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    NL native recognized for work advancing Coast Guard Academy

    NL native recognized for work advancing Coast Guard Academy
    As a New London native with family in the area, retired Coast Guard Capt. Andrea Marcille said she and her husband “made a very intentional position to fight hard to sta...

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    After a 20-year Navy career that most recently included three and a half years as executive officer of Naval Submarine Base New London, Preston is returning to his roots.
    Thursday night was the annual Billet Night at the Coast Guard Academy, when students in their fourth year find out where they’re headed after graduation on May 17.
    Washington ― The House of Representatives voted 350-80 Thursday to approve the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, which the Senate will now consider. U.S. Rep. Joe ...
    Windham ― The Connecticut District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration is holding its inaugural and free Veteran Business Expo Nov. 2 at the Eastern CT Vete...

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    Groton ― The Navy on Friday advanced 30 petty officers to the rank of chief petty officer, in the first large pinning ceremony held since before the pandemic. Designated ...
    In February, 24-year-old Navy sailor Kyle Mullen abruptly died after completing the Navy SEAL selection process's Hell Week - one of the U.S. military's most grueling co...
    According to Defense Department data, suicides among active-duty service members increased by more than 40% between 2015 and 2020.
    Groton ―U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Second District) announced Tuesday that the Navy has awarded Electric Boat a $532 million contract to provide lead yard support, develo...
    LA PORTE, Texas (AP) — It’s the only surviving battleship that served in both world wars, having fought Nazis and the Japanese Army during World War II. But the greatest ...

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    New London ― Seven Coast Guard Academy cadets ordered off campus this month face “disenrollment” for failing to comply with the military’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate, ...
    Groton―Guided by tugboats a U.S. Navy floating dry dock departed the Naval Submarine Base on Friday bound for an even larger dry dock in Norfolk, Virginia for scheduled o...
    New London ― The City of New London, Ocean Beach Park and New London Veterans Affairs are holding their 5th Annual Military Appreciation Day on Saturday at Ocean Beach. ...
    The Connecticut National Guard held training Wednesday, with tourniquets, intravenous infusions, and a helicopter. East Lyme ― A Humvee ambulance pulled up to the battali...
    New London — Members of Hotel platoon lined a hallway in Chase Hall at the Coast Guard Academy on Monday, arms at a 90-degree angle in front of their faces as they studie...
    Groton — Capt. Kenneth Curtin on Monday morning unexpectedly experienced what he called his most touching moment since taking over as commanding officer of the Naval Subm...
    Groton — The USS Oregon officially entered active service on Saturday, as the U.S. Navy held a ceremony at the Naval Submarine Base for the 20th Virginia-class submarine ...
    New London — Vice President Kamala Harris addressed members of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's Class of 2022 at their commencement Wednesday, talking about how they will l...
    New London — Travis Morris entered the Coast Guard Academy in the summer of 2018 as an operations research and computer analysis major, but the academy introduced the cyb...
    There is no memorial and no wall, and when Lauren Hoffman talks about her father's service as a police officer and his death, she feels like there is an asterisk. A few d...