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Kwanzaa begins today, and it's Boxing Day in Canada
Putin foe clears first step in bid for Russia's presidency
Hundreds of supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny nominated him for president yesterday, allowing Navalny to file the endorsement papers required for his candidacy and putting pressure on the Kremlin to allow him to run. Navalny says he has gathered enough endorsements to run in the country's next presidential election as his supporters organized rallies in 20 cities across Russia.
Royal Navy frigate shadows Russian warship in the North Sea
HMS St Albans (F-83)
A British Royal Navy frigate shadowed a Russian warship through the North Sea near UK waters on Christmas Day, the Royal Navy has revealed. HMS St Albans monitored the Admiral Gorshkov's "activity in areas of national interest," it said.
Vietnam braces for typhoon
Vietnam's southern localities have organized the evacuation of nearly 1 million people, and temporarily closed schools, fearing that Typhoon Tembin, which battered southern Philippines on Friday, will do the same in Vietnam.
New clashes after Peru's ex-president pardoned
Police in Peru have fired tear gas and clashed with thousands of protesters angry at the authorities' decision to pardon ex-President Alberto Fujimori.
Bahrain sentences six Shiites
Bahrain's Military High Court has sentenced six Shiites to death, 15 years in prison and revoked their nationality on charges of attempting to assassinate the commander-in-chief of the country's defense force, who oversees the appointment of military judges.
Tunisia suspends Emirates flights
Tunisia has barred Emirates Airlines flights from landing in its territory. The move comes after days of public outcry over United Arab Emirates airport security measures that targeted Tunisian women.
Islamic State claims blast at Afghan intelligence agency
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack yesterday on a compound of Afghanistan's national intelligence agency in Kabul which killed at least five people and wounded two.
Trump's White House docks UN's budget by $285 million
By Lisa Levine, News of the Force Tel Aviv
UN officials lambasted the United States and its ambassador, Nikki Haley, after President Trump announced his decision to relocate the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
Ten more countries are considering moving their embassies to Jerusalem.
A Syrian rebel stronghold is very close to the Golan Heights region and only a dozen km from Israel's border. The Syrian army, supported by Iranian backed Shiite militias, has advanced into the last significant rebel-controlled area of Beit Jinn.
The Syrian regime has regained 70% of the country with the help of Russian air power and Iranian-backed foot soldiers.
In seeking to increase number of women graduating from its flight course, Israeli Air Force is taking measures to bolster female participation, including deploying a "safety net" for course dropouts and promoting more women to senior positions.
The government is considering legislation that would substantially reduce the amount of physical cash in the economy. For example, one suggestion would be a law against paying wages in cash. The process for the creation of the digital shekel is just getting underway.
A synagogue in the Iranian city of Shiraz was vandalized on Sunday night. Sources confirmed that the Hadash Synagogue, located in the Maleh neighborhood of Shiraz, was found vandalized. The sources said two Torah scrolls were destroyed.
Israel's embassy in Athens, Greece, has been vandalized, apparently by supporters of the Palestinians.
President Reuven Rivlin yesterday held a working meeting at his residence in Jerusalem with Japanese Foreign Minister Tarō Kōno, who was visiting Israel. Rivlin welcomed Kōno on his first official visit in his current role, praising the importance of the strong relationship between the two countries.
And one of the world's busiest airports experienced an unprecedented power outage, and even though the Atlanta, Ga., airport is prepared for emergencies and has precautions in place to prevent lengthy power outages, especially this 11-hour ordeal, weren't used. Around 1 p.m. on Sunday the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport lost power, causing a messy situation as thousands of travelers were affected, resulting in over 1,000 canceled flights. Georgia Power claims the outage was the result of a small fire, but it left many inquiring minds why the generators and backup systems that were ready and available weren't used. Amid the power outage, when no other planes were allowed to fly out, one plane did. Despite the fact that Atlanta officials claim the next flight did not leave the airport until 12:26 a.m. on Monday after the power was restored, the records show that an Israeli plane departed from Atlanta that Sunday about five and a half hours after landing.
