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Key Hurricane-Monitoring Data Will Stay Online, Officials Say

The Department of Defense said it no longer planned to shut down a program that makes satellite data publicly available to researchers and forecasters.

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According to the Navy, the data will now remain available until the sensors stop working or until the monitoring program formally ends next year.
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Marine General to Lead Naval Academy, a First

Lt. Gen. Michael J. Borgschulte, an aviator who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, will relieve Vice Adm. Yvette M. Davids, the academy’s first female superintendent.

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Underclass midshipmen during the Oath of Office ceremony at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., last month.
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China’s Aircraft Carriers Push Into Waters Long Dominated by U.S.

Recent drills near Japan reflect China’s ambitions to extend its navy’s reach and exert greater influence, in the Pacific and beyond.

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Fighter jets could be seen on the flight deck of China’s first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, as it was anchored in Hong Kong this month.
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