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2nd US Navy sailor’s body recovered in Afghanistan (AP)

July 29th, 2010

This photo, displayed on a leaflet that was distributed by the U.S. military to civilians in Logar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 25, 2010 shows a missing U.S. Navy sailor. The Navy identified the missing sailor as Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove, a 25-year-old from the Seattle area. The Pentagon lists Newlove as 'whereabouts unknown,' and did not confirm he was captured. Another service member who went missing with Newlove was identified as Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley — a 30-year-old father of two from Wheatridge, Colorado. NATO recovered his body Sunday. (AP Photo) NO SALESAP - A second U.S. Navy sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan was found dead and his body recovered, a senior U.S. military official and…

2nd US sailor’s body recovered in Afghanistan (AP)

July 29th, 2010

This photo, displayed on a leaflet that was distributed by the U.S. military to civilians in Logar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 25, 2010 shows a missing U.S. Navy sailor. The Navy identified the missing sailor as Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove, a 25-year-old from the Seattle area. The Pentagon lists Newlove as 'whereabouts unknown,' and did not confirm he was captured. Another service member who went missing with Newlove was identified as Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley — a 30-year-old father of two from Wheatridge, Colorado. NATO recovered his body Sunday. (AP Photo) NO SALESAP - A second U.S. Navy sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan was found dead and his body recovered, a senior U.S. military official and…

Nigeria: 12 foreign sailors kidnapped by pirates (AP)

July 3rd, 2010

AP - Pirates kidnapped 12 foreign sailors off the coast of Nigeria’s restive and oil-rich southern delta during an attack that left one crew member injured, a naval spokesman said…

Sea of criticism for adrift young sailor’s parents (AP)

June 11th, 2010

This undated picture provided by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority via the Sunderland family on Friday, June 11, 2010 shows the 'Wild Eyes' boat of 16-year-old Southern California girl Abby Sunderland who was feared lost at sea. Searchers in an airplane spotted her vessel in an upright position and made contact with her via radio late Thursday, June 10, 2010 according to a family spokesperson. (AP Photo/Australian Maritime Safety Authority via the Sunderland family)AP - What were her parents thinking? Many people were asking that question as a 16-year-old girl sat adrift and alone in the frigid southern Indian Ocean, her ship’s mast…

Saunas, massages help Swedish sailors hunt pirates (AP)

May 26th, 2010

In this Monday May 10, 2010 photo, a Swedish Navy baker prepares bread aboard the HMS Carlskrona off the coast of Somalia. Pirate-hunting has come a long way since the Knights of Malta battled the Barbary Corsairs four centuries ago. Floggings, weevils and scurvy are out. Saunas, fresh bread and massages are in — at least aboard the Swedish warship Carlskrona, the flagship of the European Union's force to hunt down Somali pirates, who have hijacked 23 ships this year. The bakers start at midnight to cook at least four different types of fresh bread every day. (AP Photo/Tim Freccia)AP - Drops of sweat trickled down the faces of the pirate hunters on the Swedish warship. They conferred in low voices, finally reaching a consensus: Yes, throw another pitcher…

South Korea buries sailors killed in ship sinking (AP)

April 29th, 2010

A family member of a deceased sailor cries as she sprinkles dirt on her loved one's remains during a funeral service at the country's national cemetery in Daejeon, south of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 29, 2010. South Korea laid to rest 46 sailors killed in the sinking of a navy warship during an emotional and solemn burial Thursday, as officials vowed retaliation against those responsible for what many believe was a North Korean attack. (AP Photo/Korea Pool) **KOREA OUT**AP - South Korea laid to rest 46 sailors killed in the sinking of a navy warship during an emotional and solemn burial Thursday, as officials vowed retaliation against those…

SKorea mourns sailors killed in sinking of warship (AP)

April 26th, 2010

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak watches portraits of the deceased sailors from the sunken South Korean naval ship Cheonan during a memorial service held at Seoul City Hall Plaza in South Korea, Monday, April 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Jo Bo-hee) ** KOREA OUT **AP - The scent of incense filled the air Monday as South Korea’s president bowed before a memorial for young sailors killed when their warship sank last month in an…

EU Naval Force rescues hijacked Iranian sailors (AP)

March 22nd, 2010

Somali pirates pictured in the Indian Ocean in 2008. A court in Bosaso in northern Somalia's breakaway Puntland region sentenced 22 pirates to six years in jail(AFP/US Navy/File)AP - The EU Naval Force says one of its warships has rescued 13 sailors on an Iranian dhow who had been left for dead after a pirate attack.


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