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Essex Amphibious Ready Group, 11th MEU return to San Diego following deployment
The amphibious ready group supported Operation Freedom Sentinel and Operation Inherent Resolve.
Watch the guided-missile destroyer Winston Churchill help Iranian ship in Arabian Sea
A boarding team from the Churchill transited the Iranian vessel before carrying out an initial seaworthiness inspection and providing the crew with food and water.
Kearsarge ARG’s unusual cruise is over
The three warships left Norfolk on Dec. 17 but their tour really became three separate cruises.
By Mark D. Faram
Report: Iran prepares to withdraw from parts of nuclear deal
Iran on Wednesday will announce it is partially withdrawing from the nuclear deal it struck with world powers, its state-run news agency reported, a year to the day that President Donald Trump pulled America from the accord.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
US warship sails the Arabian Sea, avoiding port, killing time ... and germs
Personnel on the dock landing ship Fort McHenry have treated 25 sailors and Marines for a viral infection similar to mumps.
By Mark D. Faram