The ships, which are Bath Iron Works’ main product, could sail for 45 years, and that dampens speculation that the Navy will ramp up production.
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Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Education secretary DeVos backs school choice for military children
A proposal would allow military families to use $1.3 billion in public funds to send their children to private school or pay for education services.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Early childhood education is as crucial to military readiness as jets and ships
It’s important to get a head start on the building of academic and ‘character’ skills eventually needed to enlist or qualify for any career path.
Posted inNation & World, News
Three U.S. cities sue Defense Department over failures in gun-check system
The department must relay crime data on service members to curb mass shootings like the one last month in Texas, the cities say.
Posted inNation & World, News
Charles Jenkins, U.S. sergeant who defected to North Korea in 1960s, dies
He was 24 when he drunkenly stumbled across the border. He spent the next nearly 40 years in what he described as a ‘giant, demented prison.’
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Maine Hire-a-Vet successfully connects employers to job-seeking veterans
Launched 2 years ago, program urges 100 employers to hire 100 veterans in 100 days.
Posted inFeature Obituary, Local & State, Nation & World, News
Robert Palmer Coles Jr. of Machias, who took decisive action at Pearl Harbor, dies at 93
Though trained as a radioman, he took up a machine gun and fired at Japanese torpedo bombers from the deck of a destroyer during the attack.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Critics at hearing say Maine bureau ‘cherry-picks’ veterans’ strong claims for benefits, rejects others
A bill seeks to address allegations that difficult disability cases are turned away, but the Bureau of Veterans Services says it’s just adhering to federal criteria.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, News
Air Force relaxes policy on tattoos, body art
But the head is still an unauthorized area.
Posted inLifestyle, Local & State, News, Uncategorized
TV show filmed in Maine, ‘Growing Home,’ to focus on veterans-turned-farmers
Each episode will focus on a veteran, or a veteran and their family. Their businesses include potato farms, blueberry fields, a winery and a deer farm, in towns from southern coastal Maine to Aroostook County.