Notes for Aug. 16.
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Osprey aircraft spotted over Portland are part of Marine Corps training
The military aircraft seen flying over the city last week were based in North Carolina.
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Bradford Freeman, last ‘Band of Brothers’ survivor, dies at 97
Freeman parachuted into Normandy on D-Day, fought in Operation Market-Garden, and was wounded in the Battle of the Bulge.
Posted inNation & World, News
Supreme Court backs Congress on veteran job protection law
The 5-4 decision found that Texas could not dodge a lawsuit from a former Texas state trooper after refusing to accommodate the veteran who was injured in the line of duty.
Posted inTimes Record
BIW would benefit from proposal for multi-year deal to build destroyers
Sen. Angus King says the Senate Armed Services Committee’s markup of the National Defense Authorization Act allows for up to 15 DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers the shipyard can compete to build.
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Military Notes
BANGOR Army National Guard medical detachment changes hands The Maine Army National Guard Medical Readiness Unit (MRU) held a change of command ceremony May 7 at the 240th Regional Training Institute in which Lt. Col. Jonathan Bausman handed over command of the detachment to Capt. Frederick Looper. Bausman said he was impressed with the unit’s […]