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...
12 October 2018 Retired USS Cole Sailor remembers fallen shipm "Before there was a 9-11, there was a 10-12,” said Joe Pelly, a retired Navy senior chief petty officer who now works at NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support. Pelly is a Logistics Element Manager (LEM) in the Littoral Combat Ship Integrated Weapon Systems Team (LCS IWST).It has been 18 years since...
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...
12 October 2010 Obama Honors USS Cole Victims, Vows Continued Vigilance President Barack Obama remembered the 17 sailors Oct. 12, lost a decade ago during the attack on the USS Cole by vowing to remain vigilant in working with Yemen and other global partners to counter the al-Qaida threat.Obama said in a White House statement that the fallen Cole sailors "were serving...
10 June 2010 Citadel Protect 2010 training reinforces force protection importance The Navy continues to improve its force protection posture at home and overseas through series of training events, tabletop exercises, conferences and major exercises.These efforts will culminate Oct. 12 - the 10-year anniversary of the attack on USS Cole (DDG 67) - with the Anti-Terrorism Flag...