US Army
In an effort to help Puerto Rico's citizens recover from devastation in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the US Army Corps of Engineers' Task Force Power Restoration continues its work there. The Corps of Engineers has said it likely won't be until May that all of Puerto Rico is re-electrified. And a growing number of Puerto Ricans say local officials didn't prepare for the hurricane and didn't activate a mutual aid agreement with power companies on the US mainland quickly enough. Power generation on the US territory is at 65 percent of normal, with nine of Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities still completely in the dark more than three months after Hurricane Maria walloped the island.
The US Army All-American Bowl is the premiere showcase for high school football players and several LSU targets will take part in this year's event on Jan. 6th at noon, CST.
Col. Bill Dyer was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in the US Army Reserve in a ceremony conducted at Ft. Myer, Va. Brig. Gen. William B. Dyer, III, is the Assistant Judge Advocate General for Military Law and Operations, with duty at the Pentagon.
A federal judge has ruled an alleged enemy combatant who is also an American citizen being held by the US Army in Iraq must be allowed an attorney.
A key finding of a new study has highlighted the US Army's negligence in managing US assets in Afghanistan and that it didn't conduct "effective oversight" of it's inventory. "LOGCAP contractors themselves reported more than $9.7 million in GFP losses since 2012," the report says.
The Center for Initial Military Training is several months into a complete review of how the Army makes new soldiers, and 2018 could see some big changes.
In the US Army, officers always eat last, but getting to serve holiday dinner to the soldiers was very special because it reinforced the US Army's traditions of selfless service and service with dedication to those that you lead.
More than three dozen Arkansas Army National Guard soldiers got home in time for Christmas. The 39 soldiers with the 449th Aviation Support Battalion's B Company arrived at Camp Robinson, in North Little Rock, on Friday.
Maj. Gen. Timothy McKeithen, the deputy director of the Army National Guard, met with deployed Army National Guard soldiers from the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade and the 449th Combat Aviation Brigade at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, on Dec. 21st.
Gov. Mark Dayton has ordered the Minnesota Army National Guard to provide support during the cold snap in Clay County. He has granted the sheriff's requested use of the armory in Moorhead for temporary emergency cold weather sheltering for those with no place to go.
The chairman of the Camden (N.J.) Board of Commissioners will be absent for a few months because he's been ordered to active military service. Clayton Riggs, who is a chief warrant officer in the US Army Reserve, has been called to active duty for a 90-day term that begins on Jan. 15th.
And the day after Mohanad Albdairi, of Austin, Texas, began his enlistment in the Army Reserve, recruiters called him back with bad news: Immigrants, even those here legally, had been prohibited from joining. He underwent extensive background checks to get his special immigrant visa, but was told he's a security risk who can't join the Army Reserve.
Homeland insecurity
The US Department of Homeland Security is now calling a series of shootings targeting police officers in Harrisburg, Pa., a "terror attack."
Homeland Security is being sued over warrantless searches at US borders. This month, the Department of Homeland Security responded to a first-of-its-kind, multi-plaintiff lawsuit alleging they violated the First and Fourth Amendment rights of 11 people who had their electronic devices searched.
The Department of Homeland Security says that Zoobia Shahnaz, a naturalized US citizen living on Long Island, N.Y., benefited from a family-based immigration system Republican President Donald Trump says threatens national security. She's been charged with laundering "bitcoin" on behalf of ISIS.
Wichita State University plans to offer an online bachelor's degree in homeland security, beginning next spring. The Board of Regents has approved the proposal to offer students an overview of homeland security with an emphasis on law enforcement operations.
Long-stalled legislation to create a federal data-breach notification standard and final action on a bill upgrading Department of Homeland Security cyber functions top the list of possible congressional moves on cybersecurity issues in 2018, a year brimming with cyber policy possibilities but short on solutions.
And authorities of the Counterterrorism Advisory Board (CTAB), which coordinates the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)' various intelligence, operational and policy-making functions, would be extended for four years under bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate last week.
NOAA news
NOAAS Nancy Foster (R-352)
The good news for many in the US' Northeast and Midwest was that it has been a white Christmas. The bad news was that a blizzard swept into parts of New England and bitter cold enveloped much of the Midwest. Even the usually rainy Pacific Northwest got the white stuff.
