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Nonprofit hasn’t heard about museum plan
Most sailors don’t even know the Navy has a museum in the national capital region. It’s tucked away in the Washington Navy Yard behind heavy security, accessible only to the few persistent enough to get access.

USS New York to be commissioned today in NYC
NEW YORK — The Navy is commissioning its newest battleship with a bow forged from steel that once held up the World Trade Center.
Posted Saturday Nov 7, 2009 9:06:52 EST
Tell us what you think: Buying your own gear
Ships stationed in Hampton Roads, Va., have become so starved for cash that sailors have taken to buying supplies and equipment with their own money — or they’re just not getting the gear...
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 13:48:18 EST
Authorities: Lejeune pvt. killed colleague
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — A Marine private accused of killing another Marine at Camp Lejeune, N.C., was taken into custody Friday, base officials said.
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 15:45:30 EST
Sources: USNA subbed mids to look more diverse
Naval Academy leaders removed two midshipmen from a color guard that performed at the World Series last week because they were white men, and replaced them with a non-white man and a white woman so...
Posted Saturday Nov 7, 2009 9:03:27 EST
Hood community gathers to mourn rampage victims
FORT HOOD, Texas — A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope in the aftermath of a deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood.
Posted Saturday Nov 7, 2009 9:04:05 EST
Soldiers say carnage could have been worse
FORT HOOD, Texas — Pfc. Marquest Smith, on his way to Afghanistan in January, was completing routine paperwork about a bee-sting allergy when the sounds erupted.
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 19:52:11 EST
Obama makes the rounds at Walter Reed
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama spent nearly two hours visiting wounded U.S. service members Friday afternoon.
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 18:43:47 EST
War of words heats up over vets bill blockage
The chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee remains hopeful that a roadblock holding up consideration of an omnibus veterans’ health care bill can be cleared early next week.
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 14:26:56 EST
Military’s stance on burn pits assailed
The Air Force bioenvironmental officer who was among the first to warn about the potential effects of open-air burn pits on U.S. troops deployed in the war zones said Friday that he does not believe...
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 15:23:14 EST
Obama: Do not jump to conclusions about Hood
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the "whole nation is grieving right now" over the mass killings at Fort Hood. He urged people not to jump to conclusions while law enforcement officials...
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 12:32:06 EST
Memorial to be held for crash victims
SAN DIEGO — A memorial service will be held Friday for the seven Coast Guardsmen and two Marines killed when an airplane collided with a Marine helicopter off the coast of San Diego.
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 13:49:20 EST
82nd Airborne soldiers missing in Afghanistan
KABUL — Two American soldiers disappeared in western Afghanistan after a routine resupply mission, and more than 25 NATO and Afghan security forces members were wounded during the search...
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 14:05:02 EST
Details on Fort Hood suspect emerge
WASHINGTON — His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Afghanistan and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. wars. He required...
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 19:13:29 EST
Muslim group condemns Hood shootings
WASHINGTON — The Council on American-Islamic Relations is condemning the shootings at Fort Hood, although it’s not known whether the shooter was Muslim.
Posted Thursday Nov 5, 2009 19:42:49 EST
Online support follows Hood shootings
A flood of support is hitting the Army’s social media sites in the wake of the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas.
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 19:17:02 EST
USAA now open to honorably discharged vets
USAA has expanded its customer base to include all honorably discharged veterans and their families, making about 35 million more people eligible for membership.
Posted Thursday Nov 5, 2009 14:07:47 EST
Report: Vets need drug treatment, not jail
Treatment, not incarceration, should be the first option for veterans who commit nonviolent drug-related offenses, a group advocating alternatives to the nation’s “war on drugs”...
Posted Thursday Nov 5, 2009 14:25:31 EST
American Legion ups pressure on Coburn
The American Legion is organizing a grassroots campaign in Oklahoma to try to persuade Republican Sen. Tom Coburn to lift his hold on S 1963, an omnibus veterans bill, so it can be approved and...
Posted Thursday Nov 5, 2009 13:39:38 EST
VA homeless initiative has support of Legion
The nation’s largest veterans group vows to help the Veterans Affairs Department achieve an ambitious goal of eliminating homelessness among veterans within five years.
Posted Thursday Nov 5, 2009 11:10:25 EST
Lowe’s, Home Depot offer vets discounts
Home improvement retailers Lowe’s and Home Depot are offering a 10 percent discount to active-duty, National Guard and reserve members, retirees, veterans and their immediate family members in...
Posted Thursday Nov 5, 2009 11:07:29 EST

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