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Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Naval Base Ventura County, PORT HUENEME, Seabees
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US Navy Opens California Seabee Base To Help Relieve LA Port Congestion

The U.S. Navy is opening facilities in Port Hueneme, California, which is located less than 100 miles north of the Port of Los Angeles. The opening is in

November 23, 2021
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BRP Sierra Madre
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Philippines Busts Chinese Coast Guard Blockade

by Neil Jerome Morales (Reuters) Navy vessels from the Philippines successfully completed a resupply mission on Tuesday at a South China Sea outpost, its

November 23, 2021
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Iranian ship uav
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Israel Flags Iranian Anti-Ship Drone Bases

by Dan Williams (Reuters) Israel sharpened its rhetoric against Iranian combat drones on Tuesday, disclosing what it said were two bases used to carry out

November 23, 2021
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Wednesday, November 10, 2021
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China’s New Aircraft Carrier Nears Completion

(Bloomberg) China is three to six months from launching its third and most modern aircraft carrier, new analysis shows, in what would be a milestone for

November 10, 2021
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Thursday, November 4, 2021
Leadership of Navy Submarine That Hit Underwater Object Relieved of Command- Officials
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Leadership of Navy Submarine That Hit Underwater Object Relieved of Command- Officials

The Seawolf-class fast attack submarine USS Connecticut was damaged with multiple injuries reported after the it reportedly struck an uncharted seamount in the

November 4, 2021
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Sunday, October 17, 2021
U.S. And Canadian Warships Sail Through Taiwan Strait To The Anger Of Beijing
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U.S. And Canadian Warships Sail Through Taiwan Strait To The Anger Of Beijing

TAIPEI, Oct 17 (Reuters) – A U.S. and a Canadian warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait late last week, the American military said on Sunday, at a time

October 17, 2021
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Monday, October 11, 2021
Royal Navy HMS Queen Elizabeth Carrier
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Britain Reaffirms Asia ‘Tilt’ As New Carrier Arrives In Singapore

By Chen Lin (Reuters) Britain’s new aircraft carrier the HMS Queen Elizabeth made a stop in Singapore on Monday, part of a move to reassert itself

October 11, 2021
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Sunday, October 10, 2021
Navy Nuclear Engineer And Spouse Arrested On Espionage Charges
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Navy Nuclear Engineer And Spouse Arrested On Espionage Charges

Department of Justice–Jonathan and Diana Toebbe, both of Annapolis, Maryland, were arrested in Jefferson County, West Virginia, by the FBI and the Naval

October 10, 2021
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Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Taiwan Doubles Down On Anti-Ship Weapons
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Taiwan Doubles Down On Anti-Ship Weapons

By Yimou Lee (Reuters) – Taiwan’s extra military spending of T$240 billion ($8.6 billion) over the next five years will go mostly toward naval

October 5, 2021
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Thursday, September 30, 2021
US Navy Is Both Decommissioning And Building More Of This Failed Ship
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US Navy Is Both Decommissioning And Building More Of This Failed Ship

by John Konrad (gCaptain) You maybe confused by this headline but so are we. USS Freedom (LCS 1), the lead ship of the Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship,

September 30, 2021
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Wednesday, September 29, 2021
USS Salt Lake City and USS Frank Cable
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Australian Shipbuilders Debate Nuclear Reactor Safety In Wake Of Submarine Deal

By Matthew Burgess (Bloomberg) Australia’s surprise deal with the U.S. and Britain for nuclear-powered submarines has shaken its Asian neighbors and angered

September 29, 2021
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Sunday, September 26, 2021
‘I Had The US Navy By The B*lls’ Says Fat Leonard In New Podcast Series
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‘I Had The US Navy By The B*lls’ Says Fat Leonard In New Podcast Series

by John Konrad (gCaptain) Fat Leonard is the worst scandal to hit the US Navy since Tailhook in 1991, but – despite 33 federal indictments, 22 guilty

September 26, 2021
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Wednesday, September 22, 2021
USNS Choctaw County
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US Navy Launches Joint Station Beirut

The US Navy’s fast transport ship USNS Choctaw County arrived in the port of Beirut on Monday to participate in the US Navy’s first joint Central

September 22, 2021
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Tuesday, September 21, 2021
FNS Amethyste Crew
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Australian Documents Showed French Submarine Project Was At Risk For Years

By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) France shouldn’t have been surprised that Australia canceled a submarine contract, as major concerns about delays, cost

September 21, 2021
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Saturday, September 18, 2021
French President Macron visits Calanques National Park
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In Escalation Over Nuclear Submarine Deal, France Recalls Envoys From U.S. And Australia

By John Irish (Reuters) France plunged into an unprecedented diplomatic crisis with the United States and Australia on Friday after it recalled its ambassadors

September 18, 2021
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Electric Boat Submarine With Tug
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Electric Boat Shipyard Gets Ready To Support Australian Nuclear Submarine Program

By Thomas Black (Bloomberg) The U.S., U.K. and Australia will each begin an 18-month review to identify how best to provide nuclear-submarine capabilities

September 18, 2021
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Successor-class submarine
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BAE Shipyard Wins UK Nuclear Submarine Contract

Britain awarded BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce Holdings 85 million pounds each to work on a new generation of nuclear submarines, a day after announcing a deal to

September 18, 2021
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Friday, September 17, 2021
battleship firing main guns
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US Navy Ships Are Too Small To Defend Themselves Says New US Congress Report

by John Konrad (gCaptain) In a new study titled Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Gun-Launched Guided Projectiles the US Congress reports the two most important

September 17, 2021
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Thursday, September 16, 2021
navy nuclear reactor heads
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Australia Gets Top US Navy Nuclear Secrets

Australia will be only the second country after Britain in 1958 to be given access to U.S. Navy's top secret information for building nuclear-powered

September 16, 2021
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Wednesday, September 15, 2021
German Navy Frigate F 217 Bayern
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China Denies German Navy Port Entry

by Emma Thomasson (Reuters) China has denied a German warship entry into a local harbor, a German foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.

September 15, 2021
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