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6 days ago
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Keel laid for guided-missile destroyer USS Quentin Walsh
Construction has officially begun on the new Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Quentin Walsh (DDG 132), named after a World War II hero and Navy Cross recipient. The vessel's keel was laid May 20 during a ceremony at General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works in Maine, during which Walsh's great-granddaughter, Madison Ann Zolper, welded her initials into the keel plate as is customary for a ship's sponsor. Walsh, a captain in the U.S. Coast Guard, helped plan the capture of Cherbourg in the days leading up to the invasion of Normandy on D-Day on June 6, 1944. He earned his place in history when, in a series of daring enterprises, he captured about 750 German soldiers with a force of 53 men and liberated 52 U.S. paratroopers in the wake of the D-Day landings. He continued to lead a life of military and community service after the war. 'We are honored to mark the beginning of the construction for the future USS Quentin Walsh and celebrate his legacy with his family. DDG 132 will provide our Navy with critical strategic capabilities to support Fleet readiness,' said Capt. Jay Young, Arleigh Burke-class destroyer program manager of Program Executive Office Ships, in a release. The vessel will be equipped with AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar, a four-sided phased array radar that can defend against a wide variety of missiles, including hypersonic missiles, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. Ships equipped with SPY-6 radar technology can also counter threats from surface vessels and the air, as well as electronic attacks.
Yahoo
12-05-2025
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Remembering Hamilton County Deputy Larry Henderson and his 4 decades of public service
When Larry Henderson graduated from Mariemont High School in 1985, he had already enlisted in the Marines. Henderson, who grew up in Terrace Park, was continuing a family tradition. His father served in the Marines during the Vietnam War. His grandfather was awarded the Navy Cross for his service in the Marines during World War II. Henderson spent several years as a missile operator, based in Hawaii. Then, between 1991 and 1992, after being called back to service during the Gulf War, he was a tank crew member at Fort Knox in Kentucky. Funeral arrangements announced: Deputy killed as he directed traffic near UC graduation His commitment to service didn't end there. By 1991, he had joined the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, starting out as a corrections officer at the jail. He would serve 33 years before retiring in December 2024. 'He had a dedicated drive to serve – whether it was his country, his county or just his friends,' said retired Hamilton County sheriff's Sgt. Bradford Justice, a close friend of Henderson's. 'He would give you the shirt off his back and wouldn't think twice about it.' But after his retirement, Henderson continued to work as a special deputy, taking assignments like the one he was working the afternoon of May 2, when he was killed by a man who prosecutors say intentionally drove into him. Henderson, a 57-year-old father of five, was doing traffic control for a University of Cincinnati graduation ceremony. It was the kind of tragedy that seems improbable for a man who spent more than two decades on a regional bomb squad, about a decade as a SWAT team member, and also served on the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force. A timeline of events: Hamilton County sheriff's deputy death One of Henderson's first calls with the bomb squad was to a cornfield, where he and his team had to disarm about a dozen improvised explosive devices similar to anti-personnel mines used by the military. They had been placed in the fields to protect a marijuana crop. All were safely disarmed. Another early response was to a house that had been rigged to explode by a man who died by suicide inside the house. The man's apparent goal was to take out as many first responders as possible. 'We lost a really good one,' Justice said. He joined the bomb squad with Henderson in the early 2000s. Justice also served with Henderson on the Hamilton County Police Association SWAT team, which includes law enforcement personnel from multiple police agencies. Henderson was promoted to road patrol in 1998 but was constantly involved in activities beyond his road patrol duties. In addition to the bomb squad and SWAT team, Henderson was a field training officer for new deputies, a dive team member, an active shooter instructor, Taser instructor and self-defense instructor. Hamilton County sheriff's Lt. Erik Pfaffl, who was trained by Henderson in 2001 and ended up working with him on the same road patrol squad, said he has never known anyone at the agency who took on as many specialized assignments as Henderson. 