Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/06/13/vietnam-vet-who-rose-senior-officer-coast-guard-auxiliary-dies.html Robert J. Birrane Jr., a decorated Vietnam veteran who rose to become a senior Coast Guard Auxiliary officer, died May 30.
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After Northrop Pullout, Raytheon Will Make F-35’s See-Through Sensor
Source: https://www.military.com/defensetech/2018/06/14/after-northrop-pullout-raytheon-will-make-f-35s-see-through-sensor.html Lockheed Martin has chosen Raytheon Co. to make the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s next-generation distributed aperture system.
Lawmakers Ask Coast Guard Academy for Update on Addressing Inequities
Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/06/14/lawmakers-ask-coast-guard-academy-update-addressing-inequities.html Connecticut lawmakers are asking the head of the Coast Guard how the service plans to address “racial disparities.”
2017 Reno Air Races ‘Unlimited Bronze Heat 2C’
Source: http://youtu.be/95bFeDrfiq8 http://youtu.be/95bFeDrfiq8
The Friday Bronze heat race 2C had a nice mix of classic warbirds rounding the pylons with John Muszala in the P-51A Mustang ‘Shanty Irish’ holding off all the …
The US Won’t Admit Just How Badly It Poisoned Military Base Water
Source: https://www.military.com/spousebuzz/2018/06/14/us-wont-admit-just-how-badly-it-poisoned-military-base-water.html Officials, including the White and the Environmental Protection Agency, are keeping under wraps a report on just how bad the water situation is.
Coast Guard Veteran Dedicates 43 Years to Keeping Mariners Safe
Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/06/14/coast-guard-veteran-dedicates-43-years-keeping-mariners-safe.html One fateful evening in 1974, Bob Trainor heard a U.S. Coast Guard radio ad that would change his life.
Coast Guard Unloads More Than 2,000 Pounds of Marijuana in Key West
Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/06/14/coast-guard-unloads-more-2000-pounds-marijuana-key-west.html A Key West-based U.S. Coast Guard cutter took in a large haul of marijuana during a maritime bust in March.
Post-PCS Survey Helps Keep Bad Movers Out
Source: https://www.military.com/money/pcs-dity-move/post-pcs-survey-helps-keep-bad-movers-out.html The movers are gone and you’ve asked for reimbursement for your broken stuff. That means you’re done, right? Not necessarily.
Trump’s Freeze of Korea Joint Exercises Catches Allies by Surprise
Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/06/13/trumps-freeze-korea-joint-exercises-catches-allies-surprise.html Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was an exception, saying he was consulted on the halt to military exercises with South Korea.
Senators Want Release of Wright-Patterson Groundwater Toxicology Study
Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/06/13/senators-want-release-wright-patterson-groundwater-toxicology-study.html U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Rob Portman, R-Ohio have demanded the Trump administration release a toxicology study.