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Saturday, April 22, 2017
aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson
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Japanese Warships Join U.S. Carrier As It Approaches North Korea

By Nobuhiro Kubo (Reuters) Two Japanese destroyers on Sunday began an exercise with the U.S. Carl Vinson carrier strike group in the Western Pacific as it

April 22, 2017
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Russian Navy guided missile cruiser Varyag
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Russian Warship Visits Manila As Duterte Tightens Ties With U.S. foes

by Manuel Mogato (Reuters) Russian navy vessels arrived in the Philippines on Thursday for joint exercises as part of a drive for new security ties under

April 22, 2017
Total Views: 151

Friday, April 21, 2017
Anti Ship Missile Test
Navy

Will This Ship Killer Make Naval Convoys Obsolete?

The Tomahawk missile is famous for attacking stationary targets on land, but except for a short-lived anti-ship variant now out of service, it

April 21, 2017
Total Views: 177

Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Military Sealift Ship Against Orange Sunset
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Agent Orange Veterans Hunt Through Ship Logs In Fight With U.S. Navy

by Mike Hixenbaugh (The Virginian-Pilot), Charles Ornstein and Terry Parris (ProPublica)  During the Vietnam War, hundreds of U.S. Navy ships

April 19, 2017
Total Views: 363

Saturday, April 15, 2017
HMS Sutherland (F81)
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Royal Navy Escorts Russian Warships Through Channel

  (TheGuardian) The HMS Sutherland will monitor Steregushchiy-class corvettes Soobrazitelny and Boiky as well as a Russian support tanker and ocean-going

April 15, 2017
Total Views: 146

Saturday, April 8, 2017
Tomahawk Cruise Missile Navy Ship Launch
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U.S. Navy Practiced Missile Strike Before Trump Gave Go-Ahead

by Anthony Capaccio (Bloomberg) Sailing in the eastern Mediterranean, a pair of U.S. destroyers twice rehearsed firing a fusillade of million-dollar missiles

April 8, 2017
Total Views: 128

Saturday, April 1, 2017
FILE PHOTO - People walk past a ship docked at the Red Sea port of Hodeidah
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UN Warns Against Naval Strike On Yemen Port

by Yara Bayoumy (Reuters)  The United Nations does not advocate a military operation in and around Yemen’s Hodeidah port where more than 70

April 1, 2017
Total Views: 52

Friday, March 17, 2017
trump navy
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U.S. Shipyards Point Out Major Flaw in Trump’s 350-Ship Navy Plan

By Mike Stone (Reuters) U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants to build dozens of new warships in one of the biggest peace-time expansions of the U.S. Navy.

March 17, 2017
Total Views: 136

Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Huge Scandal Continues To Rock US Navy
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Huge Scandal Continues To Rock US Navy

By Marty Graham (Reuters) A retired U.S. Navy admiral appeared in federal court in San Diego on Tuesday on charges that he took bribes, including expensive

March 15, 2017
Total Views: 179

Friday, November 25, 2016
china ship
Navy

China Warns That U.S. Naval Patrols Threaten Sovereignty

(Bloomberg) American military vessels and aircraft carried out more than 700 patrols in the South China Sea region during 2015, making China the U.S.’s No. 1

November 25, 2016
Total Views: 68

Thursday, November 24, 2016
China To Build First Overseas Naval Base In Djibouti
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China To Build First Overseas Naval Base In Djibouti

(Reuters) China will boost military ties with Djibouti, strategically located in the Horn of Africa, state media quoted a senior Chinese army officer as saying

November 24, 2016
Total Views: 96

Sailors man rails as USS Ronald Reagan departs for Yokosuka, Japan from Naval Station North Island in San Diego
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U.S Navy Hacked – 130,000 Sailors’ Personal Data Exposed

by Eric Beech (Reuters) Hackers gained access to sensitive information, including Social Security numbers, for 134,386 current and former U.S. sailors, the

November 24, 2016
Total Views: 50

NATO Flag
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NATO Ends Counter-Piracy Support Mission

(Reuters)NATO has ended its Indian Ocean counter-piracy mission after a sharp fall in attacks, the alliance said on Wednesday, as it shifts resources to

November 24, 2016
Total Views: 125

Wednesday, November 23, 2016
USS Salt Lake City and USS Frank Cable
Navy

What Is Life Like Aboard A Ballistic Missile Submarine?

By Jim Garamone (DoD News) Impressive is the only word I can come up with to describe my impressions of the Naval Submarine Base at Kings Bay,

November 23, 2016
Total Views: 1150

Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Navy

Are Royal Navy Bases “Dilapidated”?

By Rajeev Syal (TheGuardian) The operational readiness of the UK’s armed forces is at risk because the country’s military bases and infrastructure

November 16, 2016
Total Views: 94

Friday, October 28, 2016
USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) Flyover
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8 Interesting Facts About DDG1000 – US Navy’s Ship From The Future

By Katie Lange – The US Navy’s newest technologically advanced destroyer, the USS Zumwalt, is the talk of the town throughout the Defense

October 28, 2016
Total Views: 846

Saturday, September 10, 2016
Merchant Marine Cadets Help Navy Knock The Rust Off Sextants
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Merchant Marine Cadets Help Navy Knock The Rust Off Sextants

By Commander Justin Harts, USN (USS Benfold) According to the definitive book on marine navigation familiar to most naval officers – “The American

September 10, 2016
Total Views: 377

Friday, September 9, 2016
safehavenmarine-barracuda-military-intercept-boat
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WATCH This Carbon Fiber Barracuda – The Most Extreme Boat & Yacht Sea Trial Ever

Watch Motor Boat & Yachting sea trial this stealth HIGH SPEED military interceptor vessel which can be deployed by ship or helicopter and is powered by a

September 9, 2016
Total Views: 701

Thursday, September 8, 2016
Shinzo Abe and Barack Obama
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Beijing Warns US: Stay Out Of South China Sea Dispute

by Martin Farrer (TheGuardian) China has sent a coded warning to the United States to stay out of the South China Sea dispute after Beijing was again

September 8, 2016
Total Views: 47

Trump To Build 350 Ship Navy (Fails To Mention Merchant Marine OR USCG)
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Trump To Build 350 Ship Navy (Fails To Mention Merchant Marine OR USCG)

by Anthony Capaccio (Bloomberg) Donald Trump is proposing an Army as big as the one President George W. Bush sent into Iraq and Afghanistan and a Navy with

September 8, 2016
Total Views: 85