12 October 2019 USS Cole Honors their Heroes The guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) crew, past and present, gathered alongside families and guests today, to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the ships bombing...
06 January 2019 CENTCOM Statement on Death of USS Cole Bombing Operative U.S. Central Command spokesman Capt. Bill Urban released a statement Jan. 6 on the death of Jamal al-Badawi...
02 November 2018 Remembering Cole: One Sailor's Emotional Experience On a cold January day in Virginia, men and women of the guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook's (DDG 75) engineering department stood at attention both somber and quiet...
22 October 2018 USS Cole Attack Survivors Tour RTC's USS Trayer On the 18th anniversary of the attack, James and Heidi Thompson watched proudly as James, the oldest boy in a family that has grown to six children, graduated from boot camp Oct. 12, at Recruit Training Command (RTC)...
27 September 2018 Former USS Cole command master chief visits Navy students, METC staff Oct. 12, 2000 was a day retired Command Master Chief James Parlier will never forget. The retired Navy hospital corpsman was serving as the command master chief, the highest enlisted crew member, of the USS Cole when it was attacked while being refueled in Yemen’s Aden harbor. Seventeen...
22 July 2016 Cole Returns from Group Sail Guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, July 21, after a monthlong group sail as part of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 2...
13 October 2015 15 Years Later, Memories of USS Cole Bombing Remain Fresh 15 years ago a bomb gashed the port side of the USS Cole as it moored in the Aden harbor off the coast of Yemin. That bombing was the deadliest attack on an American ship in more than a decade killing 17 Sailors and injuring 39 more...
06 May 2015 USS Cole Welcomes Local Chef, Guests for Fleet Week Luncheon The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) held the annual "Celebrity Chef Luncheon," where food is prepared by a local chef for Sailors and members of the local community, in the ship's wardroom as part of Fleet Week Port Everglades May 6...
12 October 2014 Attacks on USS Cole spurred DIA’s counterterrorism mission Terrorists attacked the USS Cole during a scheduled refueling stop in Aden, Yemen, on Oct. 12, 2000. A small boat carrying explosives rammed the Cole, ripping a 40-by-40 foot hole in its side, killing 17 U.S. Navy personnel and injuring many more.Then-Secretary of Defense William Cohen launched an...
13 October 2005 White House Remembers Sailors Killed in USS Cole Attack The sailors who died on board the USS Cole in a terrorist attack were remembered Oct. 12 at Arlington National Cemetery on the fifth anniversary of the attack.The White House Commission on Remembrance hosted the ceremony at the site where three of the guided missile destroyer's crewmembers are...