U.S. Military
Kansas, not Spokane, to get first Boeing tanker base
SPOKANE -- Officials from Washington expressed disappointment Wednesday that Fairchild Air Force Base was not chosen as the first home of the Air Force's new aerial refueling tankers.
Date: 05/22/2013 | Northwest
Decision on tankers could be Wednesday
SPOKANE -- The Air Force could announce as early as Wednesday where it plans to base the next generation of air refueling tankers.Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane is one of four candidates to receive the new KC-46A tankers, which will be built by Boeing.
Date: 05/21/2013 | Northwest
Email to handle complaints on jet noise at Whibdey Navy base
OAK HARBOR -- Do you want to express concerns about late-night Navy jet flights?Whidbey Island Naval Air Station has a new system for people who want to share their thoughts. A new automated comment-line phone number and email address is expected to be available May 28.
Date: 05/20/2013 | Local News
Navy dolphins find rare 1870s torpedo
SAN DIEGO -- In the ocean off Coronado, a Navy team has discovered a relic worthy of display in a military museum: a torpedo of the kind deployed in the late 19th century, considered a technological marvel in its day.But don't look for the primary discoverers to get a...
Date: 05/19/2013 | Nation & World
Man who helped homeport happen dies
Bremerton, Whidbey Island, Seattle's Piers 90 and 91, Port Angeles, and Cherry Point near Bellingham were all on the list. Everett wasn't.It was 1982, not long after U.S. Sen. Henry M.
Date: 05/19/2013 | Local News
Front Porch: Naval exercise ‘Reliant Cloud’
Naval Station Everett plans to conduct the annual base-wide exercise, "Reliant Cloud," on Wednesday. During the exercise, expect gate closures between 9 a.m. and noon.
Date: 05/18/2013 | Local News
Military open to change in sex-assault cases
WASHINGTON -- Two senior military officers said for the first time Friday that they were "open" to proposed legislation that would overhaul military law in response to an epidemic of sexual assaults, acknowledging that victims lack faith in commanders to handle the problem.
Date: 05/18/2013 | Nation & World
Obama briefing sparks umbrellagate
WASHINGTON -- Slogging through a drizzly Rose Garden news conference Thursday with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President Obama took a break to ask for some rain protection."I am going to go ahead and ask folks, why don't we get a couple of Marines -- they're...
Date: 05/17/2013 | Nation & World
Sex crimes may spur change in military law
WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress said they are so angry about the crescendo of sex-crime scandals in the armed forces that they are considering fundamental changes to military law and other measures that the Pentagon has resisted for years.Lawmakers from both parties said...
Date: 05/16/2013 | Nation & World
$125,750 for students
Rotary funds 42 college scholarships at annual ceremony
Date: 05/15/2013 | Local News
Big decisions involving Fairchild AFB
AIRWAY HEIGHTS -- Some big decisions that could help decide the future of Spokane's Fairchild Air Force Base are expected soon.The Air Force this week is expected to decide if Fairchild will serve as the first base for the next generation of air refueling tankers.
Date: 05/13/2013 | Northwest
Nimitz sends a signal
Everett-based ship makes a visit to South Korea (gallery)
Date: 05/13/2013 | Nation & World
Judge: Soldier premeditated Iraq killings
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD -- A military judge found Army Sgt. John Russell guilty of premeditated murder Monday in the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq.
Date: 05/13/2013 | Northwest
Threat of cuts still hangs over stores at military bases
Base commissaries face turbulent times as staff vacancies swell under a federal hiring freeze, employee furloughs remain a worry and the Defense Commissary Agency digests budget guidance for fiscal 2015 that will force deeper cuts to base stores.
Date: 05/13/2013 | Business
Active Duty: County residents in the armed services; veterans calendars
Marine Corps Reserve Col. Eduardo Jany of Monroe was promoted to his current rank in a ceremony April 22 aboard the 230-year-old USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides," in Boston. Jany was accompanied by his wife and his fellow students from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Jany...
