The calls for help came about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday: The crew of the Magellan Star, a German-owned shipping vessel in the Gulf of Aden, needed help after it was boarded by armed Somali pirates about 85 miles off the coast of Yemen.
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LOS ANGELES — A federal judge said she will issue an order to halt the military's “don't ask, don't tell” policy, after she declared the ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional.
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Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta will be the first living Medal of Honor recipient since the Vietnam War.
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SAN DIEGO – The aircraft carrier George Washington and 18 ships and submarines and more than 14,000 service members will mass in Southeast Asia this month for a joint training exercise with Marine Corps and Air Force units focused on maritime security operations, Navy officials said Wednesday.
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MANAMA, Bahrain — U.S. Marines reclaimed control of a pirate-held vessel at 5 a.m. Thursday off the Somalia coast and captured nine prisoners, the Navy has reported.
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WASHINGTON — The White House said Thursday that President Obama will present a posthumous Medal of Honor to an Army sergeant from Pennsylvania.
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A new request for 2,000 additional troops to help train Afghans will not affect the overall number of U.S. troops deployed in Afghanistan, a Pentagon official said.
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A military trial has been delayed for a Marine sergeant whose squad killed 24 Iraqi civilians.
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ALAMEDA, Calif. — More witnesses were expected to testify Wednesday as a military-style preliminary hearing entered a second day for three Coast Guard officers charged in a December boat crash that killed an 8-year-old boy.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. — A former Army soldier accused of taking workers hostage at a Georgia military hospital is scheduled to make his first appearance in federal court in Savannah.
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