Base public affairs chief Stefanie Antosh said a motive for the shooting was unknown, but that there was no threat to the joint base.

The Navy ship, a 120-foot long, welded steel former Navy mine sweeper stuck in seagrass and pluff mud, was sold by the General Services Administration March 12, 2021 for $81,600. The Coast Guard has been aware of the vessel being in South Carolina waters since 2021 and checks on it periodically.

The Coast Guard rescue swimmer gripped the starboard side of the sinking sailboat in the dark as the waves beat against him. He called out to the man standing on the boat as a helicopter hovered overhead. “You’re going to jump ... And I’m going to grab you.”

Ten crew members from two U.S. Navy helicopters involved in a training mishap Thursday evening at Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada were treated and released from a nearby hospital.

Command Sgt. Maj. Harold “Ed” Jarrell was relieved Tuesday due to a “loss of trust and confidence.” Military officials are not required to disclose the reasons for removing or reassigning personnel.

The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base directorate is responsible for planning and sustaining Air Force One and E-4B aircraft.

The swimming ban was imposed after Army Chief Warrant Officer Hao Y. Li, 41, died July 15 just off Shoreline Beach Park at American Lake on the base.

In the months since the tragedy, there have been seven other instances of ships experiencing trouble in Maryland waters.

There’s about to be a new methane eye in the sky. SpaceX is scheduled to launch on Friday the Tanager-1 satellite. The nonprofit Carbon Mapper is behind the satellite and will make the data available once it’s operational in the coming months.

An investigation is ongoing into a nearly fatal training accident at a Marine Corps base in California, service officials said.