Date: 05/13/2013 | Local News
USS Nimitz arrives in Korea
SEOUL, South Korea -- Ahead of a nuclear-powered U.S. carrier's visit to South Korea, North Korea on Friday called this week's summit between the U.S. and South Korean presidents a prelude to war against Pyongyang. Yet it also said it was waiting "with patience" to see if Seoul changes its...
Date: 05/11/2013 | Nation & World
WWII veteran is keeper of Holocaust history
Students crowded around the speaker as his talk ended at Everett Community College. They lingered, asking if they could take pictures and posing with him to capture the moment.Leo Hymas is no hip-hop artist or reality TV star. At 87,...
Date: 05/10/2013 | Local News
Veteran gets back his WWII dog tag
Carol Wilkins leaned over the side of her father's wheelchair and handed him the small red box, a heart-shaped cutout revealing its contents: a weathered, bent silver dog tag."Oh, Daddy, look," Wilkins exclaimed as her 90-year-old father opened it, his eyes beaming and smile...
Date: 05/09/2013 | Nation & World
Air Force sidelines 17 nuclear missile officers
WASHINGTON — The Air Force stripped an unprecedented 17 officers of their authority to control — and, if necessary, launch — nuclear missiles after a string of unpublicized failings, including a remarkably dim review of their unit's launch skills. The group's deputy...
Date: 05/08/2013 | Nation & World
Marine discharged after DNA results confirm rape
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- An Alaska-based Marine has been dishonorably discharged after police say DNA testing confirmed he sexually assaulted a woman at a party.
Date: 05/07/2013 | Northwest
Idaho soldier among 5 killed in Afghanistan
BOISE, Idaho -- A 22-year-old southwestern Idaho man was among five soldiers killed over the weekend in a roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan.Specialist Thomas Paige Murach, of Meridian, died Saturday in Maiwand in southern Afghanistan, not far from the border with Pakistan.
Date: 05/07/2013 | Northwest
Oregon soldier among 5 killed in Afghanistan
PORTLAND, Ore. -- The family of a Bend soldier who was among five Fort Bliss troops killed by a roadside bomb last weekend says he had recently reenlisted because he didn't want to leave his unit.
Date: 05/07/2013 | Northwest
Army lawyers detail rampage
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD -- Shortly before beginning a shooting rampage through a mental health clinic in Iraq, an Army sergeant sat in a vehicle outside the building and smoked a cigarette, prosecutors said Monday.
Date: 05/06/2013 | Northwest
Airman who led sex assault unit charged in groping
ARLINGTON, Va. -- An Air Force officer who led the branch's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response unit has been charged with groping a woman in a northern Virginia parking lot, authorities said Monday.
Date: 05/06/2013 | Nation & World
Pentagon: Chinese government, military behind cyberspying
WASHINGTON -- Cyber-espionage targeting U.S. government and business entities appears "to be attributable to the Chinese government and military," the Pentagon charged Monday in an annual report to Congress detailing the U.S. assessment of Beijing's military capabilities.
Date: 05/06/2013 | Nation & World
Officials remember Air Force crew killed in crash
SPOKANE -- Capt. Victoria A. Pinckney was a mother and college rugby player.Capt. Mark T. Voss was a graduate of the Air Force Academy and was known for his smile.Tech. Sgt. Herman Mackey III was humorous and the father of a young daughter.
Date: 05/06/2013 | Northwest
DoD health office loses control of e-record project
After five years and an estimated $1 billion spent trying to build a single integrated electronic health record (iEHR) system with the Department of Veterans Affairs, defense health officials have been taken off the project, sources confirm.Wielding the hook was Defense...
Date: 05/06/2013 | Local News
Fairchild AFB airmen killed in Kyrgyzstan crash
SPOKANE — The three airmen killed in the crash of a military tanker refueling plane in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan were from Fairchild Air Force Base, the Department of Defense said Sunday.The airmen assigned to the 93rd Air Refueling Squadron...
