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    Navy overspent on Ukraine war
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Navy overspent on Ukraine war
    Apr 23, 2024
    Three times during 2022, the Navy accidentally spent more in Ukraine than was approved, totaling $399 million in excess spending.{/div} A new inspecto...
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    Bradford native O’Lay serves aboard U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier
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    Bradford native O’Lay serves aboard U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier
    Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist John Osborne Navy Office of Community Outreach 
    Apr 18, 2024
    NORFOLK, Va. — Petty Officer 2nd Class Felicia O’Lay, a native of Bradford, Pa., serves aboard USS Gerald R. Ford, homeported in Norfolk. O’Lay gradua...
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    RTS: Poyer
    News, Round the Square
    RTS: Poyer
    Apr 10, 2024
    POYER: Whether or not you’ve heard of “Quarterdeck” magazine, a quarterly review dedicated to maritime literature and art, we’re sure you’ve heard of ...
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    The crossed paths of Irish and Black American heritage
    Daily Headlines, Opinion, Сolumns
    The crossed paths of Irish and Black American heritage
    ARTHUR G. AUSTIN JR. Special to The Era 
    Mar 23, 2024
    Irish American Heritage Month follows African American History Month on the American history calendar. African American history celebrated in February...
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    A call for all Americans to help stop veteran suicides
    Opinion, Сolumns
    A call for all Americans to help stop veteran suicides
    TIM GALLAUDET 
    Mar 13, 2024
    Later this month will mark a year from a day that shocked the veteran community. On March 27, 2023, I along with many Americans were saddened to learn...
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    Navy spent $4.3M to play video games
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Navy spent $4.3M to play video games
    Mar 12, 2024
    The U.S. Navy spent $4.3 million last year on recruitment efforts using Esports and video games, including paying officers to play Fortnite with teena...
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    Lewis Run-based soldiers serving with Task Force Paxton in Africa
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    Lewis Run-based soldiers serving with Task Force Paxton in Africa
    CORY ANGELL angellcory3@gmail.com 
    Mar 09, 2024
    Task Force Paxton hit the ground running with Justified Accord 2024, the U.S. Africa Command’s largest exercise in East Africa, from Feb. 26 to March ...
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    DIFFERENCE MAKERS: Joel Gilfert will never forget
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    DIFFERENCE MAKERS: Joel Gilfert will never forget
    SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    Jan 04, 2024
    On its side, on the ocean floor, in the Outer Banks, rests a former U.S. Navy landing craft. It’s a military vessel Eldred native Joel Gilfert wants t...
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    We’re doing little to counter China’s military buildup
    Opinion, Сolumns
    We’re doing little to counter China’s military buildup
    WILSON BEAVER 
    Dec 10, 2023
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — Our National Defense Strategy identifies China as the primary challenge to the United States. To confront this threat successfully,...
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    RTS: Pearl Harbor
    News, Round the Square
    RTS: Pearl Harbor
    Dec 07, 2023
    TODAY: Today marks the 82nd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor — Dec. 7, 1941, “a date that will live in infamy.” President Franklin D...
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    DIFFERENCE MAKER: Veteran, historian, mentor, educator — Appleby makes a difference
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    DIFFERENCE MAKER: Veteran, historian, mentor, educator — Appleby makes a difference
    CORY ANGELL angellcory3@gmail.com 
    Nov 22, 2023
    Nestled in the small town of Eldred is a museum celebrating those who made a difference in World War II. It’s a can’t-miss museum, say travel blogs an...
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    MOUNT JEWETT: Swanson Detachment celebrates Marine Corps birthday
    Local News, News
    MOUNT JEWETT: Swanson Detachment celebrates Marine Corps birthday
    Era photo by Era Aiken 
    Nov 14, 2023
    The Bob Swanson Detachment Marine Corps League, at the Mount Jewett Veterans Memorial Club, celebrated the 248th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps on ...
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    Giordano shares military experience
    Daily Headlines, Local News
    Giordano shares military experience
    Nov 10, 2023
    Joe Giordano graduated from Bradford High School in June 1971. “At that period in time, Bradford didn’t have much to offer a young kid just out of hig...
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    Generations of service to their country
    Daily Headlines, Local News, Online Features
    Generations of service to their country
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Nov 10, 2023
    Generations of the Giordano family have served in the United States military, all of them with pride. Antonio Giordano of Lewis Run was in World War I...
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    Battle buddies, lifetime friends
    News, Opinion, Сolumns
    Battle buddies, lifetime friends
    MANDY COLOSIMO m.colosimo@bradfordera.com 
    Nov 09, 2023
    The year I joined the military was a historic one, though I did not know it at the time. I only knew that I wanted to be Military Police because that ...
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    The mystery of the missing F-35
    Daily Headlines, Opinion, Сolumns
    The mystery of the missing F-35
    BYRON YORK 
    Sep 20, 2023
    It was one of the weirdest stories in years. The U.S. military lost a state-of-the-art F-35 fighter jet, last seen flying pilotless over North Charles...
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    RTS: Old papers
    News, Round the Square
    RTS: Old papers
    Aug 05, 2023
    OLD PAPERS: Wednesday morning, November 13, 1918. That’s the date of the paper that Assistant Managing Editor Marcie Schellhammer received in the mail...
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    A century of America’s wars on the wall
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    A century of America’s wars on the wall
    MANDY COLOSIMO m.colosimo@bradfordera.com 
    Jul 26, 2023
    Rick Minard and Greg Souchik have done it again, only three times bigger. The two local artists have painted a 60-foot mural depicting the wars Americ...
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    Military doesn’t need diversity, equity and inclusion
    Daily Headlines, Opinion, Сolumns
    Military doesn’t need diversity, equity and inclusion
    RICH LOWRY 
    Jul 18, 2023
    House Republicans voted to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs and personnel at the Pentagon, and one wonders whether the U.S. military will ...
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    Blocking military promotions is unpatriotic
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Blocking military promotions is unpatriotic
    Jul 16, 2023
    Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville misses few chances to tout both his career as a college football coach and his love for the military. It’s all the more ...
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    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    Nation & World, PA State News
    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    June 15, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    PA State News
    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    June 15, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    PA State News
    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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