Dave Ress

Staff writer

Dave Ress is a former reporter for the Daily Press and The Virginian-Pilot.

With a surge in shipping traffic, major construction projects on the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and the main shipping channel, managing traffic — just one of the basic missions of the Coast Guard — is a growing challenge, Luria said.

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February 22, 2022

Coast Guard workload has grown in Hampton Roads, Kaine and Luria say

“We owe it to them to provide the training and assessments so they can keep themselves safe ... so they can go home to their families at night.”

By Dave Ress

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February 19, 2022

Norfolk’s Naval safety experts get new, expanded job

"It is deeply satisfying to watch these disparate teams, ship’s crew and embarked Marine troops bond."

By Dave Ress

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February 17, 2022

Kearsarge pre-deployment exercise tests NATO control, work with Coast Guard

Virginia is home to about 1,850 seafood processing and wholesale workers, roughly who represents 3% of the U.S. total.

By Dave Ress

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February 16, 2022

Virginia seafood sector gets $1.9M COVID mitigation grant

The Truman, the French carrier Charles de Gaulle and the Italian carrier Cavour each had a chance to launch and recover one another’s air wings.

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February 15, 2022

American, French, Italian aircraft carriers in Mediterranean work with each other’s fighter jets

These LCAC-100s can go up to speeds of 35 knots: "It just pushes you back into your chair."

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February 15, 2022

Little Creek gets first two of U.S. Navy’s newest hovercraft

Some school teachers from Virginia and Tennessee got a taste of what recruits around them are undergoing, so they can tell students what it involves. "You’re learning selflessness. ... You’re learning accountability. And being fast. We eat fast, we move fast. We sleep fast."

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February 13, 2022

A lesson on Parris Island: Virginia school teachers get taste of the boot camp that makes U.S. Marines

Their mission is to assist the UAE, which has suffered a series of recent attacks from Houthi rebels from Yemen.

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February 12, 2022

Pilots, F-22s from Langley Air Force Base deploy to UAE after recent attacks

After a recent visit, Hunt CEO Brian Stann and base officials set a series of window replacements and street repairs at the top of the to-do list.

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February 11, 2022

More preventive maintenance funds means stepped up efforts at Langley Air Force Base housing, Hunt says

"When people come and say ‘I need help,’ you want to be there,” said Stacey Johnson, executive director of the Riverside Behavioral Health Center. The new partial hospitalization program provides access to Riverside’s entire hospital-based system of addiction and behavioral health care.

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February 10, 2022