Date: 05/05/2013 | Northwest
Richland group to honor man who built Hanford
RICHLAND -- Franklin T. Matthias was a young officer working at the Army Corps of Engineers' Washington, D.C., headquarters when scientists hundreds of miles away at the University of Chicago created the world's first controlled nuclear chain reaction.
Date: 05/04/2013 | Northwest
Boeing X-51A exceeds Mach 5 in Air Force test
LOS ANGELES -- An experimental, unmanned aircraft developed for the U.S. Air Force went hypersonic during a test off the Southern California coast, traveling at more than 3,000 mph, the Air Force said Friday.
Date: 05/03/2013 | Nation & World
Larsen: Navy to add ships in Everett, jets on Whidbey
EVERETT -- Based on a new plan announced on Friday, the cities of Everett and Oak Harbor could be assured of a strong U.S. Naval presence for years to come.The Nimitz will remain based at Naval Station Everett at least through 2022, according to the plan, announced by U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen.
Date: 05/03/2013 | Local News
A new home of the brave
Seattle Veterans Museum relocated, for now, to Everett
Date: 05/03/2013 | Local News
Navy unveils first squadron of drones
CORONADO, Calif. -- The Navy is inaugurating its first squadron with unmanned aircraft, formally adopting drone technology amid debate over its growing use in warfare.
Date: 05/02/2013 | Nation & World
So all can enjoy
Volunteers team with AmeriCorps staff to spruce up parks
Date: 04/30/2013 | Local News
Navy uses goats to keep Indian Island trimmed
PORT ANGELES -- Instead of weed-whackers, the Navy is using a herd of goats to control vegetation on Indian Island, the island near Port Townsend where munitions are stored and loaded on ships.
Date: 04/29/2013 | Northwest
Navy awards BAE $80M contract for Keyport support
KEYPORT -- The Navy has awarded a three-year $80 million contract to the defense contractor BAE Systems to continue providing engineering support to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center at Keyport.
Date: 04/29/2013 | Northwest
World War II vet receives medals after 68 years
LEWISTON, Idaho -- A World War II veteran from Lapwai has received a Bronze Star 68 years after the war ended.Dwight Staley was presented the medal this month at an American Legion ceremony.
Date: 04/29/2013 | Northwest
Case made against caps, higher Tricare fees
Military folks upset by Obama administration proposals to cap pay raises, to phase-in sharply higher co-pays on prescriptions filled off base and to raise Tricare costs on working-age retirees also tend to rail against such changes with arguments politicians can shrug off as stale or in...
Date: 04/29/2013 | Business
Active Duty and veterans calendar
Active DutyNavy Seaman Simon N. Reed, son of Michael Reed of Bothell and M.J. Bruski of Friday Harbor, graduated on March 22 from Navy Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. Reed is a 2005 Bothell High School graduate.Navy Seaman Recruit...
Date: 04/29/2013 | Local News
1 saved, 1 overboard from remote Pacific sailboat
HONOLULU -- The U.S. Coast Guard in Hawaii rescued a British citizen and -- with help from the U.S. Navy -- was searching Sunday for another British man who fell overboard in a remote area of the Pacific, officials said.
Date: 04/28/2013 | Nation & World
Back from wars, troops feel mix of sadness, joy
TACOMA -- Spc. Egbert Keil used to sing backup while his friend strummed a guitar at their small combat outpost in southern Afghanistan. Sgt. Sapuro Nena had the better voice, and sang lead.Now home in Tacoma, Keil plays his guitar alone. He imagines Nena singing with him.
Date: 04/28/2013 | Northwest
State auditor deployed to South Korea
OLYMPIA -- Washington State Auditor Troy Kelley is in South Korea on a two-week military deployment.
Date: 04/26/2013 | Northwest
Army pilot from state killed in Afghanistan
YAKIMA -- A helicopter pilot from Selah was one of two soldiers killed Tuesday in Afghanistan.
