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Navy ships and aircraft played key role in strikes against Houthis in Yemen
The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and several Navy destroyers played a sizeable role in US-led strikes on sites in Yemen that Houthi militants have used repeatedly to launch attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea.
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US warns ships to avoid parts of Red Sea as Houthi rebels vow retaliation for US, UK strikes
The U.S. Navy on Friday warned American-flagged vessels to steer clear of areas around Yemen in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden for the next 72 hours after the U.S. and Britain launched multiple airstrikes targeting Houthi rebels.
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All ‘possible options’ exhausted, Air Force ends search for last missing Osprey crewman in Japan
The Air Force has called off search efforts after U.S. and Japanese military search teams scoured more than 23,000 square miles of ocean surface and 15 square miles of ocean floor without finding the body of Maj. Eric Spendlove.
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Senate confirms 1st woman to lead Maine National Guard
Retired Army Brig. Gen. Diane Dunn has been confirmed by the Maine Senate to become the first woman to serve as the state’s adjutant general, leader of the Maine National Guard.
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US, Britain launch massive retaliatory strike against Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen
The US and British militaries bombed more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets.
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Japan successfully launches an intelligence-gathering satellite to watch for North Korean missiles
Japan successfully launched a rocket carrying a government intelligence-gathering satellite Friday on a mission to watch movements at military sites in North Korea and to improve responses to natural disasters.
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Okinawans bring their ‘anger’ to protest against Marine runway construction
Close to 1,000 people gathered outside Camp Schwab to protest construction to create a military runway from reclaimed sea bottom.
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Navy helicopter crew survives crash into bay in Southern California
All six crew members aboard a U.S. Navy MH-60R Seahawk survived after the helicopter crashed in the waters of San Diego Bay during a training exercise Thursday night.
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Prosecutors drop case against Navy contractor accused of assault in Japan
Japanese prosecutors decided not to pursue charges against a US military contractor arrested last year near Hiroshima on suspicion of punching a local man in the face.
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Putin pledges to visit disputed island chain north of Japan
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interest in visiting islands his country took from Japan at the end of World War II may be a retort to Tokyo’s support for Ukraine, according to an expert in the region.
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