The Navy has relaxed its rules for recruiting, offering entrance to candidates who do not have high school diplomas.
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Two ships with cargo for U.S. Defense Department come under attack by Houthi rebels
The attacks on the U.S.-flagged container ships further raise the stakes of the Yemen-based group’s ongoing attacks on shipping through the vital Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
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Crew of Bath-built USS Carney honored for thwarting Houthi attacks
The crew of the USS Carney, which has shot down dozens of missiles and drones, was awarded the Combat Action Ribbon.
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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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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.
Posted inMaine, News
Augusta officials to send off Navy ship with slice of the city
The USS Augusta, which is to be commissioned Saturday in Eastport, is the second Navy vessel to be named for Maine’s capital city.
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Navy warship named for Maine’s capital to be commissioned in Eastport
Augusta officials will travel Down East to see the ship put into service in September.
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Biden picks female admiral to lead Navy. She’d be 1st woman to be a U.S. military service chief
Lisa Franchetti was chosen based on the broad scope of her experience at sea and ashore, including several high-level policy and administrative jobs that give her deep knowledge in budgeting and running the department.
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‘He’s home now’: Mainer killed at Pearl Harbor to be buried 82 years later
Ensign Stanley Willis Allen of Bethel was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. His remains were identified 80 years later.