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An unexpected surprise at woman's boot camp graduation
Adam Jarboe recently returned from Afghanistan and flown overnight into Chicago to pull off a stealth mission. Jarboe, a petty officer third class, was at Naval Station Great Lakes early Friday to surprise his wife. Dressed in the ceremonial white...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Afghanistan, Defense, Armed Forces
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3 Marine officers relieved of duty after deadly training exercise
Three officers have been relieved of duty after seven Marines were killed during a training exercise at a Nevada Army facility, the Marine Corps confirmed Thursday. "The investigation is not complete, but the preliminary findings did influence the...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Armed Forces
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Sol Kramer, wholesale hobby business owner
Sol Kramer, who turned a Depression-era 15-cent balsa toy airplane business into a leading wholesale hobby empire, died of pneumonia April 24 at Hospice by the Sea in Pompano Beach, Fla. The former Pikesville resident was 96. Born in Baltimore, he was...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Hampden, Pneumonia, Toy Industry, Coral Gables
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Service news
Marine Corps Pvt. Benjamin D. Minnick, son of Joyce E. and Douglas E. Minnick of Smithsburg, recently was selected as the academic honor graduate from the Basic Combat Engineer Course. During the course at the Marine Corps Engineer School, Marine...Tags: Science and Technology
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Sunday's 3/24 local schedule (updated Saturday AM)
COLLEGES Women’s basketball NCAA Norfolk Region first round (in Durham, N.C.): No. 15 Hampton at No. 2 Duke, noon No. 10 DePaul vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State, 2:30 Baseball William and Mary at Northeastern, 1 Norfolk State at Maryland Eastern Shore, noon...Tags: Coppin State University, Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), College Sports, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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Saturday's 3/23 local schedule (updated Saturday AM)
COLLEGES Baseball Norfolk State at Maryland Eastern Shore (doubleheader), noon Emory and Henry at Virginia Wesleyan (doubleheader), noon William and Mary at Northeastern, 1 Christopher Newport at Averett, 1 Tufts vs. Apprentice (doubleheader at War...Tags: Coppin State University, College of William and Mary, Phoebus (Hampton, Virginia), Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia)
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Marine Corps identifies 7 killed in Nevada training accident
The Marine Corps released the identities Wednesday night of the seven Marines who died this week when a mortar shell exploded during a live-fire training exercise at Hawthorne Army Depot in Nevada. Those killed were Pfc. Joshua M. Martino, 19, of...
Tags: Accidental Death, Clearfield (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Armed Forces, First Aid
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Severna Park Marine dies in Nevada military training accident
He was the teenager who wasn't embarrassed to hug his mom at Severna Park High School while other students looked on, who pitched on the Falcons' 2009 state championship baseball team, and who matured into a Marine with a swallow tattoo on his right arm....
Tags: United States Naval Academy, U.S. Army, University of Maryland, College Park, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Taylor Swift
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Nevada town mourns Marines who died in explosion
HAWTHORNE, Nev. (AP) — Hundreds of residents in a rural community steeped in military history turned out to mourn the loss of at least seven Marines as investigators arrived at an ammunition depot to try to determine how a mortar shell exploded at...
Tags: U.S. Army, Explosions, Disasters and Accidents, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Weaponry
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Pentagon bans 60 mm mortar round after deaths
HAWTHORNE, Nev. (AP) — A mortar shell explosion killed at least seven Marines and injured several more during mountain warfare training in Nevada's high desert, prompting the Pentagon to immediately halt the use of the weapons until an investigation...
Tags: U.S. Army, Explosions, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Disasters and Accidents, Weaponry
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Military suspends use of mortar rounds in deadly Hawthorne blast
Military officials have suspended the use of the 60-millimeter mortar rounds and ammunition similar to what was involved in an explosion that killed seven Marines and injured seven others during an exercise Monday night at the Hawthorne Army Depot in...
Tags: Explosions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, Emergency Incidents
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Tags: U.S. Army, Explosions, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Disasters and Accidents, Weaponry
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