SOMERSET — Why is it important for a crew of volunteers from the U.S. Navy to come to Somerset County and lay 40 flags during the commemoration of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001? The crew from one ...

An experience of a lifetime is how three of Somerset County's leaders described their latest adventure. Ron Aldom, Somerset County Chamber of Commerce executive director, Somerset County Commissioner ...

Upwards of 1,400 sailors and Marines aboard the amphibious warship USS Somerset have returned to San Diego from a seven-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific, where they participated in various drills ...

SOMERSET, Pa. (Tribune News Service) — The crew of the Navy's USS Somerset have been frequent guests for years in the county for which their ship is named — attending Flight 93 memorial ceremonies, ...

Sailors assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) visited Somerset County Monday to attend the 22nd anniversary observance of Sept. 11 at the Flight 93 National Memorial.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The USS Somerset, which will be christened Saturday, is the last of three Navy ships named for 9/11 attack sites and embodies many reminders of that fateful day. It can attack in ...

Kim Rixen, the mother of a Navy navigation technician, was reunited with her son aboard the USS Somerset, as the ship embarked to San Francisco Fleet Week. Her son, Connor, joined the Navy ...

Marine Corps AAV-P7/A1 assault amphibious vehicle driver with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, drives an AAV-P7/A1 up the well deck ramp of the amphibious ...

CHONBURI PROVINCE, Kingdom of Thailand – Elements of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived Feb. 23 in Chonburi province aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) to ...

The Navy plans a Saturday christening for the USS Somerset, the last of three ships named for sites of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.The amphibious landing transport is named for the Pennsylvania county ...