Date: 04/26/2013 | Northwest
Jet engine biofuel runs cleaner, NASA says
HAMPTON, Va. -- NASA researchers said Thursday that test flights conducted in California have shown a commercial jet could fly safely with a blend of jet fuel that includes a plant oil.
Date: 04/26/2013 | Nation & World
Pentagon cuts could slow F-35 fighter program
WASHINGTON -- The on-time rollout of the F-35 fighter jet for its 2017 deadline could be in jeopardy as a result of forced federal budget cuts, testified a key military official to Congress on Wednesday.
Date: 04/25/2013 | Nation & World
Fort Lewis soldier seeks new expert in Afghan massacre case
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD -- Attorneys for the U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians during a 2012 rampage have asked that a new psychiatric expert be appointed in the case.
Date: 04/23/2013 | Northwest
Iraq vet pleads guilty to killing fellow soldiers
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD -- An Army sergeant pleaded guilty Monday to killing four other soldiers and a Navy officer in 2009 at mental health clinic in Baghdad during the Iraq War, describing how he gunned down the men and saying he was in a "rage" when he began his rampage.
Date: 04/22/2013 | Northwest
Chinese boat removed from Filipino reef
MANILA, Philippines -- A Chinese fishing boat found carrying thousands of pounds of scaly anteater meat has been removed from a Philippine marine sanctuary where it run aground last week, a coast guard spokesman said Saturday.The F/V Min Long Yu was towed Saturday to the...
Date: 04/21/2013 | Nation & World
Coast Guard cancels Seattle, Portland visits
Associated PressPORTLAND, Ore. -- Following the lead of the Navy, the U.S. Coast Guard says it won't send ships this year to the Portland Rose Festival or Seattle's Seafair, blaming the automatic federal budget cuts.
Date: 04/18/2013 | Northwest
Naval Station Everett: optimism, uncertainty
EVERETT -- Capt. Michael Coury delivered his final State of the Station address Thursday amid a backdrop of heightened international tensions with North Korea and Iran, the bombing at the Boston Marathon and new federal budget constraints.
Date: 04/18/2013 | Business
Lawmakers push for Spokane as KC-46 tanker base
Spokane should be the base for the KC-46A tankers that Boeing is building for the Air Force, Washington lawmakers wrote on Wednesday. Fairchild Air Force Base in...
Date: 04/17/2013 | Aerospace Blog
Federal budget cuts hit July 4 events at Everett Navy base
EVERETT -- Naval Station Everett has canceled Independence Day celebrations at the base.Over the years, the Navy has offered the public a chance to visit the base and tour a ship as a part of July 4th festivities.
Date: 04/16/2013 | Local News
Community Extra: Opportunities
Run: Mukilteo fun run targets autismKamiak High School holds a UKnight For Autism 3-Mile Fun Run, starting at 9 a.m. Saturday at 10801 Harbour Pointe Blvd. in Mukilteo.Proceeds benefit All Aboard, a nonprofit that supports adults with special...
Date: 04/16/2013 | Local News
White House sets outs plan for military benefit cuts
Trying once more to get military compensation costs under control, the Obama administration has asked Congress to cap annual active duty and reserve component pay raises, and to phase in over four years a complex formula for increasing Tricare fees on retirees of all ages and their...
Date: 04/15/2013 | Business
Air Force says budget cuts won’t hit Boeing tanker
U.S. Air Force officials call the Boeing Co.'s aerial-refueling tanker, to be built in Everett, their top acquisition priority, even as the agency faces $10 billion in budget cuts this fiscal year.
Date: 04/15/2013 | Business
Navy sub officer faces expulsion over affair
GROTON, Conn. A former submarine commander who faked his death to end an extramarital affair knows he made a terrible mistake and has apologized, and the Navy shouldn't throw away his talent and training, his lawyer said Friday at a hearing to determine whether he will be expelled from...
