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Japan-based servicemembers bond with their hosts through baseball

Stars and Stripes 31 Aug 2018

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — A group of U.S ... Sept 9 against Tokyo’s Adachi Dreams at Yokosuka. news@stripes.com .......

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USS McCain crew celebrates ‘maverick’ late senator’s 82nd birthday

Stars and Stripes 29 Aug 2018

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The crew of the USS John S ... The USS McCain has been undergoing repairs at Yokosuka following a collision last ... news@stripes.com....

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Huntington Ingalls wins $187.5M contract for USS John C. Stennis overhaul

Stars and Stripes 14 Aug 2018

(Tribune News Service) — Planning will begin this month for the mid-life overhaul of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, a top-to-bottom refurbishment that will take place at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News shipyard ... Newport News Shipbuilding, the only yard that builds nuclear-powered aircraft carriers for the Navy, is also the only place where an RCOH can be done ... ©2018 the Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)....

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Navy's first female admiral has died

Fremont Tribune 30 Jul 2018

ORLANDO, Fla ... She was 98 years old. Duerk died on July 21, according to a news release last week from the Naval History and Heritage Command. No cause of death was given. She had been living in a suburb of Orlando, Florida ... Over the decades, she would serve in hospitals in Chicago, San Diego, Washington, and Yokosuka, Japan. Get news headlines sent daily to your inbox. ....

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Pompeo arrives in North Korea

Suryaa 06 Jul 2018

Pompeo landed at Sunan International Airport after a stopover at the Yokosuka naval base in Japan, reports Efe news. During his visit, Pompeo is expected to address the deadlines and methodology for the dismantling of North Korea's nuclear programme ... ....

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Navy’s planned shipbuilding spree overlooks looming sailor shortage

Guam Pacific Daily News 29 Jun 2018

U.S. Navy ... That net increase of 43 ships could require approximately 35,000 more sailors than the roughly 328,000 active duty sailors serving this year, based on Medill News Service/USA Today calculations. Ten ships are currently under construction ... That would raise the total number of sailors in the Navy to 344,800 ... Vice Adm ... 7th Fleet based at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka in Yokosuka, Japan. Edythe McNamee/Medill News Service ... ....

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Collisions reveal a Navy tragically undone by its can-do spirit

Guam Pacific Daily News 26 Jun 2018

Workers in Yokosuka, Japan repair the impact site where the USS John S ... This is the first of seven stories reported as part of a joint project by the Medill News Service and USA TODAY. YOKOSUKA, Japan — The USS John S ... Just two months before the McCain collision, the Fitzgerald — then homeported here in Yokosuka — was operating off the coast of Japan when it crossed into the path of a merchant ship ... Fleet Activities in Yokosuka, Japan....

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High-stakes brinksmanship in the Pacific as China expands reach into the South China Sea

Guam Pacific Daily News 26 Jun 2018

The drill took place in the South China Sea with 76 fighter jets and 48 warships participating ... This is part of a joint project by the Medill News Service and USA TODAY ... U.S ... ... Michael Donnelly, commanding officer of the USS Ronald Reagan, in an interview in Yokosuka, Japan, home port to the ship as the Navy’s forward deployed aircraft carrier ... Its home port is Yokosuka, Japan home of the 7th Fleet. Edythe McNamee/Medill News Service ... U.S....

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GOOD NEWS: Names in the news

Odessa American 01 Jun 2018

Slocumb will oversee student and university publications, news/information and photography. He replaces Steve Lang, who retired as director of News and Publications ... His time as a Navy journalist began with a one-year stint at the Naval Broadcasting Station in Adak, Alaska, where he helped produce a 30-minute news program three times a week....

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Pokemon Go June 2018 Community Day Announced, Features Larvitar

Gamespot 23 May 2018

May's Pokemon Go Community Day may be over, but Niantic has already announced details for next month's event ... Europe and Africa10 AM - 1 PM BST ... That will be followed in July by the second Pokemon Go Fest event in Chicago, with a special Safari Zone event planned for Yokosuka later this summer. In other news, Niantic recently announced that Alolan forms of Gen 1 Pokemon will soon begin appearing in Pokemon Go ... ....

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Pentagon to brief on its Nuclear Posture Review

Politico 02 Feb 2018

With Eli Okun, Connor O’Brien, Jacqueline Klimas and Wesley Morgan ... Story Continued Below ... Name the other three ... NEW PUNISHMENTS ISSUED FOR NAVY COLLISIONS, reports USNI News. “Navy leadership has issued more punishments to sailors involved in the two fatal collisions in the Western Pacific, senior service officials told USNI News on Thursday. “The service held six non-judicial punishment hearings in Yokosuka, Japan, on Jan ... Defense News ... ....

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Sub sails for Asian hot spots on last patrol

Honolulu Star-Advertiser 01 Jan 2018

The Navy said the 362-foot attack submarine arrived in Yokosuka, Japan, for the “final time” on Dec. 22 as part of its deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. “I think it’s important for Bremerton to make one last visit to Yokosuka,” the sub’s commander, Cmdr. Travis Zettel, said in a Navy-produced news story ... Two other Hawaii subs also made recent port stops in Yokosuka as the U.S ... 6 in Japan ... 13 ... ....

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U.S. Navy "fully prepared" for N. Korea threat: top official

Kyodo 19 Dec 2017

(EDS. CLARIFYING 4TH GRAF). The top U.S ... John Richardson, chief of U.S. naval operations, said in an interview with Kyodo News and other media at the navy's Yokosuka base near Tokyo ... aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan at the Yokosuka base ... ....

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