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In a ceremony in the U.S. Capitol, 35 former “Bushwhackers,” as the military police members called themselves, were awarded Bronze Stars for their service. ....
Maj. Gen. Thomas Drew said that the Army is conducting a major review and records search to determine whether other troops may have missed out on awards and citations. ....
The Navy will tow the Bonhomme Richard s The U.S. Navy officially released a fire-ravaged warship from duty last week. Navy officials decommissioned USS Bonhomme Richard the victim of a catastrophic fire that burned for 4 straight days last summer in a small ceremony in San Diego on April 14. The Navy decided the estimated $2.5 billion cost to repair the Bonhomme Richard and return her to service was too great for the aging vessel. Now, the Navy is opting to scrap her instead. Bonhomme Richard, named for a warship that John Paul Jones commanded during the Revolutionary War, was a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship. The 844-foot-long vessel could carry nearly 2,000 U.S. Marines, plus the helicopters, tiltrotors, landing craft, and hovercraft required to land them on foreign shores. ....
Share this article The U.S. Navy held a decommissioning ceremony for the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) at Naval Base San Diego on Wednesday after last July’s devastating fire which left the Navy no choice but to scrap the vessel. The Navy announced its decision to decommission and dismantle the ship back in November after an assessment concluded that the cost to restore it could be more than $3 billion and would take between five and seven years to complete. The assessment also examined rebuilding and repurposing the vessel, but determined the cost would also likely exceed $1 billion, comparatively more expensive a new-construction hospital ship, submarine tender, or command-and-control ship. ....