Posts Tagged Armed forces

Victims: Marines failed to safeguard water supply

ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 AND THEREAFTER - A sign cautions visitors outside a "pump and treat" facility on the Marine base at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. The sprawling installation is the site of one of the worst drinking water contaminations in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their families were exposed to a witch’s brew of cancer-causing chemicals.

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Dark clouds hang over air shows after budget cuts

In this Saturday, Aug. 27,  2011 file photo, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels perform at the Great State of Maine Air Show, in Brunswick, Maine. Federal budget cuts that eliminated military flying acts triggered the cancellation of dozens of air shows, causing lost income for performers, along with air show announcers, concessionaires, vendors and others who depend on air shows and the millions of spectators. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File)

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — Patty Wagstaff is a Hollywood stunt pilot, three-time U.S. aerobatic champion, inductee to the National Aviation Hall of Fame and favorite on the air show circuit. One of her tricked-out planes is on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

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NM streamlines command of military forces at fires

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Susana Martinez says New Mexico National Guard senior officers can serve as commanders of active duty military forces assigned to help with wildfires and other emergencies in the state.

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