Lt. (jg) Marybeth Head was awarded the NOAA Corps Director's Ribbon for outstanding performance and exemplary operational support during the Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary's science mission last June aboard NOAAS Nancy Foster (R-352).
A study conducted by researchers from Princeton University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) suggests that cyclone formations in the Arabian Sea were caused by global warming - an alleged proof of climate change.
And much-warmer-than-average conditions are engulfing much of the world's land and ocean surfaces, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
US Air Force
A 38-year-old Nevada man who sold smoke grenades and military-issued ammunition stolen from the US Air Force has been sentenced to 18 months in a federal prison and two years' probation. US Attorney Steven Myhre says Temogen Tran Noguni, of Henderson, was sentenced in Las Vegas.
A US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft dubbed "Chilly Willy" for its experimental winter flights in icy Canada will now take up residence at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio.
Following his service in WW II, famed actor Jimmy Stewart continued his military service in the Air Force Reserve and in 1959 was promoted to brigadier general. He retired from the Air Force Reserve at that rank in 1968 when he reached the mandatory retirement age of 60. Stewart was later promoted to major general on the retired list.
Santa Claus visited US airmen of the South Carolina Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wing and their family members at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C.
About 45 volunteers from the Montana Air National Guard, including current and former members and their families, prepared the annual Danny Berg Memorial Christmas Dinner on Sunday morning. The Christmas dinner took place yesterday at the Senior Citizen Center in downtown Great Falls.
A missing Roswell, N.M., man has been found safe in Eddy County. Members of the New Mexico Wing of the Civil Air Patrol assisted with an air search in and around Roswell.
The library in Ionia, Mich., recently received a $400 grant from the Ionia County Civil Air Patrol. Captain Mike Seiloff was instrumental in obtaining the grant for the library and delivered the check to Youth Librarian Mike Golczynski in early December. Golczynski purchased pre-school “STEM” supplies with the money.
And there's no substitute for possessing strong life skills like responsibility, discipline, organization and community service. At Memorial Middle School in Fitchburg, Mass., students who are members of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) cadet program - the Auxiliary of the US Air Force - are learning core values that they can use for the rest of their lives.
US Coast Guard
USCGC Legare (WMEC-912)
The United States Coast Guard has medevaced a 23 year old passenger from a cruise ship, the Tampa, Fla.-based Royal Caribbean's Vision of the Seas, sailing on the Gulf of Mexico near Louisiana. The young woman was suffering from "suspected internal bleeding from a prior incident."
USCGC Legare returned to Portsmouth, Va., on Christmas Eve after completing a 45-day deployment to the Caribbean Sea in support of Operation Unified Resolve.
Members of Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, were called out to rescue a mariner showing symptoms of appendicitis on Saturday. According to a release from the USCG, the mariner was on a bulk carrier, about 122 miles southwest of Adak.
Sheriff's deputies in Destin, Fla., have been credited with helping to save a suicidal man. A US Coast Guard boat arrived and tried to pull him out of the water, but he resisted. He tried to swim in front of the boat so it would hit him. He then said, "Just chop me up," and swam toward the propeller. The Coast Guard crew managed to stop all the motors before the man could get to the propellers.
US Coast Guard Sector Guam and the US Navy's Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 have shared a video to raise awareness of personal water safety and the possible hazards when swimming in the ocean around Guam.
And in Massachusetts, the Woods Hole Flotilla of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary will offer an eight-week principles of navigation course beginning on Wednesday, Jan. 3rd. The two-hour course sessions will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. through Feb. 21st at the Sea Education Association campus at 171 Woods Hole Road, in Falmouth, Mass.
UFO news
The existence of unidentified flying objects using technology more advanced than human capabilities has been proved "beyond reasonable doubt," the former head of a secret US government program has said. Luis Elizondo, was the head of the Pentagon's Advanced Threat Identification Program.
And film director Guillermo del Toro once saw a "crappy," but terrifying, unidentified flying object while gazing at the stars in his native Mexico. Speaking in an interview series at a California film school in November, The Shape of Water movie maker described being scared after seeing the UFO in the sky.
