JAMES CITY COUNTY Being the captain’s wife in a group of 16th-century mercenaries from the Holy Roman Empire had its perks. Travel: Tent living in the Alps. Adventure:  Scavenging through the pockets of fallen foes.  Riches: Jewelry pillaged from Roman churches.

NORFOLK When Capt. Ben Tidwell and his crew headed to Haiti on Jan. 26 after the island was devastated by an earthquake, it was supposed to be a short trip - down and back in 10 days. But when they arrived off Port-au-Prince, their ship, the barge carrier Cape May, turned out to be valuable for much more than the Navy construction equipment it carried.

A Navy SEAL from Virginia Beach died Thursday of injuries sustained in combat in Afghanistan. Chief Petty Officer Adam Lee Brown, 36, a decorated combat veteran, was fatally wounded during a battle with heavily armed militants, according to a statement Friday from Naval Special Warfare Group 2 at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story.

Two fighter pilots from Virginia Beach have been permanently grounded after flying too low over a packed Georgia Tech football game last year. The aviators, both from Strike Fighter Squadron 136 at Oceana Naval Air Station and both Georgia Tech alumni, were supposed to pass over Bobby Dodd Stadium in downtown Atlanta at 1,000 feet, the standard altitude for military flyovers.

At NATO's Supreme Allied Command Transformation in Norfolk, Navy Rear Adm. Carol M. Pottenger has been nominated for promotion to vice admiral and assignment as deputy chief of staff for capability development. She currently heads Navy Expeditionary Combat Command in Norfolk.

NEWPORT NEWS The Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard a nearly $81 million contract to prepare for a major overhaul of the carrier Abraham Lincoln.

SUFFOLK The military is about to launch a new technology that it says will dramatically improve the way troops in Afghanistan use massive stores of video surveillance footage collected around the clock in combat zones.

NORFOLK Last summer, more than a year after completing a seemingly successful tour as commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship Wasp, Capt. Michael Hawley was removed from his post as the head of a Norfolk-based training group.

HONOLULU The Navy has relieved a Pearl Harbor-based submarine commander of his command after he became drunk at a Navy ROTC event.

U.S. Pacific Fleet submarine force spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Dave Benham said Tuesday Cmdr. Jeff Cima was found guilty of drunkenness and conduct unbecoming an officer.

By Jen DiMascio

The American Civil Liberties Union sued the federal government Tuesday to learn the use of unmanned drones for targeted killings by the military and CIA.