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WILMINGTON — Major General (US Army Retired) Lon E. “Bert” Maggart, 79, passed away January 26 after a valiant battle with Covid-ARDS. Born September 10, 1944…

The COVID-19 pandemic continued to affect the Navy’s functioning, even as vaccines were rolled out to the fleet. The past year brought ebbs and flows in terms of the number of cases with peaks brought by the Delta and Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2. As of Dec. 22, the Navy has seen a total of 90,469 […]

A Naval reservist died from COVID-19-related complications, the Navy announced Tuesday. Lt. Ivey Quintana-Martinez, 35, is the 17th sailor the Navy has lost to COVID-19, according to a USNI News tally of COVID-19 deaths. Quintana-Martinez, of Lake Elsinore, Calif., died at Cedar Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif., on Dec. 18. She was admitted […]

A member of the Navy Reserve died from COVID-19 on Nov. 24, the Navy announced Monday. Electronics Technician First Class William Matthews, 47, of Lewisville, Texas, was assigned to Navy Reserve Center in Fort Worth, Texas, at the time of his death. He had been admitted to Lewisville Medical Hospital in Lewisville, Texas, on Nov. […]

A sailor stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C., died from complications related to COVID-19 earlier this month, the Navy announced Wednesday. Master-at-Arms Senior Chief Michael Haberstumpf, 42, died from complications of COVID-19 on Oct. 10 at University of North Carolina Medical Center in Chapel Hill, according to a Navy press release. Haberstumpf is the 15th sailor […]

A sailor assigned to Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Command died of complications from COVID-19 Sunday, the service announced on Wednesday. Aviation Electrician’s Mates (Mechanical) 1st Class Cory Weber, 51, is the 14th sailor to die of COVID-19 since the pandemic began in December 2019, according to a USNI News tally of active-duty deaths. He died […]

A GROUP of veterans are set to open a brand new exhibition in York today (September 16).