Navy Stands By Plan to Put Landing Field in North Carolina
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By Kate Wiltrout, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Feb. 24--NORFOLK -- After almost two years and $3.5 million in additional research, the Navy said Friday it stands by its decision to put a jet practice field in Washington County, N.C.
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Navy considers sending remote-controlled boats to challenge pirates.
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Cecil Field is a step closer to having space craft launch from its runway following the federal government's review of a study examining its suitability as a spaceport.
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Two battalions totaling 1,500 82nd Airborne Division troops will begin flying to Iraq from Fort Bragg, NC, on Friday, triggering a major build-up of US forces to bolster security for January national elections in the country
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The Pentagon gave the Navy the green light Thursday to choose a company to build the next presidential helicopter fleet, a decision with international and political implications.
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The Navy is fond of noting that each of its 12 aircraft carriers is a floating air base &#151; four acres of U.S. territory from which warplanes can operate free of foreign constraints.
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GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba  - The U.S. military is building a mobile courtroom complex on an unused runway at the Guantanamo Bay naval base and plans to be ready by March to conduct as many as three terrorism trials at a time.
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The college graduates who are soon to complete training at the nation's oldest naval air station will be the final class to graduate from the base's officer candidate school, ending a military tradition that lasted nearly seven decades.
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As the U.S. military begins the lengthy process of reducing its presence in Europe and repositioning its forces around the globe, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld heard a pitch Monday for moving a contingent of U.S. troops to a dormant air base near the Black Sea port of Constanta.
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Northrop Grumman Corp. 's  Space & Mission Systems business unit is being awarded a U.S.  Navy technical services contract worth up to $686.1 million to  support the U.S. Joint Forces Command's warfighting center, the  Defense Department said on Friday.
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The Pentagon has decided to bolster US forces in Iraq in advance of elections scheduled for late January by sending elements of the 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg, NC, and extending
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By Jack Dorsey, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 20--NORFOLK -- Concerned its deep draft ships are almost dragging bottom along the Elizabeth River en route to area shipyards, the Navy announced Tuesday it wants to dredge part of the river to make the passage safer.
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By The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 15--Both a state task force last year and the conservation group Environmental Defense this week have drawn similar conclusions about North Carolina's privately owned forests.
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The option of a major âsurgeâ in troop strength is gaining ground as part of a White House strategy review.
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The site of a munitions explosion that crippled the main West Coast port on the Pacific during World War II and killed 320 people &#151; the majority of them black sailors &#151; may become part of the National Park System.
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John Kerry is promising North Carolina workers he will fight the forces sending U.S. jobs overseas, a timely topic in a state losing jobs to the manufacturing slump and international competition.
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A new body to champion the rights of soldiers, sailors and aircrews is on the verge of launching.