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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 told that C-130s would arrive in three-ship formations starting around 3 a.m. on April 29 to continue...
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. A well-known Helena name, Kindrick Legion Field is named in honor of Jeffâs late father, WWII v...
(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, Cagayan – 44°C, 5 p.m. Laoag, Ilocos Norte – 43°C, 2 p.m. Roxas City, Capiz – 43°C, 11 a.m. D...