Date: 04/12/2013 | Nation & World
Community Extra: Opportunities
Volunteer: Park needs sprucingLynnwood's Spring Park Service Day will start at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Lynndale Park, 18927 72nd Ave. W.Volunteers are urged to show up with gloves and work shoes, ready to get dirty. Tasks will include removing invasive...
Date: 04/09/2013 | Local News
Active Duty: Marysville reserve unit to mark Holocaust Day
Unit to honor victims of Holocaust
Date: 04/08/2013 | Local News
Here’s what caused the enormous claims backlog at VA
With the backlog of compensation claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs having ballooned in recent years, one would expect major veterans service organizations to be among the VA's harshest critics.
Date: 04/08/2013 | Business
Journey to help vets
A Montana man is walking across the U.S. to aid the fallen
Date: 04/02/2013 | Local News
Community Extra: Opportunities
Ahoy: Pirates set sail for funThe April Fools Shipwreck Weekend runs Friday through Sunday in Everett and includes bowling, a memorial, feeding the homeless, karaoke, wine tasting and more, aimed especially at those who like to dress the part.
Date: 04/02/2013 | Local News
Stennis on way home from Afghan war to Bremerton
BREMERTON -- The Navy says the USS Stennis stopped in Singapore Monday for a port visit on its way home to Bremerton.The aircraft carrier has been operating in and around the Arabian Gulf the past five months, mostly providing air support to allied troops on the ground in Afghanistan.
Date: 04/01/2013 | Northwest
Military offering free help for smokers who want to quit
Smoking cessation drugs now are available at no charge through the Tricare mail order program for service members, military family members and retirees under age 65 who want to kick this unhealthy habit.
Date: 04/01/2013 | Business
Navy identifies SEAL member killed in jump
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Brett Shadle always had wanted to be a member of the Navy's most elite special forces unit. A year after enlisting, he made it happen and went on to become a highly decorated member of the Navy's famed SEAL Team 6.
Date: 03/30/2013 | Nation & World
Army tries to ground fat chopper pilots
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Army is trying to thin out the ranks of civilian helicopter instructor pilots at its main flight training base in Alabama with a 250-pound weight limit.New military rules set to take effect Monday at Fort Rucker set...
Date: 03/29/2013 | Nation & World
USS Nimitz departure delayed to Saturday
EVERETT -- The departure of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz has been postponed until 9 a.m. Saturday.The delay is due to the need to complete required preparations for deployment, said Naval Station Everett spokeswoman Kristin Ching.
Date: 03/29/2013 | Local News
Littoral warships lack firepower, admiral warns
WASHINGTON -- The Navy's troubled Littoral Combat Ship, a vessel intended to be small and speedy for use in shallow waters close to shore, lacks the firepower it needs, a top U.S. navy commander said in a classified memo.
Date: 03/29/2013 | Nation & World
Vietnam vets get the recognition they deserve
There was no heroes' welcome. When Tim McDonald and other Americans returned from their Vietnam War duty, they were ignored or worse."Many Vietnam veterans, myself included, we didn't feel the support of the nation at all," he said Thursday.McDonald, 65, was in...
Date: 03/29/2013 | Local News
Iraq, Afghan wars to cost up to $6 trillion
The U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will cost taxpayers $4 trillion to $6 trillion, taking into account the medical care of wounded veterans and expensive repairs to a force depleted by more than a decade of fighting, according to a new study by a Harvard University researcher.
Date: 03/29/2013 | Nation & World
U.S. sends B-2 stealth bombers to S. Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — In a show of force following weeks of North Korean bluster, the U.S. on Thursday took the unprecedented step of announcing that two of its nuclear-capable B-2 bombers joined joint military drills with South
Date: 03/28/2013 | Nation & World
TSA speeds airport screening for wounded soldiers
LOS ANGELES — Wounded soldiers and veterans can now go through airport screening gates without removing shoes, hats or light jackets, the Transportation Security Administration announced.The TSA’s decision to ease screening for...
