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U.S. Navy Cmdr. Kirk Lippold has addressed Rolling Thunder Ride for Freedom in previous years. (Photo by Lee Stalsworth.)

For commander of USS Cole, Rolling Thunder a chance to ‘raise a glass’

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2017 file photo, the damaged port aft hull of the USS John S. McCain is visible while docked at Singapore's Changi naval base in Singapore. The U.S. Navy said in a statement Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, that the Navy has relieved of duties the commander and executive officer of the USS John S. McCain, which collided with an oil tanker near Singapore in August. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Navy relieves of duties top officers of wrecked US warship

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

Exactly what Cmdr. Edward Lin told his Taiwanese middleman is unclear, according to one U.S. official, who answered "no" when asked whether the officer is providing details to FBI and Navy investigators. (Associated Press)

Edward Lin, accused Navy spy, told China about U.S. reconnaissance aircraft, officials fear

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

This image posted by the Raqqa Media Center, which monitors events in territory controlled by Islamic State militants with the permission of the extremist group, shows militants with a captured pilot, center, wearing a white shirt in Raqqa, Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014. Islamic State group militants captured a Jordanian pilot, Mu'ath Safi Yousef al-Kaseasbeh, after his warplane went down in Syria, Jordan said Wednesday, the first such capture since the international coalition's air campaign against the group began. The pilot's family confirmed that it is al-Kaseasbeh shown in the image. (AP Photo/Raqqa Media Center)

Pentagon: Crashed Jordanian jet was not shot down by Islamic State

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) fires a Standard Missile 2 (SM-2) during a missile firing exercise. (U.S. Navy photo)

U.S. Navy sailors harbor widespread distrust of senior leadership: report

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Coast Guard personnel unload four bodies from a vessel that capsized near Miami on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Miami Herald, Walter Michot)

4 dead after boat capsizes off Florida coast

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** FILE ** U.S. Navy Cmdr. Michael V. Misiewicz, then commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin, is greeted by a member of his family as the Mustin arrives in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, on Dec. 3, 2010. Cmdr. Misiewicz was arrested on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, in Colorado and charged with conspiracy in a bribery scheme to reap millions of dollars in port contracts worldwide, according to prosecutors. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Devon Dow)

3 arrested in international Navy bribery scheme

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A Metropolitan Police Department camera sits high above home in the Berry Farms Neighborhood in Southeast. Police say they track criminal activity in areas to determine where the cameras are most useful. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

D.C. surveillance cameras become top crime-fighting tools for police

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Cmdr. Michael P. Ward II (center) is saluted during the change-of-command ceremony for the nuclear submarine USS Pittsburgh at the Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn., on Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Jason J. Perry )

Navy panel urges ouster of officer who faked death

By Michael Melia - Associated Press

A tugboat and barge are engulfed in flames after hitting a pipeline carrying liquefied petroleum gas in Bayou Perot, about two miles south of lower Lafitte, La., on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael DeMocker, Nola.com/The Times-Picayune)

Fire burns after tug, barge hit Louisiana gas pipeline

By Kevin McGill - Associated Press

The mobile drilling unit Kulluk is towed by the tugs Aiviq and Nanuq in 29 mph winds and 20-foot seas 116 miles southwest of Kodiak, Alaska, on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/U.S Coast Guard, Chris Usher)

Shell oil-drilling ship runs aground on Alaska’s Sitkalidak Island

By Dan Joling - Associated Press

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Job W. Price, 42, of Pottstown, Pa., died on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2012, of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in Uruzgan Province in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy)

Official: Navy SEAL in Afghanistan died of apparent suicide

By Kimberly Dozier and Pauline Jelinek - Associated Press

D.C. man found fatally shot in Capitol Hill neighborhood

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Shots fired during car chase after downtown D.C. robbery

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

D.C. police search for man who beat an elderly woman in her home

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

D.C. police Capt. Robin Hoey, seen here in late 2006 when he was 6th District commander prior to a demotion, will now helm the realigned 7th District. (The Washington Times)

Demoted D.C. cop back on top

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Five men killed in four days; police see no connection

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A small boat passes in front of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Enterprise, anchored off the coast of Faliro, Greece, near Athens, on Thursday, March 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

U.S. Navy deploys 2nd aircraft carrier to Persian Gulf

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Rescuers approach the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, after the ship ran aground near the tiny Tuscan island of Isola del Giglio, Italy, on Friday night. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Two more bodies found on Italian cruise ship

By Gregorio Borgia and Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

**FILE** Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (center) visits the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, about 200 miles south of the capital, Tehran, in April 2008. (Associated Press)

Report: Iran begins uranium enrichment at new site

By Ali Akbar Dareini - Associated Press