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Submarine base commander embraces vaccine in battle against COVID-19
As commanding officer of the Naval Submarine Base, Capt. Todd Moore’s job is to prepare sailors and submarines to go to sea.
But a new duty has emerged for him in the fig...
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Electric Boat employees were evacuated from their workspaces after a bomb threat was made Tuesday morning against two submarines undergoing maintenance at the company’s G...
As Journey’s “Separate Ways” played in the background, Rear Adm. Bill Kelly, superintendent of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, rolled up his sleeve and got his first shot o...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to issue an executive order to reverse a Pentagon policy that largely bars transgender individuals from joining the military,...
With the first-ever treaty to ban nuclear weapons now in effect, and a ramp-up in nuclear submarine production locally, peace activists see this moment as a turning point...
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As construction ramps up on new nuclear submarines, watchdog says supply base remains top risk
Electric Boat is continuing to see a post-holiday surge of COVID-19 cases among its employees.
The company reported it has had 1,152 cases as of 5:30 p.m. Friday. Of thos...
The New London Veterans Affairs Committee is advising veterans of their eligibility for various property tax exemptions.
Veterans who have 90 days of wartime service, inc...
Submarine crews and National Guardsmen, who have been at the forefront of Connecticut's response to the pandemic, are among the first military personnel in the state to r...
Following reports it took the D.C. National Guard nearly four hours to arrive on the scene following last week's storming of the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-C...
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Congress’ recent override of President Trump’s veto of the annual defense policy bill makes it official: two Virginia-class attack submarines will continue to be built an...
Tucked into the massive omnibus spending package passed by Congress this past week is more funding for the National Coast Guard Museum planned for the downtown New London...
The state on Tuesday celebrated its namesake boat, the USS Connecticut, which, despite being commissioned 22 years ago, remains one of most advanced and lethal attack sub...
The crew of the Coast Guard barque Eagle is planning to resume normal operations in 2021, including making international port calls, which were absent from this summer’s ...
House and Senate negotiators have reached a deal on a final version of a defense policy bill that restores funding for the construction of two Virginia-class submarines, ...
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and U.S. Rep Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, are among members of Congress pushing back on a last-minute threat by President Donald T...
Lt. Taylor Tennyson showed up more than four months late to his new job as the aide to the Coast Guard Academy’s superintendent.
But for good reason.
The 2015 academy gra...
No more staring at him only through a phone screen.
Connecticut Army National Guard Sgt. Nicholas Taverney is home.
About 100 soldiers with the 192nd Military Police Batt...
U.S. Rep Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, is among a group of House lawmakers appointed to negotiate a final version of the defense policy bill for fiscal year 2021, putting...
The Mystic-based nonprofit Work Vessels for Vets awarded $200,000 in equipment, support and emergency funds to 30 businesses owned by injured veterans and nonprofits that...
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