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Base closing round hits another roadblock
The Obama administration's push to close additional military bases continues to face tough sledding in Congress. This week, a Senate Armed Services panel rejected a proposed Base Realignment and Closure commission for 2015, better known as BRAC. A...Tags: U.S. Congress, Rob Wittman, Kelly Ayotte, Military Equipment, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services
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Reproductive assistance center expands in Virginia Beach
The New Hope Center for Reproductive Medicine leased more than 18,000 square feet of space at Oceana Place in Virginia Beach, CBRE|Hampton Roads announced. The center, founded in 1997, specializes in assisted reproductive technologies. Oceana Place is a...
Tags: Hampton Roads
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Wittman-led panel taking stand against BRAC
Rep. Rob Wittman was against another round of military base closures before the Obama administration formally requested one. Now the House panel he chairs is poised to endorse that view. The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness has released its...Tags: Hampton Roads, Rob Wittman, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Defense, Langley Air Force Base
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Sequestration would reach far into the Virginia Peninsula community - and affect health services
Like a victim tied to buzz saw table in an old movie melodrama, federal, state and local agencies and departments, and a host of businesses and nonprofit organizations are watching with alarm as budget blades churn toward them. On Friday automatic...
Tags: Rob Wittman, Social Issues, Satellite Technology, Government Health Care, Students
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Navy describes more cuts now that sequestration is here
The Navy this weekend announced additional cutbacks to deal with sequestration, now that the automatic, across-the-board spending cuts are official. The service will defer or cancel up to six ship deployments to various locations around the world...Tags: Naval Station Norfolk, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Navy to build new kennel for military working dogs
It's nice to see man's best friend isn't getting shortshrifted because of budget cuts. The Navy announced Monday it has begun construction on a new kennel for military working dogs at the Naval Air Station Oceana Dam Neck Annex in Virginia Beach....Tags: Tetra Tech Incorporated
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Former Oceana fighter pilot tapped for International Space Station
A former Navy fighter pilot who spent several years at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach in the 1990s has been selected for a year-long mission aboard the International Space Station. Scott Kelly, 48, a New Jersey native, will launch into space...
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, Space Programs, Mark Kelly, NASA, Science and Technology
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Windber Veterans Day Parade
The borough of Windber and the surrounding communities will celebrate Veterans Day on Nov. 12 with a parade and service in Windber Veterans Park to salute military veterans and to thank them for serving America with honor, courage, and commitment. The...Tags: Judges, International Military Interventions, Festive Events, American Legion, Wars and Interventions
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Nationwide Series leader Elliott Sadler spends day with Navy pilots, crew
VIRGINIA BEACH — There are some similarities between the Chevy Impala Elliott Sadler drives in the Nationwide Series and the F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter aircraft the pilots of squadron VFA-81 fly out of Naval Air Station Oceana and on the super...
Tags: Auto Racing, Emporia (Emporia, Virginia), Elliott Sadler, NASCAR, Danica Patrick
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Living Here: Military installations
Newcomers will see it right away: Hampton Roads and theU.S. military go hand in hand. Every branch of the service is represented in this corner of southeastern Virginia: Start with the world's largest naval base and the only East Coast home for the...
Tags: Kandahar Massacre (2012), Military Equipment, CSS Virginia, World War II (1939-1945), Hospitals and Clinics
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Navy fighter jet crashes into apartments; no fatalities reported
CNNA Navy fighter jet experienced a "catastrophic mechanical malfunction" during takeoff Friday over the military community of Virginia Beach, Va., and rained a stench of jet fuel shortly before crashing into apartment buildings, according to residents and...Tags: Easter, CNN (tv network), Health, Passover, Hospitals and Clinics
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Aug 21, 2012
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May 23, 2012
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Apr 6, 2012
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