Jones secures $500,000 for New River Inlet dredging
As erosion brings the ocean’s turbulence close to North End homes, residents could walk most of the shallows between North Topsail Beach and Camp Lejeune.To address New River Inlet’s unnavigable...
View ArticleMilitary spouses invited to job, skills fair
A nonprofit will host a job fair and job skills workshop this week for military spouses.The job fair will allow military spouses and other military ID holders to meet with military-friendly employers...
View ArticleLIST: 5 sites to visit during Black History Month
Onslow County's heritage includes the significant and groundbreaking history within its black community. Here are some notable sites within our community that showcase that past.
View ArticleMilitary noise expected
A weekend exercise will extend artillery fire into weekend quiet hours.
View ArticlePentagon: US warplanes strike IS training camp in Libya
American warplanes struck an Islamic State training camp in Libya near the Tunisian border Friday, and a Tunisian described as a key extremist operative probably was killed, the Pentagon announced. In...
View ArticleVeterans Entrepreneurship Program accepting applications
Applications are currently being accepted for a program that helps disabled veterans who are interested in starting a business or who have an existing early stage business.
View ArticleRemembering Iwo Jima
The Department of Defense has created a special report on Iwo Jima, marking the 71st anniversary today of one of the toughest battles of World War II in the Pacific.The site includes photos and videos...
View ArticleUPDATE: Lejeune pharmacies is not closing
Computer-based systems to be out under DoD-mandate
View ArticleBase officials: Contractor's passes allowed as 30-day passes
Of 9,500 vendors with routine transactions aboard local installations, less than one-quarter have received new RAPIDGate base-access badges.The old passes were scheduled to become invalid Tuesday, when...
View ArticleCarteret honored for relationship with Coast Guard
A longstanding relationship that dates back to the 1880s was celebrated Thursday in Carteret County.
View ArticleNavy SEAL receives Medal of Honor at White House ceremony
Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward Byers Jr. is the first living, active duty member of the Navy to receive the Medal of Honor in four decades.
View ArticleNavy Corpsman receives Silver Star for actions in Afghanistan
A Navy corpsman with 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, Marine Raider Regiment, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, was awarded the Silver Star medal during a Feb. 5 ceremony here.
View ArticlePilots cleared in fatal Osprey crash
Two pilots blamed for a deadly Osprey crash in 2000 have been officially cleared of responsibility for the crash nearly 16 years later.
View ArticleOfficials address audit of Jacksonville VA clinic
In expectation of an audit of the Jacksonville Community-based Outpatient Clinic, the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs preempted the report Friday afternoon to note that the audit occurred mid-April...
View ArticleRetired sailor donates wife's car to wounded warrior
Sixty-two years ago, Martin Johnson joined the Navy to see the world — and after two years in Vietnam, he didn’t have a scratch.
View ArticleNew veterans' housing units lack tenants
The HVAC units buzzed outside eight empty low-income units in the Jacksonville neighborhood of high-end apartments and senior housing.
View ArticleCharity motorcycle ride to benefit Ronald McDonald House
Firemen, police officials and military personnel are going out of their way for the Ronald McDonald House this weekend — 100 miles out of their way.The Americas Guardians Motorcycle Club is a national...
View ArticleMilitary to check for water contamination at 664 sites, including Camp...
The military is beginning to check whether chemicals from its firefighting foam may have contaminated groundwater at hundreds of sites nationwide, according to the Defense Department.
View ArticleWounded Warrior fires execs over spending accusations
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The board of Wounded Warrior Project, one of the nation's largest veteran support groups, has fired two top officials amid news reports accusing the group of wasteful...
View ArticleEmotional service in Navarre honors the memory of Black Hawk 11
From the beginning, there was one goal: to provide closure and comfort to the families of the 11 servicemen killed in the March 10, 2015 crash of a Black Hawk helicopter in Santa Rosa Sound.
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