Two Navy ships collide in Pacific with no injuries
A midmorning collision off Southern California involved the 844 foot USS Essex and the oiler USNS Yukon about 120 miles from shore. No injuries or fuel spills occurred. damage was minor and both ships continued toward San Diego as investigators assess the impact and cause.
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Yukon
California
Cmdr
Charlie Brown
3Rd Fleet
Navy
Essex
Sasebo
Japan
Expeditionary
Brown
J.W. Allen
Allen
Coast Guard
Dubai
Jebel
United Arab Emirates
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Army reviews PTSD diagnoses across medical facilities
The Army will conduct an independent review of PTSD assessments at all medical facilities dating back to October 2001. Leaders aim to correct policies and ensure soldiers receive needed care after reports that some diagnoses were overturned for cost reasons, amid rising PTSD and TBI cases linked to Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
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Army
Madigan Army Medical
Joint Base Lewis- McChord
Washington State
U.S
Iraq
Afghanistan
Medal of Honor awarded posthumously to Leslie Sabo Jr.
President Obama honored Spec. Leslie H. Sabo Jr. of Elwood City Pennsylvania with the Medal of Honor for a 1970 Cambodia action near Se San. He charged an enemy bunker, grabbed a grenade, shielded a comrade, and sacrificed his life to silence the bunker. Rose Mary Sabo accepted the Medal for her husband.
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D.C
Leslie Sabo
Cambodia
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Sabo
Rose Mary
Spec. Leshie H. Sabo Jr
Elwood City
U.S
Se San
Barack Obama
Rose Mary Sabo-Brown
Leslie H. Sabo, Jr
U.S. Army
White House
Washington, D.C
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