U.S. Navy

Retired Timonium pediatrician discovers new joy authoring his memoirs

2013-06-13 03:35:00

Dr. Robert Yim�can't wipe the smile off his face. For 42 years, he was a pediatrician. Now, he is an author, having self-published a 289-page memoir called "Sleeping with Mae West and Other Stories."� It may be difficult for people to understand the...

Punished for honesty at the Naval Academy

2013-05-28 03:00:00

Last Friday morning, President Barack Obama visited Annapolis to address roughly 1,000 Naval Academy midshipmen. Then he took his seat with other VIPs and the thousands in attendance and watched as the midshipmen, decked out in their pristine dress...

Artscape 2013 headliners include Bridget Kelly, Kem and more

2013-05-28 13:19:00

Detroit-based R&B singer Kem, Southern blues trio North Mississippi Allstars and the Wailers, former bandmates of Bob Marley, will headline Artscape 2013 on July 19-21, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts...

Transcript of Obama's remarks to U.S. Naval Academy graduates

2013-05-24 10:00:25

Hello, Midshipmen! (Applause.) Well, thank you, Governor O'Malley, for your kind introduction and the great support that Maryland gives this Academy. To Secretary Mabus, Admiral Greenert, General Paxton -- thank you all for your incredible leadership of...

Naval Academy graduation has to do without the Blue Angels

2013-05-20 15:52:53

He saw his first Blue Angels show in Detroit at age 6, and Thomas Frosch says the experience inspired him to want to become a pilot. He saw four more performances while attending the Naval Academy, including one the "Blues" put on before his graduation in...

Six veterans plead guilty to Agent Orange benefits fraud

2013-05-02 05:28:00

Six military veterans from Maryland pleaded guilty to fraud charges this week in a scheme to obtain federal military benefits and state tax breaks with faked documentation claiming they were exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, according to the...

Guardian Angels help slain Navy vet's family search for killer

2013-04-28 14:11:00

Naval Petty Officer Alonzo M. Gladden Jr. had been back home for only four hours last October when an unknown person opened fire on him — killing him shortly after he dropped off his grandmother in South Baltimore. Months later, his killing...

Privateers are not a pirates

2013-04-26 06:45:00

While we thank The Sun for letting the public know that Fell's Point is celebrating Privateer Day, we note that once again you totally misunderstand what it represents and, in the process, continue to insult the memory of some truly great American war...

Roy Clendaniel graduates nuclear power school

2013-04-24 00:00:00

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Roy C. Clendaniel Jr. has graduated from the U.S. Navy's Nuclear Power School at Naval Nuclear Power Training Command in Goose Creek, S.C. Nuclear Power School is a rigorous six-month course that trains officer and enlisted...

Military News

2013-04-17 00:00:00

MEDINA: Navy Seaman Melnard B. Medina, son of Bernardita and Michael Medina of Forest Hill, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. During the eight-week program, Medina completed a variety of training...

Navy sailors accidentally drowned at APG, medical examiner rules

2013-04-08 17:52:00

Two U.S. Navy sailors who died diving in the Super Pond at Aberdeen Proving Ground in February accidentally drowned, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said Monday. Further details about how the men died will not be released for two to three...

Harford student to attend summer U.S. Naval Academy program

2013-04-10 00:00:00

Natalie Muneses, a student at The Science and Math Academy at Aberdeen High School in Aberdeen, will be among the 2,550 students from across the country invited to participate in the 2013 U.S. Naval Academy Summer Seminar program. The Naval Academy...

North Carroll social studies teacher Gary Nelson addresses the graduates offering advice he has drawn from careers in the U.S. Navy and as a high school teacher.

2013-06-08 00:00:00

A team of U.S. Navy researchers are trying to replicate the way cicadas produce big sound with a small instrument, for undersea uses that include signaling and remote sensing.

2013-05-31 13:25:18

130427-N-TC437-194 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 27,2013) Sailors set an aircraft barricade on the flight deck as a demonstration to Sailors and their family members aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). The John C.

2013-05-30 00:00:00