Date: 03/28/2013 | Nation & World
China presses claims in Asian waters
BEIJING -- When a two-engine Chinese turboprop darted over disputed islands in the East China Sea, the first foreign intrusion into Japanese airspace in more than 50 years, the People's Liberation Army was able to truthfully profess its innocence.The tiny turboprop belonged...
Date: 03/28/2013 | Nation & World
USS Nimitz to leave Friday on long deployment
EVERETT -- The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is scheduled to pull away from its pier at Naval Station Everett on Friday.The ship's impending deployment, scheduled to last from six to 10 months, eventually will take the crew of the warship into the Persian Gulf.
Date: 03/26/2013 | Local News
Community Extra: Opportunities
Learn: Event honors conservation effortsThe Snohomish Conservation District hosts its annual Open House and Awards Reception, 4-6 p.m. today at Legion Hall, 145 Alverson Blvd. in Everett.
Date: 03/26/2013 | Local News
Congress moves to resume military tuition aid
The Army, Air Force and Marine Corps will be forced to reopen their tuition assistance programs -- and Coast Guard likely will be pressured to follow -- under a late-hour Senate amendment to a stopgap budget bill.The bill, HR 933, renamed the Consolidated and Further...
Date: 03/25/2013 | Business
in uniform
Services held for 3 who died in training accidentOAK HARBOR -- Navy Cmdr. Chris Middleton, commanding officer of Electronic Attack Squadron 129, paid tribute March 19 to three officers who lost their lives during a routine training mission March 11 over Eastern Washington.
Date: 03/25/2013 | Local News
Blue Angels to perform last show for awhile
KEY WEST, Fla. -- The Blue Angels may be performing their final exhibition for the foreseeable future.
Date: 03/24/2013 | Nation & World
WWII pilot again takes flight in B-17
Not a day goes by that John "Lucky" Luckadoo doesn't wonder how he could have made it past his 21st birthday, never mind his 91st -- which he celebrated last Saturday.Luckadoo, who's lived in Dallas since 1960, was one of the original pilots in the 100th Bomb Group, known as...
Date: 03/24/2013 | Nation & World
Military accidents often claim heroes
It was 38 years ago this week, but for George Bowen the memory couldn't be clearer."I was awakened at 1 a.m. by a call from the Mason County Sheriff's Office," said Bowen, a retired Olympic National Park ranger. "They had...
Date: 03/22/2013 | Local News
First deployment for some
Sailors on the USS Nimitz are prepping for the Persian Gulf
Date: 03/22/2013 | Local News
Base in N.C. probes death of paratrooper from Marysville
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- Authorities at Fort Bragg are investigating the death of a paratrooper who was found unresponsive in his barracks last weekend and who later died.
Date: 03/21/2013 | Northwest
Carrier USS Ronald Reagan returning to San Diego
BREMERTON -- The aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan is headed back to San Diego.The ship departed Bremerton Monday after a 14-month, $218 million maintenance and upgrade stop at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
Date: 03/19/2013 | Northwest
Community Extra: Opportunities
Eat: Breakfast aids Everett schoolsBoeing executive Scott Fancher is scheduled to speak at the Everett Public Schools Foundation Breakfast, from 7:15 to 8:30 a.m. Thursday. Fancher will talk about the importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics education.
Date: 03/19/2013 | Local News
For military, a litany of sequestration problems
Here are some fresh developments that feuding politicians have created for the U.S. military in wartime:•Four service branches, excluding only the Navy, have suspended tuition assistance through at least September this year, a move that will interrupt continuing...
Date: 03/18/2013 | Business
List of Washington’s Iraq War dead
The Iraq War lasted eight years, eight months, three weeks and four days. During that time, nearly 4,500 Americans and 100,000 Iraqis were killed. At least 286 service men and women from Washington, or based in the...
Date: 03/17/2013 | Need to Know
List of Washington’s Iraq War dead
The Iraq War lasted eight years, eight months, three weeks and four days. During that time, nearly 4,500 Americans and 100,000 Iraqis were killed. At least 286 service men and women from Washington, or based in the...
