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As an update to gCaptain news that the US Navy has developed a new laser system, comes news of the new weapon’s first successful test at sea. Marking a

In the efforts to provide relief services to Japan it’s no surprise, with continued presence in and close ties to the country, that  US military forces

Military Sealift Command offshore petroleum distribution system ship MV Vice Adm. K.R. Wheeler participated in a combined, joint military exercise off the

Photo: Sailors aboard USS Fitzgerald prepare to lower a rigid hull inflatable boat into the ocean to assist Japanese authorities with search and rescue and

MANAMA, Bahrain – A request for assistance from a Japanese-owned merchant vessel in the Somali Basin led to Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) warship USS

Rolls-Royce has been selected to supply a unique replenishment-at-sea (RAS) system to the Royal Navy. It will enable heavier-than-ever loads to be transferred

Within the context of IMO’s World Maritime Day theme “Piracy: orchestrating the response”, a meeting took place yesterday (28 February 2011)

LONDON (Dow Jones)–The U.S. isn’t planning any imminent military action involving U.S. naval vessels in response to the crisis in Libya, Secretary

MSV CHAMPION, At sea (NNS) — Navy Reserve and active duty crew members assigned to Maritime Support Vessel (MSV) Champion rescued five family members,

(This story has been posted on The Wall Street Journal Online’s China Real Time Report blog at blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime.) By Jeremy Page China has

Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Gary Roughead and Maine Senator Susan Collins in a recent visit to Bath Iron

The Iraqi Navy has taken delivery of a further two 35m Coastal Patrol Craft built by Swiftships Shipbuilders (NAVDEX Stand 207) as part of a planned 15-ship

CAIRO (AFP)–Two Iranian naval ships entered the Suez Canal on Tuesday, a canal source said, en route to Syria on a purported training mission that Israel

By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Stephen Murphy, Defense Media Activity-Anacostia WASHINGTON (NNS) — Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for

From Naval Academy Public Affairs Chief engineer and deputy commander for Naval Systems Engineering at Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C., Rear Adm.

EUNAVFOR has reported that in the early hours of 8 February, the Oil Tanker MV SAVINA CAYLYN was pirated approximately 670 nautical miles East of Socotra

From USS Abraham Lincoln Strike Group Public Affairs Office USS CAPE ST. GEORGE, Arabian Gulf (NNS) — Guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG 71)

After near 20 years of construction, the first of Russia’s 4th generation multi-purpose submarine will sail out in the White Sea in May. The submarine,

The US Navy announced yesterday a uniform change authorizing the Chief Petty Officer cutlass as an official (although optional) uniform item. Designed to be

By Cheryl Pellerin, American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (NNS) — Pirates off the coast of Somalia are using bigger vessels to extend their criminal