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Senate backs big land transfer for NAS Fallon bombing range
The defense policy bill approved by Congress designates 872 additional square miles of land for the northern Nevada naval air training complex.
Best pics of the week: April 4, 2021
A visit, board, search and seizure training on the USS Lewis B. Puller, assessments at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, looking out on the Ike, and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Navy flight surgeon died doing ‘something he absolutely loved’
Cmdr. Chris "Papa Doc" Joas died July 7 in a plane crash near Lake Tahoe, California.
Nevada Democrats aim to block Nellis bombing range expansion
The lawmakers want the House Rules Committee to strike an amendment from a national defense spending bill that would enable the expansion of Nellis Air Force Base for aerial combat and ground warfare training. A similar proposal to expand the bombing range at NAS Fallon has not moved forward.
Nevada fight over bombing range pits tribes vs. Navy
The congressional legislation that authorizes the Navy to occupy most of the land is set to expire in 2021.
By Ben Spillman, Reno Gazette Journal via the AP
Op-ed: FDR’s Fireside Chat is a model for calm amid coronavirus pandemic
The author thinks Trump's address to the nation about COVID-19 flopped.
By Michael J. Socolow, University of Maine
Elizabeth Warren, mating sagehens and the Navy’s need to blow stuff up
The sea service issues its final environmental impact study for Naval Air Station Fallon's proposed expansion.
Explainer: How countries in conflict, like Iran and the US, talk to each other
International diplomacy found an ingenious solution to the problem of communication between nations that broke ties.
By Klaus W. Larres, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kari Bingen, key DoD intelligence official, to depart Pentagon
Bingen becomes the fourth top Pentagon official to announce departures from the department in just the last week.
Would Trump drive NATO exit? Congress works on roadblocks.
Amid uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s intentions toward NATO, Congress is taking bipartisan action to stop him from withdrawing from the alliance.
By Joe Gould