WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The Medal of Honor was created during the Civil War, a conflict that divided the nation and led to the distribution of 1,525 of the new medals to service members for their heroism. Nine of those medals were bestowed upon some of the gunship USS Agawam's crew members, whose brave actions kickstarted the First Battle of Fort Fisher, in North Carolina. For most of the Civil War, Fort Fisher saw very little combat, b  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release: Talvin Lamar Brandon, 29, was sentenced to 96 months in prison for armed drug trafficking after hitting an officer's patrol car as he was fleeing from a traffic stop. On September 3, 2024, Brandon pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, and possession with the intent to distribute 500  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: CHERRY POINT, N.C. - Guardian, the Navy's new UAS detect-and-avoidance system, will make unmanned training safer and more efficient at its first-ever operational squadron, Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Training Squadron (VMUT) 2, after its August installation at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. Engineers from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division delivered Guardian to th  more