Danish & Navy Ships Collide in Inner Harbor
At Maryland Fleet Week 2022, in the Baltimore Inner Harbor, a Danish training ship hit the moored USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul on Sunday morning. No injuries were reported and no serious damages to the Navy ship occurred.
MD Offers $1.6M to New Wind Companies
Offshore wind projects got a $1.6 million boost from the Maryland Energy Administration to fund additional projects by emerging companies. Grants will be awarded on a first-come first-serve basis for qualifying proposals until Jan. 1, 2023, or until all funding has been awarded.
No Bay Bridge Expansion Any Time Soon
Don’t expect another span across Chesapeake Bay any time soon. Maryland Transportation Authority officials say they have four or five years to analyze alternatives and assess environmental impacts and only then, if the state gets federal approval and funding can design and construction begin.
US Ups Funds for ‘Tactical’ Nuclear Weapons
The ’23 Defense Authorization Act adds funds for a “low yield ” or “tactical ” sea-launched nuclear cruise missile program of the Navy’s. The sea-launched missiles do create a large, powerful blast compared with conventional missiles but considerably smaller than strategic nuclear weapons, also making for easier handling and storage.
‘Fat Leonard’ Is on the Lam
Leonard Glenn Francis, facing sentencing in the notorious ‘Fat Leonard’ Navy bribery scandal and under house arrest in San Diego, cut off his GPS monitoring ankle bracelet on Sunday and is on the run.
Post 9/11 Vets Unemployment Falls to 3-Year Low
The Bureau of Labor reports August 2022 is the lowest unemployment rate for post-9/11 veterans in more than three years — dropping to 1.9% — another sign that the jobs market remains strong despite inflation.
Army Grounds Chinook Helicopter Fleet
The Army has grounded the entire CH-47 Chinook helicopter fleet following an undisclosed number of recent engine fires in the Boeing-made fleet. No deaths or injuries occurred due to the fires.
SEAL’s Death Revives Drug & Brutality Concerns
SEALs have defended for decades their Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training to outsiders and Navy leadership who say it is too difficult. Since 1953, at least 11 men have died. New questions are arising about how use of performance-enhancing drugs have changed the standards, and what it means if the obvious cheating entailed with illegal drug use threatens the ethical core of the SEALs.
Traffic Overwhelms Student Loan Sites
Traffic to the Education Department’s Federal Student Aid websitewas up more than 500% on Aug. 24 compared to the same day last year and the webpage set up to provide further information about the debt relief plan was viewed more than 3.9 million times on its first day.
Another Historic Moon Launch for NASA
NASA’s biggest test flight of the year is set to launch this morning. At 8:30 am EDT today, Monday, the Artemis 1 mission, an ambitious flight to the moon by NASA’s most powerful rocket ever — the Space Launch System — will head into space.
