| Wed, 3 Dec 2008 SBR Diverted To Support Storm-Ravaged Panama U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. Fourth Fleet | U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command and U.S. Fourth Fleet (NAVSO/4th FLT) diverted USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) from their counter illicit trafficking deployment in the Eastern Pacific Nov. 25 to provide aid and ... | Jacksonville honors First Coast military The grand ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront hotel was packed Nov. 20 with active duty military personnel and community movers and shakers who came together for a salute to America's military and their families. | Jacksonville Mayor John Peyton said, ... | Russian warship to visit Panama base | MOSCOW: A Russian warship will visit a former US naval base in Panama, a navy spokesman said on Wednesday, continuing a show of might in the Caribbean widely seen as a challenge to the United States. | “From Dec 5 to 10 the large anti-submarine ship Admiral Chabanenko... | Pirates free Yemeni ship, but still hold Saudi supertanker | AP | GAROWE, Somalia: Somali pirates have freed a Yemeni cargo ship they seized last week after successful talks between regional authorities, clan elders and the gunmen, a local official said yesterday. | A surge in attacks at sea this year in the busy Gulf of Aden a... | Russian navy in Panama Canal | A Russian warship will sail through the Panama Canal this week for the first time since the second world war, a voyage seen as a symbolic projection of power in what has been considered an American zone of influence. | The destroyer Admiral Chabanenko arrives tomorrow... | Turks endangering Cyprus talks - Christofias | By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Thursday, December 04, 2008 | - Powered by | NICOSIA: UN-led talks to reunify the Mediterranean island of Cyprus could be derailed by Turkey's obstruction of vessels searching for oil offshore, Cypriot President Demetris Christofias sai... | Somali pirates free Yemeni ship but hold on to Saudi tanker | By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Thursday, December 04, 2008 | - Powered by | MOGADISHU: Somali pirates have freed a Yemeni ship, an official said Wednesday, a day after the leader of their country's Islamist insurgency called for the immediate release of a Saudi super... | Greatest Generation, Dec. 4 | Kenneth P. Torpin | Age: 85 | Town: Doniphan, Neb. | Service: U.S. Navy, Nov. 6, 1942, to Dec. 26, 1945. Attained the rank of pharmacist's mate, first class. | In the war: Basic training at Great Lakes Training Center in Illinois. Sent to Hospital Corps School for six... | Pirates free ship, but still hold Saudi supertanker | Somali pirates have freed a Yemeni ship, an official said on Wednesday, a day after the leader of their country's Islamist insurgency called for the immediate release of a Saudi supertanker and other vessels. | No ransom was paid for the release of the MV Arena, which... | | |
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