USS Nimitz departs Bremerton to conduct routine operations
The Navy says the carrier will be serving in the Indo-Pacific region.
Lt. Commander Pietrack highlights the USS Nimitz is in its 50th year of service and the carrier is,'...demonstrating the power of teamwork and cooperation in maintaining maritime stability and global security.'
The USS Nimitz is set to be decommissioned next year before a proposed plan to make way for the new USS JFK in 2029, according to the U.S. Navy.
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- Newsweek
Hawaii Red Hill Water Contamination Lawsuit Expands
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New York Post
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- New York Post
US sailor, 19, declared lost at sea after going missing off Australia coast, remembered as a ‘hero'
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Dominion Post
2 days ago
- Dominion Post
Randa Mae Phillips Hall
Randa Mae Phillips Hall, 100, peacefully left her earthly home Saturday, August 9, 2025. Randa was born in Jellico, Tenn. to George Joseph Phillips and Mary Lissie Leach Phillips April 28, 1925. Her family moved to Webster County, where, in 1938, she was baptized in the Elk River and became a member of the Bergoo Baptist married Leonard M. Hall June 14, 1942, making her a young World War II Navy leaving Webster County, Randa and Leonard moved to Arthurdale, where they raised their family in a historic home. They later moved to Jollytown, Pa., before retiring to Sebring, Fla., where Randa enjoyed bowling, swimming, dancing, playing dominoes, and bike faithfully attended The Church of Buttonwood Bay while living in the past three years, she lived in Sycamore, Pa., but very recently with her daughter Sheila in was an avid reader of Amish and Christian books, consuming sometimes a book a was a member of the Order of Eastern Star of West is survived by eight of her nine children: Eddie Hall and Frances Carper (Jim), all of Sebring; Paul Michael Hall (Linda) of Morgantown; Roy Hall (Vicki) of Hundred; Debra Street (Dave) of Masontown; Sheila Hartley (Marshall) of Wadestown; Joyce Conklin (Doug) of Sycamore; and Jackie Hall of St. Cloud, Fla. Also surviving are her son-in-law, Doug Carper of Morgantown; 24 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; two great-great-granddaughters; sister, Evelyn Mick of Medina, Ohio; brother, Charles Phillips of Dayton, Ohio; sister-in-law, Kathy Phillips of Maryville, Tenn.; and many nieces and nephews on both the Hall and Phillips sides. She was last of the 'Hall Aunts' was predeceased by her parents; loving husband of 69 years, Leonard; her eldest daughter, Barbara Carper; son-in-law, Larry W. Fordyce; daughter- in-law, Princess Beth Hall; granddaughters, Teresa Carper and Diana Carper; her great- granddaughter, Victoria Hall; and her brothers, Joe, Ernest, Jerome, Billy, and Donald family would like to thank Randa's many caregivers and WV Caring Hospice of lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations, in her memory, to the Bergoo Baptist Church, 3201 Bergoo Road, Webster Springs, WV 26288; or, donate a large print book, in her memory, to one's local will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 12, in Dodd & Reed Funeral Home, Webster Springs, with Pastor Bennie Cowger officiating. Friends may join the family for visitation from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., prior to the service. Burial will follow at Hall Family Cemetery, Guardian. Condolences may be sent to the Hall family at Dodd & Reed Funeral Home is honored to be serving the Hall family.