'He had a very strong sense of duty, and he was that person who was always early, who was always ready to go,' Pfaffl said. 'But what made it unique – everything that he did, he was so good at.' He said Henderson's work as a trainer at the academy had a lasting impact. 'He 100 percent saved cops' lives,' Pfaffl said. Henderson also was well known to the University of Cincinnati football program. For approximately 20 years, Henderson was part of the security detail for UC's football team, university officials confirmed. That time frame spanned several coaches, including Brian Kelly, now at Louisiana State University, current U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville, and current head coach Scott Satterfield. He would travel to away games as well as bowl games, which meant that after games, Henderson and another officer would walk on the field with the head coach. He could often be seen on national television broadcasts. Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey, in public comments May 6, said Henderson never sought a promotion beyond deputy. He was adamant about wanting to be on "the front line," McGuffey said. "He was certainly an all-around, extraordinary man," she said, "who gave his life to public service." Staff writers Bebe Hodges and Quinlan Bentley contributed to this report. This story was updated to add a video. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Remembering Hamilton County Sheriff's Deputy Larry Henderson
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Yahoo
'Dedicated drive to serve': Deputy Larry Henderson gave 4 decades of public service
When Larry Henderson graduated from Mariemont High School in 1985, he had already enlisted in the Marines. Henderson, who grew up in Terrace Park, was continuing a family tradition. His father served in the Marines during the Vietnam War. His grandfather was awarded the Navy Cross for his service in the Marines during World War II. Henderson spent several years as a missile operator, based in Hawaii. Then, between 1991 and 1992, after being called back to service during the Gulf War, he was a tank crew member at Fort Knox in Kentucky. His commitment to service didn't end there. By 1991, he had joined the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, starting out as a corrections officer at the jail. He would serve 33 years before retiring in December 2024. 'He had a dedicated drive to serve – whether it was his country, his county or just his friends,' said retired Hamilton County sheriff's Sgt. Bradford Justice, a close friend of Henderson's. 'He would give you the shirt off his back and wouldn't think twice about it.' Hamilton County Sheriff's Deputy Larry Henderson But after his retirement, Henderson continued to work as a special deputy, taking assignments like the one he was working the afternoon of May 2, when he was killed by a man who prosecutors say intentionally drove into him. Henderson, a 57-year-old father of five, was doing traffic control for a University of Cincinnati graduation ceremony. It was the kind of tragedy that seems improbable for a man who spent more than two decades on a regional bomb squad, about a decade as a SWAT team member, and also served on the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force. 'Strong sense of duty' One of Henderson's first calls with the bomb squad was to a cornfield, where he and his team had to disarm about a dozen improvised explosive devices similar to anti-personnel mines used by the military. They had been placed in the fields to protect a marijuana crop. All were safely disarmed. Another early response was to a house that had been rigged to explode by a man who died by suicide inside the house. The man's apparent goal was to take out as many first responders as possible. 'We lost a really good one,' Justice said. He joined the bomb squad with Henderson in the early 2000s. Justice also served with Henderson on the Hamilton County Police Association SWAT team, which includes law enforcement personnel from multiple police agencies. Henderson was promoted to road patrol in 1998 but was constantly involved in activities beyond his road patrol duties. In addition to the bomb squad and SWAT team, Henderson was a field training officer for new deputies, a dive team member, an active shooter instructor, Taser instructor and self-defense instructor. Hamilton County sheriff's Lt. Erik Pfaffl, who was trained by Henderson in 2001 and ended up working with him on the same road patrol squad, said he has never known anyone at the agency who took on as many specialized assignments as Henderson. 