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Families and volunteers across the region, state, nation, and in other parts of the world stepped out to celebrate the lives of military service membe...

HAPPY HOUR: Today is National Happy Hour Day and while most individuals think of happy hour as a fun after work activity for socializing; Did you know...

OLEAN, N.Y. — New to the United States Army, Martin McCall was stationed in a demilitarized zone on the North Korean and South Korean border. He was 1...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — After weeks of reverses, Russia’s army is still losing ground in the battlefields of Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin’s response,...

At a time when it seems like our society is spiraling with out-of-control selfishness, consumed with immediate gratification, self-centeredness, illib...

(Editor’s note: With last week’s discovery of the wreckage of the USS Samuel B. Roberts, The Era is reprinting a story from 1994, the 50th anniversary...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, died Wednesday. He was 98. Williams’ f...

For more than 77 years, Sammy B. had been missing in action. The USS Samuel B. Roberts, a U.S. Navy destroyer escort, was lost in an incredible act of...

On Tuesday evening at the Bradford Area Lions Club, Irving Lane, members of the organization held an award ceremony for recently graduated area senior...

The Marilyn Horne Museum and Exhibit Center announced it is joining museums nationwide in the Blue Star Museums initiative, a program that provides fr...

MILLINGTON, Tenn. — A native of Eldred, Pennsylvania, is serving aboard one of the nation’s newest, most-versatile warships, the future USS Iowa (SSN ...

HONOLULU (AP) — When Japanese bombs began falling on Pearl Harbor, U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class David Russell first sought refuge below deck on the USS ...

In October, an Iranian militia group calling themselves the “Allies of Syria” launched five suicide drones at the only publicly acknowledged U.S. base...

Author David Poyer is a “master” of the naval fiction genre (Quarterdeck) who created the Future War series 10 years ago after seeing China’s rise acc...

VETERANS: Nov. 11 is Veterans Day, and local veteran Alex “Dick” Freeman has a reminder for us. He stopped by The Era this week to share his story and...

If you wonder what Republicans are accomplishing in Washington, look no further than the Senate Armed Services committee, where a majority of them vot...

The U.S. Navy has one paramount mission: prepare to defend our nation and our national interests through the application of violence at sea. Getting a...

Courage is the kind of thing anyone can have. Grab the moment. Seize the day. But valor is different. Valor is a special kind of bravery. Valor speaks...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Jordan D. McLaughlin of Olean, N.Y., successfully completed four years of challenging academic, physical and professional military tr...

The attack on Pearl Harbor came on a quiet Sunday morning, Dec. 7, 1941. By the time the last bomb fell, the last torpedo exploded and the last bullet...