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Category: Military News

Veterans and Active-Duty Military Members Social Security Has Your Back!

Posted on November 7, 2022

Veterans Day is on Friday, November 11, 2022. Every year on this day, we honor all veterans who served our country and risked their lives to protect us. Our Wounded Warriors webpage…

Oil Tanker Owners Slapped With $250,000 Fine For Polluting The Air With High-Sulfur Fuel

Posted on November 3, 2022

CHRISTIANSTED — Ionian Management Inc., a New York-based company that commercially manages three vessels, including the M/T Ocean Princess, was slapped with a $250,000 environmental fine for polluting the air by burning…

Coast Guard Takes 69 Dominican Republic Nationals Back Home

Posted on November 1, 2022

SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard repatriated 69 Dominican Republic nationals to the Dominican Republic between Saturday and Monday, following multiple illegal voyage vessel interdictions in the Mona Passage. The interdictions are…

Space Force Sergeant Salutes St. Croix Family From Saudi Arabia On ‘Day of The Deployed’

Posted on October 31, 2022

PRINCE SULTAN AIR FORCE BASE — A United States Space Force sergeant serving temporarily in Saudi Arabia sent a shout out to St. Croix family members on National Day of The Deployed…

2 Venezuelans Sentenced to 3.4 Years In Prison For 2019 Drug Conspiracy Case

Posted on October 28, 2022

CHRISTIANSTED — Two of 11 Venezuela nationals arrested off the coast of St. Croix waters three years ago in connection with drug smuggling charges were sentenced to 3.4 years in prison, U.S….

Coast Guard Ends Search For Survivors Abandoned During Illegal Voyage

Posted on October 28, 2022

SAN JUAN — Coast Guard rescue crews ended the search for survivors Wednesday afternoon, after an illegal voyage vessel reportedly abandoned a group of 10 undocumented non-citizens near buoy six at the…

CBP Seizes $111 Million In Cocaine Off Curaçao

Posted on October 24, 2022

WILLEMSTAD — The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says its Air and Marine Operations (AMO) has worked with its federal and international partners in seizing 5,893 pounds of cocaine in the…

Coast Guard Rescues 102 Haitians, 2 DR Nationals Abandoned By Smugglers

Posted on October 20, 2022

SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier completed a two-day operation Thursday to rescue 102 Haitians and two Dominican Republic nationals who were left abandoned by smugglers on Mona Island,…

Wise To The Danger, Caribbean Keeps A Wary Eye On Invest 91L

Posted on October 4, 2022

SAN JUAN — After Hurricane Ian’s passage across Central Florida, people in the Caribbean are primed to monitor a new system several hundred miles east of the Windward Islands which could develop…

Tropical Wave With Small Chance To Grow Enters Eastern Caribbean: NHC

Posted on October 3, 2022

SAN JUAN — The National Hurricane Center is now monitoring a tropical wave for potential development, located several hundred miles east of the Windward Islands. So far, this system has a low…

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