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Pirates Attack Spanish Warship
Update 1-14-2012: Six pirates were detained, all with injuries. Two of the six will require additional medical treatment. A report that a seventh pirate was killed in the firefight and tossed overboard by his mates has not been confirmed. About 3:30 a.m. local time on January 12, a skiff with six pirates on board opened fire on the SPS Patino. The Spanish auxiliary oiler and replenishment ship, the SPS Patino, is currently the Flagship of the … Read entire article »
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Slain Virginia Tech officer identified
Virginia Tech website: BLACKSBURG, Va., Dec. 8, 2011 – Virginia Tech Police have identified the officer murdered today during a traffic stop on campus as Deriek W. Crouse, 39, of Christiansburg. He joined the Virginia Tech Police Department on Oct. 27, 2007, and served in the patrol division. He is survived by his wife, five children and step-children, and his mother and brother. He received his law enforcement certification on Feb. 12, 2008, from the Cardinal … Read entire article »
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Breaking News – Shooting at Virginia Tech
Slain Virginia Tech officer identifiedLatest news at the top of the article.The campus hotline for information for parents and students is 540-231-3787. View Events during shootings on Virginia Tech’s campus on December 8 in a larger map 4:59 pm EST UPDATE: The officer’s immediate family has been notified. His identification is being withheld until the extended family is notified. 4:59 pm EST UPDATE: First VT officer killed in the line of duty. Shooting motive being investigated. VT police – … Read entire article »
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Royal Marines Free Pirated Ship Off Somalia
Eleven men were detained by British Royal Marines as suspected pirates today, October 11, 2011, after the Marines boarded the MV Montecristo about 1,000 kilometers off the coast of Somalia. Montecristo, with a crew of 23, had been hijacked yesterday. Two ships from NATO’s Operation Ocean Shield were able to immediately respond. RFA Fort Victoria, and the USS De Wert, closed on the ship and forced the pirates’ surrender. Royal Marines from RFA Fort Victoria boarded … Read entire article »
Filed under: Crime and Punishment, Original writing, Reporting, War on Terror
German Navy Intercepts Somali Pirates
EUNAVFOR warship FGS KÖLN has today, 28 September, stopped and boarded a suspicious group of two small boats, a whaler and skiff. The suspicious boats were located by FGS KÖLN 70 nautical miles South West off Mogadishu, Somalia, 30 miles off the coast. A helicopter was sent to inspect the group of boats and 12 people with equipment usually associated with piracy were seen on board. The boats refused to stop when hailed. KÖLN’s helicopter fired … Read entire article »
Filed under: Crime and Punishment, Military, Our Allies, War on Terror
Coast Guard Investigative Service
Thanks to hit television shows like NCIS, military investigative services have gained fame and public recognition in recent years. But, investigations aren’t new for the Coast Guard. Originating in 1915 under the Chief Intelligence Officer, Coast Guard Investigations remained relatively unknown to the general public until the enactment of prohibition. From then on it grew in personnel and responsibility becoming Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) in 1996. Under the authority of Title 14 of the United States Code, CGIS is a federal investigative and protective program established to carry out the Coast Guard’s internal and external criminal investigations; to assist in providing personal security services; to protect the welfare of Coast Guard people; to aid in preserving the internal integrity of the Coast Guard; and to support Coast Guard missions worldwide. Yesterday (September … Read entire article »
Filed under: Crime and Punishment, Military
Fort Hood massacre survivors cope in Iraq
An Army medical detachment hit hard by the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, last November, is now in Iraq providing mental health support to deployed soldiers. The 1908 Medical Detachment (Combat Stress Control), a U.S. Army Reserve unit from Topeka, Kan., was at Fort Hood preparing for deployment when Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan killed 13 soldiers and wounded 30 others inside the Soldier Readiness Center. Two of the CSC soldiers were killed, and five were injured. Having dealt with that traumatic experience, the unit is now deployed to Camp Taji, Iraq, assisting other soldiers who need help handling stressful situations. The CSC is working in the Taji Warrior Resiliency Campus, a facility that addresses the five dimensions of a soldier’s health: physical, emotional, spiritual, social, and family. The campus was built by the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Crime and Punishment, Iraq, Military, War on Terror
Recon Marines rescue seamen, save vessel
Just after dawn on September 9, 24 Marines in two boats approached the Merchant Vessel (M/V) Magellan Star. She had been dead in the water since being boarded by an unknown number of pirates the day before. The ship’s captain had been in contact with the Marines by cell phone until early that morning when the phone died on him. The events of this raid were described to reporters by LtCol. Joseph R. Clearfield, unit commander. The pirated ship had been traveling in the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC), patrolled by CTF-151. First on scene had been the flagship of CTF-151, TCG Gökçeada, the anti-piracy taskforce supported by the United States. The Turkish frigate arrived about an hour after the distress call went out from the Magellan Star. The U.S. cruiser … Read entire article »
Filed under: Crime and Punishment, Marines, Military, Original writing, Reporting, War on Terror
USS McFaul nabs pirates off Oman
USS McFaul captured ten suspected pirates and rescued eight crewmembers from the pirated Indian cargo dhow Faize Osamani, near Salalah, Oman, April 5 after the dhow and three skiffs attempted to attack the Motor Vessel Rising Sun the same day. M/V Rising Sun sent a distress call the morning of April 5 to alert maritime forces that pirate skiffs had pulled alongside and were firing small-arms and rocket propelled grenades at their vessel. The Omani warship Al Sharquiyah and United States destroyer USS McFaul immediately responded. As the naval vessels were in transit, M/V Rising Sun used the industry recommended “best management practices” of increasing speed, evasive maneuvers and spraying potential attackers with fire hoses to thwart the pirate attack as the navies were in transit. These efforts were rewarded when the … Read entire article »
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