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From staff reports Each year, Hickory Elks Lodge 1654 recognizes those who exhibit the patriotic values of duty and honor in service to their community and nation. At the Hickory City Council meeting on March 2, the Hickory Elks presented public service awards honoring the firefighter, police officer, and state trooper of the year. Jonathan Fox was named the 2021 Exceptional Firefighter of the Year. Fox is a valued employee of the Hickory Fire Department. He has shown great pride in...

WASHINGTON – With only 2% of all naval officers making flag rank, Cherokee Nation citizen Wesley McCall recently made rank as rear admiral (lower half) in the U.S. Navy after 31 years of service. “It’s a big honor for me to be honest with you,” McCall said. “It’s a big shock. But it’s just, I guess, it’s just a testament to all the hard work that you put in. You’ve learned along the way and I guess that the Navy has noticed that and that’s based...

The U.S. Coast Guard conducted Arabian Gulf exercises this week with a Greek navy guided-missile frigate, according to...

An explosion ripped through the hull of an Israeli-owned cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman, reportedly leaving holes in each side of the vessel. Officials said the crew and vessel are safe, but there was no immediate explanation for the blast in a waterway that has a history of attacks on shipping blamed on Iran. In an advisory dated Thursday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said it had been informed of the explosion, that investigations are ongoing and that the crew and vessel are sa...

An explosion ripped through the hull of an Israeli-owned cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman, reportedly leaving holes in each side of the vessel. Officials said the crew and vessel are safe, but there was no immediate explanation for the blast in a waterway that has a history of attacks on shipping blamed on Iran. In an advisory dated Thursday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said it had been informed of the explosion, that investigations are ongoing and that the crew and vessel are sa...

Security Conference Updates Merchant Shipping Interests on the Guardians of Middle Eastern Waters International Maritime Security Construct Protects Against State Sponsored Terrorism MIDDLE EAST – The success of the combined international naval forces in controlling the criminal elements which, not so long ago, were the scourge of the regions waters, has largely removed them from the headlines of the shipping press which they once dominated. Piracy has been greatly reduced, and while terroris...

By JENNIFER H. SVAN | STARS AND STRIPES Published: February 25, 2021 A Navy officer who housed Thai prostitutes in his government quarters in Bahrain, even after the military warned him he was under investigation, has had part of his conviction thrown out on appeal. The U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals this month set aside one of two charges of conduct unbecoming an officer that Lt. Cmdr. Joseph Nelson was convicted of in 2019, saying the prosecution had not provided enough ev...

U.S. Air Forces Central, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. Army Central Command, coalition partners, and four regional partner nations conducted Joint Air Defense Exercise 21-01, Feb. 15-19, 2021. , The official website for the U.S. Air Forces Central.

BIW-built USS Winston Churchill seizes thousands of weapons off Somalia coast The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, launched from the Bath Iron Works shipyard in 1999, seized the weapons from two stateless dhows, the U.S. Navy said Credit: U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet The guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) Author: Beth Brogan (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 9:31 AM EST February 18, 2021 Updated: 9:31 AM ES...

Guided-missile destroyer Winston Churchill seizes thousands of illicit weapons from dhows off Somalia coast February 16 The guided-missile destroyer Winston S. Churchill, in accordance with international law, boarded a stateless dhow off the coast of Somalia and interdicted an illicit shipment of weapons and weapon components, Feb. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Louis Thompson Staats IV) The guided-missile destroyer Winston Churchill seized thousands of ill...