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• 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.

• ‘This is our duty’: Coast Guard Academy Superintendent Gets Vaccine

  As Journey’s “Separate Ways” played in the background, Rear Adm. Bill Kelly, superintendent of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, rolled up his sleeve and got his first shot of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.

• I feel like were punished Military spouses face employment barriers

  For military spouse Atiya Nathan, a mental health therapist, it took five months to obtain a professional license from the state of Mississippi after the Navy transferred her husband there.

• National Guard officer candidates push through amid challenging conditions

  National Guard officer candidates have been fighting the heat, humidity and affronts to their physical endurance since arriving in East Lyme last Friday for the 67th Officer Candidate School at Camp Nett and Stones Ranch Military Reservation.

• Officials back proposal to improve military spouse employment in Connecticut

  Military spouses have an unemployment rate of 16% — four times the national average, according to an estimate from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.

• US Navy Honors Thomas Conway Waterburys Hero Priest Of World War II

  The Rev. Thomas Conway, Waterbury native and heroic chaplain of the ill-fated USS Indianapolis, was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously on Friday for his selfless courage.

• President Joe Biden delivers commencement address at Coast Guard Academy in New London

  The U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduated 240 ensigns at Cadet Memorial Field on Wednesday, in a commencement ceremony that included an address from President Joe Biden and marked more of a return to normalcy after last year's ceremony went virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• USS Delaware families get holiday visit from first lady Jill Biden

  Family members of submariners on the USS Delaware got a visit Thursday from first lady Jill Biden and Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, at a festive holiday gathering that United Through Reading hosted at the U.S. Submarine Veterans Club.

• Birth of the Eagle: How a Nazi training ship found its way to the Coast Guard Academy

  The three-masted vessel that appeared in the harbor the morning of July 12, 1946, looked like something out of New London's past, but it belonged to the future.

• Defense Spending Bill Promises Historic Support For Submarine Production Courtney Says

  Proposed defense spending approved by the U.S. House of Representatives includes a historic level of support for submarine construction and procurement and would help lay the groundwork for future production of three nuclear submarines a year, according to Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District.