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The Guardian: Trump forces defense secretary Jim Mattis to step down two months early. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/23/james-mattis-defense-secretary-donald-trump-1-january
USS Swallow, 1944 USS Swallow (AM-65) was an Auk-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was the second U.S. Navy ship named after the swallow. Swallow earned two battle stars for World War II service. She was sunk by a kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa on 22 April 1945.Continue reading “USS Swallow”
Guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103) has left the Royal Jordanian Naval Base, just outside of Aqaba, Jordan, following a four-day logistics stop, and a change of command (a Black Sea grounding incident happened on February 12, 2014). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Truxtun_(DDG-103) The Navy informs that In the change of command ceremony former executive officer, Cmdr. Drew Bates,Continue reading “USS Truxton”
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