT · by SandRat · 18 replies · 1,274+ views
    BISBEE — A replica of the USS Bisbee now rests in the council chambers of Bisbee city hall. Thanks to donations by members of the USS Bisbee Association, the name-sake model frigate is proudly displayed where all the citizens of Bisbee may see it. The 11 surviving crew members, and family, of the 304-foot long Coast Guard frigate arrived in Bisbee Thursday morning to present the hand-crafted ship and a stainless steel plaque to the city in a special ceremony. The men of the ship have always held the City of Bisbee and its copper mines in high regard, said...
  • USS Cleveland Hosts Naturalization Ceremony

    04/05/2007 4:36:41 PM PDT · by SandRat · 8 replies · 349+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Petty Officer 2nd Class Brooke Raffaele, USN
    SAN DIEGO, April 5, 2007 – The United States gained 59 new citizens here yesterday, as 59 servicemembers took the oath of citizenship aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Cleveland. Army Sgt. First Class Jose Vargas, center, joins 58 sailors and Marines in taking the oath of citizenship aboard USS Cleveland in San Diego, April 4. U.S. Navy photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. With retention and recruitment at the highest levels in recent history, officials said the Navy can now afford to focus on shaping the force to ensure the best-qualified, most diverse candidates are challenged to...
  • Navy Names Destroyer After Marine Medal of Honor Recipient

    03/26/2007 4:32:48 PM PDT · by SandRat · 7 replies · 486+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Sgt. Helen M. Searcy, USMC
    SCIO, N.Y., March 26, 2007 ? The Navy honored Marine Cpl. Jason L. Dunham March 24 by naming a guided missile destroyer after the fallen Marine hero during a ceremony here. Hundreds of students, teachers and veterans packed the gym of Scio Central High School as Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter announced that the name of the Navy?s newest Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer would honor the memory of the Marine Corps? most recent Medal of Honor recipient. Dunham is the Marine Corps? first Medal of Honor recipient for actions in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He earned the Medal...