The morning-after the Christmas Party at the zoo:
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Kwanzaa begins today, and it's Boxing Day in Canada
Putin foe clears first step in bid for Russia's presidency
Hundreds of supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny nominated him for president yesterday, allowing Navalny to file the endorsement papers required for his candidacy and putting pressure on the Kremlin to allow him to run. Navalny says he has gathered enough endorsements to run in the country's next presidential election as his supporters organized rallies in 20 cities across Russia.
Royal Navy frigate shadows Russian warship in the North Sea
HMS St Albans (F-83)
A British Royal Navy frigate shadowed a Russian warship through the North Sea near UK waters on Christmas Day, the Royal Navy has revealed. HMS St Albans monitored the Admiral Gorshkov's "activity in areas of national interest," it said.
Vietnam braces for typhoon
Vietnam's southern localities have organized the evacuation of nearly 1 million people, and temporarily closed schools, fearing that Typhoon Tembin, which battered southern Philippines on Friday, will do the same in Vietnam.
New clashes after Peru's ex-president pardoned
Police in Peru have fired tear gas and clashed with thousands of protesters angry at the authorities' decision to pardon ex-President Alberto Fujimori.
Bahrain sentences six Shiites
Bahrain's Military High Court has sentenced six Shiites to death, 15 years in prison and revoked their nationality on charges of attempting to assassinate the commander-in-chief of the country's defense force, who oversees the appointment of military judges.
Tunisia suspends Emirates flights
Tunisia has barred Emirates Airlines flights from landing in its territory. The move comes after days of public outcry over United Arab Emirates airport security measures that targeted Tunisian women.
Islamic State claims blast at Afghan intelligence agency
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack yesterday on a compound of Afghanistan's national intelligence agency in Kabul which killed at least five people and wounded two.
Trump's White House docks UN's budget by $285 million
By Lisa Levine, News of the Force Tel Aviv
UN officials lambasted the United States and its ambassador, Nikki Haley, after President Trump announced his decision to relocate the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
Ten more countries are considering moving their embassies to Jerusalem.
A Syrian rebel stronghold is very close to the Golan Heights region and only a dozen km from Israel's border. The Syrian army, supported by Iranian backed Shiite militias, has advanced into the last significant rebel-controlled area of Beit Jinn.
The Syrian regime has regained 70% of the country with the help of Russian air power and Iranian-backed foot soldiers.
In seeking to increase number of women graduating from its flight course, Israeli Air Force is taking measures to bolster female participation, including deploying a "safety net" for course dropouts and promoting more women to senior positions.
The government is considering legislation that would substantially reduce the amount of physical cash in the economy. For example, one suggestion would be a law against paying wages in cash. The process for the creation of the digital shekel is just getting underway.
A synagogue in the Iranian city of Shiraz was vandalized on Sunday night. Sources confirmed that the Hadash Synagogue, located in the Maleh neighborhood of Shiraz, was found vandalized. The sources said two Torah scrolls were destroyed.
Israel's embassy in Athens, Greece, has been vandalized, apparently by supporters of the Palestinians.
President Reuven Rivlin yesterday held a working meeting at his residence in Jerusalem with Japanese Foreign Minister Tarō Kōno, who was visiting Israel. Rivlin welcomed Kōno on his first official visit in his current role, praising the importance of the strong relationship between the two countries.
And one of the world's busiest airports experienced an unprecedented power outage, and even though the Atlanta, Ga., airport is prepared for emergencies and has precautions in place to prevent lengthy power outages, especially this 11-hour ordeal, weren't used. Around 1 p.m. on Sunday the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport lost power, causing a messy situation as thousands of travelers were affected, resulting in over 1,000 canceled flights. Georgia Power claims the outage was the result of a small fire, but it left many inquiring minds why the generators and backup systems that were ready and available weren't used. Amid the power outage, when no other planes were allowed to fly out, one plane did. Despite the fact that Atlanta officials claim the next flight did not leave the airport until 12:26 a.m. on Monday after the power was restored, the records show that an Israeli plane departed from Atlanta that Sunday about five and a half hours after landing.
