99.9 KTDY » navy http://999ktdy.com The Best of the 80s, 90s & Today Sat, 25 May 2013 07:22:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Final 9/11 Ship Christened At Avondale http://999ktdy.com/final-911-ship-christened-at-avondale/ http://999ktdy.com/final-911-ship-christened-at-avondale/#comments Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:55:07 +0000 Steve Wiley http://999ktdy.com/?p=94970 The USS Somerset was christened today at the Avondale Shipyard. She's the last of three Naval vessels to be named for, and incorporate steel from sites of the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks.

]]> http://999ktdy.com/final-911-ship-christened-at-avondale/feed/ 0 Navy photo Pentagon Releases Names of 30 Troops Killed in Afghan Helicopter Crash [VIDEO] http://999ktdy.com/pentagon-releases-names-of-30-troops-killed-in-afghan-helicopter-crash-video/ http://999ktdy.com/pentagon-releases-names-of-30-troops-killed-in-afghan-helicopter-crash-video/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:59:42 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=35503 The Pentagon has released the names of 30 American troops who were killed when a rocket-propelled grenade downed their Chinook helicopter in Afghanistan last weekend

The attack represented the biggest single day loss of military personnel America has suffered during the nearly ten-year Afghanistan war.  Overall, 1648 Americans have died in the conflict.

]]> http://999ktdy.com/pentagon-releases-names-of-30-troops-killed-in-afghan-helicopter-crash-video/feed/ 0 MSNBC Commander Of USS Enterprise Under Investigation http://999ktdy.com/commander-of-uss-enterprise-under-investigation/ http://999ktdy.com/commander-of-uss-enterprise-under-investigation/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:28:25 +0000 Steve Wiley http://999ktdy.com/?p=3587 The commander of the USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is under investigation.

]]> http://999ktdy.com/commander-of-uss-enterprise-under-investigation/feed/ 0 (Photo by Jason Hirschfield/Getty Images)