Tag: Marine

USS Saratoga departs for Port of Brownsville

  PRESS Staff Report     The USS Saratoga (CV-60), a former U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, departed Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island last week en route to the Port of Brownsville, where it will be scrapped at ESCO Marine. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition by …

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CLOSE CALL: Marine Unit rescues distressed kayakers

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Air and Marine’s Brownsville Marine Unit (BMU) rescued two kayakers near the jetties in the South Padre Island area after their kayak had overturned last weekend. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition by clicking here or …

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Woman on mission after husband’s death

By CHRISTINA R. GARZA Special to the PRESS LOS FRESNOS – A Marine Corps Meritorious Mast award to Edoardo “Eddie” Polanco is on display at his home in Los Fresnos. Among the many achievements listed is Eddie Polanco’s participation in 25 tactical convoys covering over 6,000 miles in Iraq, where he served two tours before …

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