US Army
In an effort to help Puerto Rico's citizens recover from devastation in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the US Army Corps of Engineers' Task Force Power Restoration continues its work there. The Corps of Engineers has said it likely won't be until May that all of Puerto Rico is re-electrified. And a growing number of Puerto Ricans say local officials didn't prepare for the hurricane and didn't activate a mutual aid agreement with power companies on the US mainland quickly enough. Power generation on the US territory is at 65 percent of normal, with nine of Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities still completely in the dark more than three months after Hurricane Maria walloped the island.
The US Army All-American Bowl is the premiere showcase for high school football players and several LSU targets will take part in this year's event on Jan. 6th at noon, CST.
Col. Bill Dyer was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in the US Army Reserve in a ceremony conducted at Ft. Myer, Va. Brig. Gen. William B. Dyer, III, is the Assistant Judge Advocate General for Military Law and Operations, with duty at the Pentagon.
A federal judge has ruled an alleged enemy combatant who is also an American citizen being held by the US Army in Iraq must be allowed an attorney.
A key finding of a new study has highlighted the US Army's negligence in managing US assets in Afghanistan and that it didn't conduct "effective oversight" of it's inventory. "LOGCAP contractors themselves reported more than $9.7 million in GFP losses since 2012," the report says.
The Center for Initial Military Training is several months into a complete review of how the Army makes new soldiers, and 2018 could see some big changes.
In the US Army, officers always eat last, but getting to serve holiday dinner to the soldiers was very special because it reinforced the US Army's traditions of selfless service and service with dedication to those that you lead.
More than three dozen Arkansas Army National Guard soldiers got home in time for Christmas. The 39 soldiers with the 449th Aviation Support Battalion's B Company arrived at Camp Robinson, in North Little Rock, on Friday.
Maj. Gen. Timothy McKeithen, the deputy director of the Army National Guard, met with deployed Army National Guard soldiers from the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade and the 449th Combat Aviation Brigade at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, on Dec. 21st.
Gov. Mark Dayton has ordered the Minnesota Army National Guard to provide support during the cold snap in Clay County. He has granted the sheriff's requested use of the armory in Moorhead for temporary emergency cold weather sheltering for those with no place to go.
The chairman of the Camden (N.J.) Board of Commissioners will be absent for a few months because he's been ordered to active military service. Clayton Riggs, who is a chief warrant officer in the US Army Reserve, has been called to active duty for a 90-day term that begins on Jan. 15th.
And the day after Mohanad Albdairi, of Austin, Texas, began his enlistment in the Army Reserve, recruiters called him back with bad news: Immigrants, even those here legally, had been prohibited from joining. He underwent extensive background checks to get his special immigrant visa, but was told he's a security risk who can't join the Army Reserve.
Homeland insecurity
The US Department of Homeland Security is now calling a series of shootings targeting police officers in Harrisburg, Pa., a "terror attack."
Homeland Security is being sued over warrantless searches at US borders. This month, the Department of Homeland Security responded to a first-of-its-kind, multi-plaintiff lawsuit alleging they violated the First and Fourth Amendment rights of 11 people who had their electronic devices searched.
The Department of Homeland Security says that Zoobia Shahnaz, a naturalized US citizen living on Long Island, N.Y., benefited from a family-based immigration system Republican President Donald Trump says threatens national security. She's been charged with laundering "bitcoin" on behalf of ISIS.
Wichita State University plans to offer an online bachelor's degree in homeland security, beginning next spring. The Board of Regents has approved the proposal to offer students an overview of homeland security with an emphasis on law enforcement operations.
Long-stalled legislation to create a federal data-breach notification standard and final action on a bill upgrading Department of Homeland Security cyber functions top the list of possible congressional moves on cybersecurity issues in 2018, a year brimming with cyber policy possibilities but short on solutions.
And authorities of the Counterterrorism Advisory Board (CTAB), which coordinates the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)' various intelligence, operational and policy-making functions, would be extended for four years under bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate last week.
NOAA news
NOAAS Nancy Foster (R-352)
The good news for many in the US' Northeast and Midwest was that it has been a white Christmas. The bad news was that a blizzard swept into parts of New England and bitter cold enveloped much of the Midwest. Even the usually rainy Pacific Northwest got the white stuff.
