SEATTLE — The 150-member crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star returned earlier this month to their homeport of Seattle following a 105-day deployment to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze. Operation Deep Freeze is an annual joint military service mission in support of the National Science Foundation, the lead agency […]
WHITE HOUSE —The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is resisting growing domestic and international calls for it to ground a new American-made jetliner which has crashed twice in six months, killing nearly 350 people. The president is engaged in discussions about the Boeing 737 Max-8 aircraft, according to White House officials who did […]
[dropcap]R[/dropcap]OME — U.S. officials have warned at an energy conference in Brussels that the Trump administration will take punitive action against European companies that are building the Kremlin-favored Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, which will deliver energy from Russia to Germany while bypassing Ukraine. Nord Stream 2 (NS2) will largely replace an older pipeline […]
Once again, the crew of the Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin helicopter forward deployed to the USCG Cutter John Midgett took part in a medevac and hoisted a crewmember from a fishing vessel in the vicinity of Cold Bay. For the fourth time in seven days, the chopper was launched in response to an […]