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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Eighteen years ago today, on Oct. 1, 2003, Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) became responsible for managing Navy shore installations worldwide. However, the history of the Navy’s

This post has been updated with a statement from President Joe Biden. The U.S. doesn’t have enough troops in Kabul to secure safe passage for tens of thousands of Americans and Afghan allies seeking to leave the country, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a press conference on Wednesday. Now, there are a mix […]

Air Force Veteran Served on Evacuation Flight Line Air Force Staff Sgt. Miguel “Mike” Lechuga witnessed the chaos on April 29, 1975, the day before Saigon fell. After watching bombs fall on Tan Son Nhut Air Base on April 28, he and the rest of the 10-member aircraft maintenance crew awaited further orders at their building near the flightline. The avionics instrument specialist belonged to the 604th Military Airlift Support Squadron, which was under the Military Airlift Command. They were t...

Curt Synness For the Independent Record Navy veteran Jeff Kindrick made two WESTPAC cruises with Attack Squadron VA-97 and Carrier Air Wing CVW 14 aboard the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, from 1971-72 and 1972-73. These stints included a record-setting 63 days at sea. When the Air Wing 14 squadrons flew the last combat sorties of the Vietnam War, on January 27, 1973, Kindrick was serving at CVW-14 Beach Detachment, Naval Air Station at Cubi Point, Subic Bay, Philippines. ...

(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In its latest monitoring bulletin, PAGASA said the computed heat index value in the two areas, which falls under the “danger” level, was recorded at around 2 p.m. The state weather bureau said 15 other areas across the country felt heat index values within the danger level on Thursday. These were: Itbayat, Batanes – 46°C, 2 p.m. Ambulong, Batangas – 45°C, 2 p.m. Masbate City, Masbate – 44°C, 2 p.m. NAIA, Pasay City – 44°C, 2 p.m. Tuguegarao City, Ca...

(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Dagupan City in Pangasinan topped the list of areas with the highest heat index values with 47 degrees Celsius (℃) registered at around 2 p.m. Based on the monitoring of the state weather bureau, the following areas recorded the highest heat index values within the danger level on Thursday: Dagupan City, Pangasinan (47℃, 2 p.m.) Sangley Point, Cavite (46℃, 2 p.m.) Clark Airport, Pampanga (44℃, 2 p.m.) Ambulong, Batangas (43℃, 2 p.m.) Aparri, Cagayan (43�...

Cmdr. Donald Wayne Richmond, USNR Ret., 89, Mason Dixon Road, Gettysburg, passed away at his home on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. He was born July 15, 1931, in Armstrong, Iowa, the son of the late Wayne and Bernice Pruell Richmond. Donald is survived by his wife Marilyn Thompson-Richmond; a son, Timothy W. Richmond of Gettysburg; a daughter-in-law, Jodi Richmond of Littlestown; two grandchildren, Heather Hamilton and Scott Richmond; two sisters, Barbara Tolsdorf of Lebanon, Missouri, and Dolores Schni...

Description Extensive coverage of Minister for the Army Mr Phillip Lynch during his visit to Australian units in South Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore. Mr Lynch spent five days in South Vietnam accompanied by Mrs Lynch and the Army secretary Mr Bruce White. Shows the arrival at Ton Son Nhut airport Saigon. Views of Saigon including the Presidential Palace and the Headquarters of the Free World Military Assistance Organisation. Visit to Bien Hoa greeted by a guard of honour of t...

In todays "Neighbors" column, a reader tells Bob Lind about his military service. Written By: Bob Lind | × Bob Lind, Neighbors columnist. The ForumThe Forum “Neighbors” often is privileged to hear about and report on men and women from the area who have served in the military. Today, here’s one more. He’s Evan Moe, of Kindred, N.D., who, after seeing another story about veterans, passes along information about himself. “I was a 1954 graduate of Concordia College with...

Smith, Danny Glen, Sr. Death: Friday, January 15, 2021 at the age of 72 Lt. Danny Glen Smith Sr., USN (Ret.), 72, loving husband, father of four children and grandfather to 13 grandchildren passed on to his eternal home during the early morning hours of January 15, 2021, surrounded by his loving family after a long battle with cancer. Danny was born on August 9, 1948 in Portales, NM, the oldest child of Ben William Smith and Francis Jo Short. As a child, he lived in various locations throughout...