Lt. (jg) Marybeth Head was awarded the NOAA Corps Director's Ribbon for outstanding performance and exemplary operational support during the Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary's science mission last June aboard NOAAS Nancy Foster (R-352).
A study conducted by researchers from Princeton University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) suggests that cyclone formations in the Arabian Sea were caused by global warming - an alleged proof of climate change.
And much-warmer-than-average conditions are engulfing much of the world's land and ocean surfaces, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
US Air Force
A 38-year-old Nevada man who sold smoke grenades and military-issued ammunition stolen from the US Air Force has been sentenced to 18 months in a federal prison and two years' probation. US Attorney Steven Myhre says Temogen Tran Noguni, of Henderson, was sentenced in Las Vegas.
A US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft dubbed "Chilly Willy" for its experimental winter flights in icy Canada will now take up residence at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio.
Following his service in WW II, famed actor Jimmy Stewart continued his military service in the Air Force Reserve and in 1959 was promoted to brigadier general. He retired from the Air Force Reserve at that rank in 1968 when he reached the mandatory retirement age of 60. Stewart was later promoted to major general on the retired list.
Santa Claus visited US airmen of the South Carolina Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wing and their family members at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C.
About 45 volunteers from the Montana Air National Guard, including current and former members and their families, prepared the annual Danny Berg Memorial Christmas Dinner on Sunday morning. The Christmas dinner took place yesterday at the Senior Citizen Center in downtown Great Falls.
A missing Roswell, N.M., man has been found safe in Eddy County. Members of the New Mexico Wing of the Civil Air Patrol assisted with an air search in and around Roswell.
The library in Ionia, Mich., recently received a $400 grant from the Ionia County Civil Air Patrol. Captain Mike Seiloff was instrumental in obtaining the grant for the library and delivered the check to Youth Librarian Mike Golczynski in early December. Golczynski purchased pre-school “STEM” supplies with the money.
And there's no substitute for possessing strong life skills like responsibility, discipline, organization and community service. At Memorial Middle School in Fitchburg, Mass., students who are members of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) cadet program - the Auxiliary of the US Air Force - are learning core values that they can use for the rest of their lives.
US Coast Guard
USCGC Legare (WMEC-912)
The United States Coast Guard has medevaced a 23 year old passenger from a cruise ship, the Tampa, Fla.-based Royal Caribbean's Vision of the Seas, sailing on the Gulf of Mexico near Louisiana. The young woman was suffering from "suspected internal bleeding from a prior incident."
USCGC Legare returned to Portsmouth, Va., on Christmas Eve after completing a 45-day deployment to the Caribbean Sea in support of Operation Unified Resolve.
Members of Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, were called out to rescue a mariner showing symptoms of appendicitis on Saturday. According to a release from the USCG, the mariner was on a bulk carrier, about 122 miles southwest of Adak.
Sheriff's deputies in Destin, Fla., have been credited with helping to save a suicidal man. A US Coast Guard boat arrived and tried to pull him out of the water, but he resisted. He tried to swim in front of the boat so it would hit him. He then said, "Just chop me up," and swam toward the propeller. The Coast Guard crew managed to stop all the motors before the man could get to the propellers.
US Coast Guard Sector Guam and the US Navy's Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 have shared a video to raise awareness of personal water safety and the possible hazards when swimming in the ocean around Guam.
And in Massachusetts, the Woods Hole Flotilla of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary will offer an eight-week principles of navigation course beginning on Wednesday, Jan. 3rd. The two-hour course sessions will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. through Feb. 21st at the Sea Education Association campus at 171 Woods Hole Road, in Falmouth, Mass.
UFO news
The existence of unidentified flying objects using technology more advanced than human capabilities has been proved "beyond reasonable doubt," the former head of a secret US government program has said. Luis Elizondo, was the head of the Pentagon's Advanced Threat Identification Program.
And film director Guillermo del Toro once saw a "crappy," but terrifying, unidentified flying object while gazing at the stars in his native Mexico. Speaking in an interview series at a California film school in November, The Shape of Water movie maker described being scared after seeing the UFO in the sky.
The morning-after the Christmas Party at the zoo:
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