Date: 03/17/2013 | Local News
U.S. to beef up missile defenses
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon announced Friday it will spend $1 billion to add 14 interceptors to an Alaska-based missile defense system, responding to what it called faster-than-anticipated North Korean progress on nuclear weapons and missiles.
Date: 03/16/2013 | Nation & World
17 years for nuclear sub arson
PORTLAND, Maine — A shipyard worker who set fire to rags aboard a nuclear submarine because he wanted to go home was sentenced to a little more than 17 years in federal prison Friday for the blaze that transformed the vessel into a fiery furnace, injured seven people and caused...
Date: 03/15/2013 | Nation & World
Sequester gets military to focus on costs
The sequester may turn out to be a good thing, at least when it comes to some Pentagon programs.It is forcing the military services to make hard choices they have avoided even thinking about while the money freely flowed to the Defense Department.
Date: 03/15/2013 | Nation & World
Military assailed for sex assault cases
WASHINGTON -- In a stinging rebuke of the military's efforts to curb sexual assault, members of a Senate panel hammered Defense Department officials on Wednesday for making too little progress in combating the crimes and failing to improve a military justice system that victims...
Date: 03/14/2013 | Nation & World
Michelle Obama urges more hiring of U.S. veterans
WASHINGTON -- Michelle Obama challenged America's top CEOs on Wednesday to "think outside the box" and hire more veterans.
Date: 03/13/2013 | Business
Navy identifies 3 killed in Prowler crash
SPOKANE — Three Navy crew members who were killed when their plane crashed in Eastern Washington during a training flight were identified Tuesday.Lt. Cmdr. Alan A. Patterson, 34, from Tullahoma, Tenn.; Lt. j.g. Valerie Delaney, 26, from...
Date: 03/12/2013 | Northwest
Community Extra: Opportunities
Identify: Strange artifact? Bring it hereThe Monroe Historical Society invites the community to its annual membership meeting and program, 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Monroe Library, 1070 Village Way.
Date: 03/12/2013 | Local News
Whidbey-based plane crashes; 3 reported killed
SPOKANE -- An aircraft from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island crashed in Eastern Washington on Monday morning, and all three crew members on board died, Navy authorities said.The EA-6B Prowler was reported to have crashed at about 8:45 a.m. Monday, Whidbey Island officials said.
Date: 03/11/2013 | Local News
Chance meeting takes Arlington singer to Dubai
Jesse Taylor is a young country singer who is letting his career take him from Nashville to Hawaii and, today, to Dubai, one handshake at a time.Taylor, an Arlington native, makes his own brand of original country music and then has taken his guitar and CDs on the road,...
Date: 03/11/2013 | Local News
House spares military some of sequester’s sting
The Joint Chiefs are breathing a bit easier after the House voted Wednesday to fund the government through September and included a 2013 defense appropriations bill that would give the armed services more money and budget flexibility to ease the threat of a wartime readiness crisis.
Date: 03/11/2013 | Business
F-35 fighter shows challenge of cutting defense
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- With an ear-ringing roar, the matte-gray fighter jet streaked down Runway 12 and sliced into a cloudless afternoon sky over the Florida Panhandle. To those watching on the ground, the sleek, bat-winged fuselage soon shrank into a speck, and then nothing at all, as...
Date: 03/10/2013 | Nation & World
Navy says more night flights expected from Whidbey base
COUPEVILLE -- While no practice landings are scheduled this week at the Navy's outlying landing field near Coupeville, residents in the area should get ready for night flights that begin in the spring, Whidbey Island Naval Air Station officials said.
Date: 03/10/2013 | Local News
California rejects Navy sonar, underwater blasts
SAN DIEGO — The California Coastal Commission on Friday rejected a Navy explosives and sonar training program off the Southern California coast that critics said could harm endangered blue whales and other sea life.Commissioners meeting in...
Date: 03/08/2013 | Nation & World
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