Tag: Navy
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A look at a Navy submarine designed with women in mind
A look at a Navy submarine designed with women in mind – CBS News Watch CBS News The USS New Jersey is one of the newest submarines to join the U.S. Naval fleet. It’s the first Navy submarine designed with women in mind, and it boasts a crew that includes 40 women sailors. Charlie D’Agata…
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Submarine designed with women in mind joins U.S. Navy fleet
The USS New Jersey made waves when it was commissioned — the first submarine in the U.S. Navy’s fleet designed specifically with women in mind. It is Machinist Mate Kianna Gonzalez’s first submarine. “I am the first female on this boat to qualify as an engine room supervisor,” she told CBS News. She is looking…
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“Narco sub” carrying 8,000 pounds of cocaine intercepted in Pacific Ocean, Mexican Navy says
The Mexican Navy said Tuesday it has seized 3.6 tons (about 8,000 pounds) of cocaine aboard a “narco sub” off the Pacific coast which was spotted earlier this week about 153 miles off the resort of Acapulco. Navy ships arrived to intercept the boat, which was carrying 102 packages filled with bricks of cocaine, authorities…
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“Fat Leonard” sentenced to 15 years for massive Navy bribery, fraud scheme
Leonard Glenn Francis, a former defense contractor convicted for masterminding an unprecedented bribery and fraud scheme targeting the U.S. Navy, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to 15 years in prison. He was ordered to pay $20 million in restitution and a $150,000 fine, the Department of Justice announced. Francis, known as “Fat Leonard,” pled…