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October 11, 2021

 

Prosecutors seek detention in Navy submarine espionage case Federal prosecutors asked Monday that a Navy engineer remain locked up as they press forward with charges that he tried to sell submarine secrets to a foreign country. READ MORE

Parris Island leader says no plans to move from SC base but addresses climate concerns Parris Island’s base commander sought to reassure South Carolina leaders last week, saying that despite last year’s concerns the base is not expected to be on the chopping block. READ MORE

A 74-year-old former Navy Seal has been missing in Yellowstone for weeks, rangers say Kim Crumbo left in September for a four-night camping trip in Yellowstone backcountry with his brother and hasn’t been seen since. He was reported missing Sept. 19. READ MORE   A bird stars in rare feel-good tale about Afghan evacuations Some 2,600 Afghan interpreters, artists, journalists, activists and military contractors squeezed onto flights out of Kabul to Abu Dhabi on their way to Paris with barely enough time to consider all they'd left behind. READ MORE   Congress off the rails? Lawmakers barrel toward fall fights Year-end pileups of crucial legislation and the brinkmanship that goes with them are normal behavior for Congress. This autumn, lawmakers are barreling toward battles that are striking for the risks they pose to both parties. READ MORE

Chief of US naval operations to begin 5-day visit to India In a statement, Admiral Michael Gilday also described India as "one of the closest strategic partners" and said, the relationship between New Delhi and Washington "is a stronghold of a free and open Indo-Pacific." READ MORE   Fort Hood uses new missing persons policy to help find soldier safe over the weekend Months after overhauling its missing persons policy following the slaying of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen last year, Fort Hood leaders this weekend successfully used its new rules to find another missing soldier by asking the public for help. READ MORE   Insanity defense considered for Marine veteran in Florida family slaying A lawyer for Bryan Riley told a judge Monday more time is needed to gather details of Riley's past and hire mental health experts before a decision is made on his defense. READ MORE   Capitol Police’s failure to share intelligence internally crippled its response to Jan. 6 attack, former official says In a blistering letter to Congress, the former official claims that Assistant Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman and acting assistant chief Sean Gallagher received an intelligence report on Dec. 21 that had specific warnings and information about a potential riot similar to a report that the FBI later provided to the department on Jan. 5. READ MORE   Near Fort Worth air base, hundreds live in high-risk crash zone More than 200 homes sit on land near Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth that the Defense Department has labeled unsuitable for residential use because of the risk of an airplane crash. READ MORE   NASA to launch spacecraft to deliberately crash into asteroid in hopes of changing its orbit to test planetary defense systems On Nov. 24, the SpaceX rocket will launch from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, beginning a Double Asteroid Redirection Test Mission. This rocket will carry the DART spacecraft, which plans to crash into a small 525-foot diameter asteroid named Dimorphos in September of 2022. READ MORE

 

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