'He had a very strong sense of duty, and he was that person who was always early, who was always ready to go,' Pfaffl said. 'But what made it unique – everything that he did, he was so good at.' He said Henderson's work as a trainer at the academy had a lasting impact. 'He 100 percent saved cops' lives,' Pfaffl said. Security detail for UC football Henderson also was well known to the University of Cincinnati football program. For approximately 20 years, Henderson was part of the security detail for UC's football team, university officials confirmed. That time frame spanned several coaches, including Brian Kelly, now at Louisiana State University, current U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville, and current head coach Scott Satterfield. Larry Henderson at an undated University of Cincinnati football game. He would travel to away games as well as bowl games, which meant that after games, Henderson and another officer would walk on the field with the head coach. He could often be seen on national television broadcasts. Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey, in public comments May 6, said Henderson never sought a promotion beyond deputy. He was adamant about wanting to be on "the front line," McGuffey said. "He was certainly an all-around, extraordinary man," she said, "who gave his life to public service." Staff writers Bebe Hodges and Quinlan Bentley contributed to this report. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Remembering Hamilton County Sheriff's Deputy Larry Henderson
Yahoo
20-04-2025
- Entertainment
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Gulfstream Park Results for April 19, 2025
Copyright 2025 Equibase Company. 1ST--1 Mile Turf 9. Blossoming Erudite Joe Bravo 14.00/ 5.60/ 3.60 5. Tonalite Edgar Perez 4.00/ 2.80 4. Sizzle Edgard J. Zayas 2.40 $1 Exacta (9-5) $29.70; $0.10 Superfecta (9-5-4-8) $49.83; $0.50 Trifecta (9-5-4) $39.60. 2ND--1 1/16th Miles 8. Navy Cross Edgar Perez 15.00/ 6.60/ 5.20 13. Indy Lyon Joe Bravo 15.40/ 10.60 3. Light Fury Edwin Gonzalez 4.40 $1 Daily Double (9-8) $90.60; $1 E (8-13) $109.00; $0.10 S (8-13-3-11) $624.05; $0.50 T (8-13-3) $329.00. 3RD--5 Furlongs 1. Cajun's Cookin Rajiv Maragh 7.60/ 3.40/ 2.80 7. Tricky Tiger Emisael Jaramillo 2.40/ 2.20 4. Prince David Jose E. Morelos 5.00 $1 DD (8-1) $40.00; $1 E (1-7) $11.70; $0.10 S (1-7-4-9) $12.55; $0.50 T (1-7-4) $25.65. 4TH--6 1/2 Furlongs Dirt 2. Rumours Have It Edgard J. Zayas 7.40/ 4.80/ 2.20 5. Dance to Remember Miguel Angel Vasquez 14.20/ 5.40 6. Fantastic Flame Edwin Gonzalez 2.10 $1 DD (1-2) $12.90; $1 E (2-5) $65.20; $0.10 S (2-5-6-1) $21.98; $0.50 T (2-5-6) $50.75. 5TH--1 Mile 70 Yards 3. Downing Street Miguel Angel Vasquez 3.60/ 2.40/ 2.10 1. Fredericksburg Joseph Trejos 5.20/ 4.60 9. Yemrehanakristos Edgar Perez 9.60 $1 DD (2-3) $9.80; $1 E (3-1) $7.80; $0.10 S (3-1-9-6) $69.84; $0.50 T (3-1-9) $46.30. 6TH--1 Mile Dirt 7. Vibe Emisael Jaramillo 5.00/ 4.00/ 3.00 4. Radical Rhetoric Joe Bravo 4.80/ 3.20 1. Astin Style Leonel Reyes 3.20 $1 DD (3-7) $6.10; $1 E (7-4) $14.20; $0.10 S (7-4-1-6) $23.00; $0.50 T (7-4-1) $24.70. 7TH--5 Furlongs Turf 1. Chess Master Luca Panici 15.60/ 6.60/ 4.00 9. Red River Rebel Leonel Reyes 4.20/ 2.60 8. Tap Gold Edwin Gonzalez 3.20 $1 DD (7-1) $31.20; $1 E (1-9) $37.80; $0.10 S (1-9-8-7) $61.83; $0.50 T (1-9-8) $95.30. 8TH--6 1/2 Furlongs Dirt 5. Moment's Notice Emisael Jaramillo 4.20/ 2.80/ 2.20 1. The Golden Gorilla Jose E. Morelos 20.60/ 8.40 8. Canuto Joseph Trejos 6.20 $1 DD (1-5) $18.50; $1 E (5-1) $29.50; S (5-1-8-7) $185.24; $0.50 T (5-1-8) $110.85. 9TH--1 Mile 4. Do Gooder Jose E. Morales 11.00/ 5.40/ 4.00 3. Smiling Ellie Joe Bravo 6.00/ 4.00 2. Silver Moonlight Edgard J. Zayas 3.80 $1 DD (5-4) $11.10; $1 E (4-3) $26.70; S (4-3-2-8) $36.73; $0.50 T (4-3-2) $53.15. 10TH--7 Furlongs Dirt 7. Antiquarian Edgard J. Zayas 3.40/ 3.40/ 2.10 8. Shaq Diesel Miguel Angel Vasquez 4.20/ 2.60 4. Secret Chat Emisael Jaramillo 2.60 $1 DD (4-7) $15.70; $1 E (7-8) $7.60; S (7-8-4-2) $5.33; $0.50 T (7-8-4) $9.25. 11TH--1 Mile 5. Candytown Edgard J. Zayas 4.80/ 3.20/ 2.20 3. Paris Surprise Edwin Gonzalez 3.00/ 2.20 7. Papa Golf Emisael Jaramillo 2.80 $1 DD (7-5) $5.60; $1 E (5-3) $8.60; S (5-3-7-4) $13.25; $0.50 T (5-3-7) $15.45.
