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• Cross Hall Galley Trains Future Watch Captains

• Coast Guards Eagle moving to City Pier in New London

  The Coast Guard barque Eagle has secured priority docking at City Pier that will allow it to call New London’s waterfront home for at least 20 years.

• Electric Boat could benefit from problems with submarine parts

  Problems with submarine parts failing faster than predicted could lead to more work for private shipyards such as Electric Boa

• Sub base lab celebrates 75 years of medical research

  For 75 years, scientists have been pioneering medical research at the Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory that is designed to improve the health, safety and performance of submariners.

• More than Half of Service Members Are Vaccinated

  About 68% of active duty service members have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, but officials are concerned about threats from the delta variant, Pentagon officials said Wednesday, according to The Hill

• Do military personnel in southeastern Connecticut feel welcome in the local community

  While service members are regularly queried about racism and discrimination within the ranks, they’re less likely to be asked about what they are experiencing in the communities where they live and work.

• The Coast Guards eye in the sky Civil Air Patrol monitors ice

  About 1,500 feet in the air in clear blue skies, the focus is down below.

• Connecticut needs thousands of skilled workers to build nuclear submarines

  Rep. Joe Courtney on Thursday convened General Dynamics Electric Boat representatives and others to review the work of the region’s workforce pipeline churning out a rising number of nuclear submarines

• Nautilus leaves Submarine Force Museum for $36 million preservation project

  The Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, was towed Friday afternoon from its home at the Submarine Force Museum upriver to a pier at the Naval Submarine Base, where it will undergo an estimated $36 million preservation project.

• US Department of Education adopts Courtney recommendations on student loan forgiveness

  The U.S. Department of Education has adopted policy changes pushed by U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, that will help service members gain easier student loan forgiveness.

• Lamont comes to Groton, signs bill aimed at aiding military families

  Gov. Ned Lamont came to Groton Monday morning to sign a bill aimed at helping military families relocate to the state.

• Waterford moves forward with demolishing abandoned marina

  Two abandoned docks adjacent to the condominiums on Scotch Cap Road are set to be demolished.

• SASC Adds Six F-35s To FY22 NDAA Splits With House

  House and Senate lawmakers are headed for a clash over the Defense Department’s troubled F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program — with leading senators pushing the Air Force and Navy to buy more planes in fiscal 2022, while the just-passed House defense policy bill threatens cutbacks to service buys if the fighter’s enormous sustainment costs can not be wrestled down.

• First Connecticut-Built Sikorsky CH53K Helicopter in Hands of US Marine Corps

  Sikorsky today celebrated the first Connecticut-built CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter that will be delivered to the U.S. Marine Corps, parent company Lockheed Martin said Sept. 24.

• Submarine Base Commander Embraces Vaccine in Battle Against COVID-19

  As commanding officer of the Naval Submarine Base, Capt. Todd Moore’s job is to prepare sailors and submarines to go to sea.