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The Navy says the USS Connecticut "struck an object" while submerged.

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Tracked iPhone leads to federal gun charge, Apple Pencils stolen from Apple Store, and ex-trooper who texted nudes gets probation.

by   An Air Force B-52H Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., arrives at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Thursday, July 15, 2021. (Richard Ebensberger/U.S. Air Force) Guam is supporting two simultaneous U.S. military exercises by hosting Air Force bombers and Army soldiers, vehicles and weapons over the coming weeks. A group of B-52 bombers arrived Wednesday on Guam from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., to support Pacific Air Force’s Bomber Task Force, according to an Air Force news rel...

ASAN, Guam (June 25, 2021) – The U.S. Navy will conduct exercises utilizing blank ammunition in Tinian North Field June 28-30 from midnight to 11:59 p.m. Residents in the surrounding areas shoul

Pacific Daily News View Comments Sailors and civilians from U.S. Naval Base Guam and various tenant commands have continued working at the Guam Veterans Cemetery in Piti to prepare it for Memorial Day. Nearly 150 sailors and civilians have spent the past month removing debris and weed from gravesites, power washing the mausoleums and areas surrounding the cemetery chapel, cutting grass, and cleaning and shining the bronze grave markers throughout the cemetery.

3 APRA HARBOR, Guam (May 25, 2021) – The submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) conducted a change of command ceremony aboard the ship, May 25. Capt. Andrew Ring, from Wilmore, Kansas, relieved Capt. Michael Luckett, from Banning, California, as Land’s commanding officer during the ceremony. “I have been privileged and honored to serve as your captain, leading this incredibly talented and skilled hybrid crew of Sailors and civilian mariners,” said Luckett. “Throu...

By JOSEPH DITZLER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 19, 2021 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See more staff and wire stories here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. TOKYO – U.S. Army Japan joined the other service branches Wednesday and relaxed its coronavirus mask order for fully vaccinated people. The order signed Tuesday by Maj. Gen. Viet Luong, commander of U.S....

More than 5,000 veterans, their spouses and children are buried at the cemetery, including Navy Steward Mate 1st Class Ignacio C. Farfan, 21, of Hagåtña. Farfans remains were identified in 2015 and returned to Guam in 2018, 77 years after he was killed in the attacks in Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.  Farfan was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hi...

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: April 26, 2021 April 26, 2021 11:09 AM USNI News Graphic These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of April 26, 2021, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. Total U.S. Navy Battle Force: 296 In Japan Seaman Zhihao Luo, from San Francisco, assigned to t...