Sen. Susan Collins requested the funding, which will reduce the training timeline from five years to three and pay for 85 housing units and 150 more child care slots.
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Bath-built destroyer helps shoot down 5 missiles, 12 drones in Houthi attack
U.S. forces, including the USS Laboon, shot down the barrage in the Red Sea; it was the latest Houthi attack in the Middle East in support of Hamas.
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Bath-built USS Carney shoots down swarm of 14 drones in Middle East
U.S. military officials said the barrage of “one-way attack drones” was launched from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.
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More destroyers, parking garage possible for Bath Iron Works under new defense bill
The $886 billion National Defense Authorization Act also includes funding for BIW to design the next-generation destroyer.
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BIW union to hold gate collection to support workers displaced by fire
A mobile home in Bowdoinham where multiple Bath Iron Works employees were living was damaged by an electrical fire Dec. 6. The shipyard’s largest union is holding a fundraiser to get them back on their feet.
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Congress passes military spending bill that would bring $3.6 billion to Maine
The bill would support the state’s defense industry, which builds ships, fighter jet engine components and other equipment for the military.
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Bath-built destroyer shoots down another drone in Middle East
A defense official said the USS Mason shot down a drone launched by Houthi forces in Yemen, the latest in a series of engagements involving Bath-built destroyers in the region.
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Hundreds rally outside Bath Iron Works to protest U.S. military aid for Israel
Dozens hold a die-in, lying on cold asphalt, wrapped in sheets splashed with red paint, to block cars trying to leave the shipyard, while others chanted, calling for a cease-fire and for Israel to end its occupation of the Gaza strip.
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Missiles fired at Bath-built destroyer that thwarted hijacking of Israeli ship, Navy says
The crew of the USS Mason captured pirates who stormed the Central Park merchant vessel off the coast of Yemen, officials said.
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Fire at BIW to be investigated by federal agencies
The blaze that started outside a ship under construction at Bath Iron Works was quickly subdued, and one employee was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.