Virginia

Belvoir-based infantry division deploying to Middle East

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (AP) — More than 450 Army National Guard soldiers from Virginia and Maryland are getting ready to deploy to the Middle East. The 29th Infantry Division, based at Fort Belvoir, is holding a departure ceremony Sunday morning. The soldiers have been training at Fort Pickett in Virginia, and will do another 30 … Continue reading →

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Sailor gives birth to baby on aircraft carrier at sea

Posted on 09/14/16 by kjune07

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) â The Navy says a sailor who never reported being pregnant has given birth to a baby girl aboard an aircraft carrier at sea. U.S. Naval Forces Central Command spokesman Cmdr. Bill Urban told the Virginian-Pilot ( http://bit.ly/2cRnBmO ) the 7-pound (3.1-kilogram) infant was recently born on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower … Continue reading →

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More than 600 sailors return to Norfolk from deployment

Posted on 11/12/15 by jenm2016

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — More than 600 sailors have returned to Norfolk following an eight-month deployment as part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group. Media outlets report that the guided missile destroyers USS Winston S. Churchill and USS Forest Sherman returned to Norfolk Naval Station on Saturday. The ships were deployed on March 9. … Continue reading →