Yahoo
22-03-2025
- Politics
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Historic figures cut from military websites while others are restored following ‘DEI' ban
For the last four years, high school world history teacher Hadley DiForti has taught the story of Navy hero Doris Miller to her students. Miller, a cook on a ship, gunned down attacking Japanese planes at Pearl Harbor in 1941, before he led other sailors to safety. The effort made him the first Black sailor to receive the Navy Cross, and his image was used on recruitment posters. But earlier this year, when DiForti went to a Navy website that she had used for years to teach the students about Miller's story, it had been taken down, leaving her students feeling 'significantly upset.' 'I was extremely angry,' the Tennessee teacher said. 'I've taught about him now for four years in a row, and kids really do like learning about him.' She has come to rely on .gov websites because she could trust them, she said, but 'now, that's not the case.' The Department of Defense did not respond to a request for comment for this story. Pentagon press secretary John Ullyot told NBC News earlier this week that 'DEI is dead at the Defense Department. Discriminatory Equity Ideology is a form of Woke cultural Marxism that has no place in our military. It Divides the force, Erodes unit cohesion and Interferes with the services' core warfighting mission.' While one of the Navy's webpages about Miller had been restored, others have not. He is one of many people from marginalized backgrounds documented in thousands of webpages and images whose military history has been scrubbed from Pentagon websites, following President Donald Trump's executive order calling for government agencies to do away with anything that touches what may be perceived as diversity, equity and inclusion. 'We are pleased by the rapid compliance across the Department with the directive removing DEI content from all platforms,' Ullyot continued. 'In the rare cases that content is removed — either deliberately or by mistake — that is out of the clearly outlined scope of the directive, we instruct the components and they correct the content accordingly.' Some pages about figures like Jackie Robinson, the Tuskegee Airmen, the Navajo Code Talkers and Desert Storm-era Gen. Colin Powell have been restored following public outrage. But many remain down and have not been restored. 'It is both perplexing and disheartening to witness initiatives that, under the guise of DEI, obscure the very narratives that shape our collective history,' said Nika White, a long-time DEI expert and author of the book 'Diversity Uncomplicated.' 'Eliminating references to these figures not only undermines foundational principles of DEI but stands as a glaring contradiction to the pursuit of truth.' The amount of truth that stands to be lost is substantial, given the countless contributions by Black people, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community who were military heroes and historical figures. 'At its core, DEI is about recognizing and valuing the diverse experiences and contributions of all individuals, particularly those historically marginalized,' White said. 'To erase these contributions is to engage in a form of historical revisionism that diminishes the legacies of countless service members who have fought valiantly for our country.' Multiple pages about Robinson, a second lieutenant in the Army who went on to break the color barrier in professional baseball, were taken down, including a page about Negro League players talking about serving in the military. But as of Wednesday afternoon, at least one page about Robinson, in a series about athletes who served in the military, had been reinstated. Similarly, most of the webpages about Miller remain down. One Navy History and Heritage Command page about Miller has been restored, but a large red banner at the top of the site warns that content had been 'revised or removed to align with the President's executive orders and DoD priorities.' Other webpages about him on the Navy's website remain down. 'It's not fair and it's really shocking that our government would do this,' DiForti said. 'I want our students to be able to look at those heroes that serve this country, that looked like them, and realize that they could be like them one day, and not just the heroes that look like me.' Henry-Louis Taylor, the director of urban studies at the University at Buffalo, said the omission of Black war heroes like Miller 'reflects a broader effort to erase Black history and return to a time when U.S. history was a fantasy centered on white glory. If Trump's goal had been a colorblind portrayal of military history, he could have simply omitted racial identifiers.' He said it seems the objective has been to prioritize the history of white participation and heroism. 'This erasure is not just an attack on Black and other people of color — it's an attack on truth itself, turning history as a social science into history as a fairy tale.' Donald Williamson, who served 25 years in the Army, said the changes foretell 'a sad day in America.' 'This goes against everything we were taught about diversity and inclusion in our ranks,' he said. The Army website had deleted and then reinstated this week the page for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. More than a third of the soldiers were born to Japanese immigrants, and despite dealing with racism in the U.S., the 442nd became the most decorated unit in American military history for its size. The group, which had to be replenished several times, totaled about 14,000 soldiers, of which 9,486 received Purple Hearts, 21 Medals of Honor and eight Presidential Unit Citations. Missing last week on the Arlington National Cemetery website were pages about Hector Santa Anna, a World War II bomber pilot, as well as pages about dozens of notable Black, Latino and female veterans. Among the information missing was that for Powell, the former general who became the first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which is the highest rank in the military after the president. His page was restored on March 16. Medgar Evers, the civil rights icon who served in the Army during World War II, was removed from the Arlington Cemetery website as well. In 2017, Trump called Evers a 'great American hero' at the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. Taylor, the historian, referred to the book 'Black Reconstruction in America' by scholar W.E.B. DuBois. In it, DuBois argued that white scholars had deliberately falsified American history to create a narrative that offered a 'false but comforting sense of accomplishment,' Taylor said. DuBois said in the book that such manipulation had led people to describe history as 'lies agreed upon' and warned that this misinformation would have destructive consequences. Taylor said DuBois foresaw what's happening now. 'Nothing good can come of this,' Taylor said. This article was originally published on
