Navy

NAVY to release findings of investigation
By Jared Scott Mandel
March 3, 2011 - 2:00pm
U.S. NAVY expected to release findings of investigation of raunchy videos filmed aboard U.S.S enterprise.

 The U.S. NAVY is expected to release the findings of its investigation into raunhy videos involving Syracuse-area native Captain Owen Honors Junior today.

October marks unforgettable anniversary for Tony Ferrara
By Shannon Woodward
October 21, 2010 - 1:02pm
Tony Ferrara will forever remember the day his Carrier Circle gas station blew up.

This month marks a memorable anniversary for Tony Ferrara.

According to The Post-Standard, fifty-eight years ago, Ferrara, 83, miraculously survived a natural gas line leak that blew up his gas station on Carrier Circle.

“I ran the station with a partner. It was my day to work,” Ferrara said. “I walked in, to the back, and turned on the heat. As soon as I did, there was an explosion.”

Paulus joins Navy coaching team
By Erica Sanderson
August 2, 2010 - 5:53pm
Greg Paulus is hired as basketball assistant at U.S. Naval Academy.

People doubted him, but Greg Paulus has made sports a full-time job. 

Paulus is the new assistant basketball coach to Billy Lange at the Naval Academy. 

Onondaga Villages facing cuts
By Nena Garga
April 9, 2010 - 10:15am
Plus, the Navy bans smoking on submarines and Kate Gosselin gets a new show.

Manlius is looking to issue a pay freeze for all its employees, the Liverpool School District is eliminating its universal pre-kindergarden program and Marcellus is thinking of making cuts to its police force. All of this is because of a proposition that would eliminate the revenue coming in from sales tax. 

Suspected pirates captured after attacking U.S. Navy
By Emily Knox
April 1, 2010 - 1:42pm
Plus, Onondaga Lake Skatepark launches season today and What they're saying about Syracuse recruit Fab Melo in the McDonald's All-American game

A group of suspected pirates was captured Thursday after attacking a U.S. Navy frigate in the Indian Ocean.

CNN.com is reporting the USS Nicholas reported taking fire from a suspected pirate skiff west of Seychelles shortly after midnight local time. The Nicholas immediately pursued the skiff, which was eventually disabled. A boarding team from the Nicholas then captured and detained three people.

Navy ship honors 9/11 victims
By Christopher Hein
November 2, 2009 - 6:04pm
The new Navy ship, USS New York, salutes the victims of 9/11

The USS New York Navy assault ship pulled into its namesake city today honoring the victims of 9/11.  A 21-gun salute near the site of the 2001 terrorist attack saluted the ship as it arrived. First responders, families of September 11 victims and the public gathered Monday to see this incredible site.

The new Navy ship was built using more than seven and a half tons of steel from the World Trade Centers.  It was actually scheduled to be built before the terrorist attacks, but a year later an announcement came saying the ship would be named in honor of New York City and...