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Trump turns to outsider to shake up Navy, but his lack of military experience raises concerns

Nov. 27, 2024 16:45 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of the Navy, John Phelan, has not served in the military or had a civilian leadership role in the service. While officials and defense experts said the Navy is in sore need of a disruptor, they cautioned that Phelan's lack...

Osprey ferrying White House staff in New York grounded due to safety issue, witness reports flames

Nov. 25, 2024 22:34 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — An Osprey being used to ferry White House staff and government officials from an event in New York on Monday was grounded due to a safety concern, with one witness reporting flames under the right engine. The staff and officials were removed from the aircraft, part...

Takeaways from the AP's investigation into Osprey safety issues

Nov. 19, 2024 09:23 AM EST

After being grounded for months following a crash last November that killed eight service members in Japan, the V-22 Osprey — a complicated aircraft that flies fast like a plane but converts to land like a helicopter — is back in the air. But there are still questions as to...

The Osprey's safety issues spiked over five years and caused deaths. Pilots still want to fly it

Nov. 19, 2024 07:09 AM EST

CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AP) — Over a New Mexico training range named the Hornet, two Osprey aircraft speed 100 feet off the ground, banking hard over valleys and hills as they close in on a dusty landing zone. A flight engineer in the back braces a .50-caliber machine gun over...

Should women be allowed to fight on the front lines? Trump’s defense pick reignites the debate

Nov. 18, 2024 13:45 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has reignited a debate that many thought had been long settled: Should women be allowed to serve their country by fighting on the front lines? The former Fox News commentator has made it...

Democratic Rep. Jared Golden wins through Maine’s ranked choice voting

Nov. 15, 2024 20:55 PM EST

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Democratic Rep. Jared Golden won reelection to Congress through Maine’s ranked choice system on Friday. It’s the third time in four elections in the hotly contested district that Golden won after votes were retabulated because first choices failed to...

Military veteran gets time served for making ricin out of 'curiosity'

Nov. 13, 2024 14:47 PM EST

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Marine Corps veteran who pleaded guilty to making ricin after his contacts with a Virginia militia prompted a federal investigation was sentenced Wednesday to time served after the probe concluded he had no intent to harm others. When the FBI arrested...

Abortion was key issue as Democrats Angie Craig and Kelly Morrison win Minnesota congressional seats

Nov. 06, 2024 02:43 AM EST

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Abortion was a key issue in two suburban Minnesota congressional races as Democratic U.S. Rep. Angie Craig won a fourth term and an OB-GYN doctor won an open seat to keep it in Democratic hands as well. Craig beat Republican former federal prosecutor Joe Teirab,...

Talk show host and former Navy man Montel Williams co-writes history of USS Intrepid

Oct. 23, 2024 10:09 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A new history of the USS Intrepid will be co-written by a former Navy man otherwise known for his long career as a daytime television host — Montel Williams. “The Sailing of the Intrepid” will be published May 6, Hanover Square Press announced Wednesday....

Military board substantiates misconduct but declines to fire Marine who adopted Afghan orphan

Oct. 09, 2024 09:35 AM EDT

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — A U.S. Marine whose adoption of an Afghan war orphan has spurred a yearslong legal battle and raised alarms at the highest levels of government will remain on active duty. A three-member panel of Marines said Tuesday that while Maj. Joshua Mast acted in a...