U.S. Navy


Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Defense

North Korea Unveils New Nuclear Warheads as USS Nimitz Arrives in South

By Hyonhee Shin and Daewoung Kim SEOUL/BUSAN, March 28 (Reuters) – North Korea unveiled new, smaller nuclear warheads and vowed to

March 28, 2023
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Monday, March 27, 2023
Defense

U.S. Navy Sends LCS to Enforce Fishing Laws in Western Pacific

The U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard have kicked off a joint patrol in the Western Pacific on a mission to enforce fisheries laws, combat transnational crimes,

March 27, 2023
Total Views: 16456

Friday, March 24, 2023
Defense

China and U.S. Navy Clash Over Guided Missile Destroyer in South China Sea

BEIJING, March 24 (Reuters) – China’s defense ministry said on Friday that it yet again had to monitor and drive away the U.S. Navy destroyer

March 24, 2023
Total Views: 8604

Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Defense

Russian Jet Collides with U.S. Military Drone Over Black Sea

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, March 14 (Reuters) – A Russian Su-27 fighter jet intercepted and struck the propeller of a U.S.

March 14, 2023
Total Views: 3292

Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Gen. David Berger USMC aboard ship
Navy

Logistics Wins Wars: A Deep Dive Into War In The Pacific

This week, the United States Marine Corps Commandant made a bold and urgent call to prioritize logistics at sea in the Pacific theater. However, it’s

March 7, 2023
Total Views: 29767

Friday, March 3, 2023
MSC

US Marine Corps Experiments Offshore

by John Konrad (gCaptain) According to Craig Hooper, a senior military contributor for Forbes, the US Marine Corps has been working with offshore oil and gas

March 3, 2023
Total Views: 15114

Monday, February 27, 2023
Captain Robert Smalls
Navy

USS Chancellorsville Is Renamed In Honor Of Black Ship Pilot Robert Smalls

today the US Navy announced it is renaiming a warship to honor Robert Smalls, a skilled ship pilot and statesman born into slavery in South Carolina. The

February 27, 2023
Total Views: 7104

Sunday, February 26, 2023
Jeremy Clarkson
Navy

gCaptain OpEd: US Navy Shipbuilding Has A BIG Badger Problem

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) Shipbuilding and repair in America is in crisis. Every large ship built here costs multiples of what it would cost to build

February 26, 2023
Total Views: 12052

Saturday, February 18, 2023
USCG

Could AI-Fueled Amateur Radio Rebuild Loran-C?

by John Konrad, K5HIP (gCaptain) Loran-C was an incredibly reliable and accurate analog ground-based navigation system, operated by the US Coast Guard. Despite

February 18, 2023
Total Views: 10227

Friday, February 17, 2023
Defense

Lockheed Martin to Put Hypersonic Missiles on Zumwalt Destroyers

Lockheed Martin Corp has been awarded a U.S. Navy contract potentially worth up to $2 billion to install hypersonic missile systems onto the

February 17, 2023
Total Views: 14634

Thursday, February 16, 2023
Navy

CIMSEC Report: US Navy At-Sea Training Needs An Urgent Overhaul

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) This week, in a scathing and well-researched CIMSEC article titled “A Fleet Adrift“, Dmitry Filipoff asks if the

February 16, 2023
Total Views: 4269

Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Chinese Jiangkai II class frigate
Navy

US Warships Struggle To Stay At Sea As China’s Fleet Grows

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) US Navy warships have seen fewer days at sea since 2011 because vessels are breaking down more frequently than expected and

February 1, 2023
Total Views: 10584

Friday, January 27, 2023
Shipping

U.S. Demonstrates Military Might in Beijing’s Backyard

By Joseph Campbell ABOARD THE NIMITZ, South China Sea, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Over a few hours under grey skies, dozens of combat planes and helicopters

January 27, 2023
Total Views: 23604

Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Aircraft Carrier Underway Replenishment with oiler
Navy

The US Navy Needs Tankers: A Crisis In Capability

By Captain Stephen M. Carmel (CIMSEC) The Department of Defense is projected to need on the order of one hundred tankers of various sizes in the event of a

January 25, 2023
Total Views: 16126

Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Defense

U.S. Navy Seizes More Than 2,000 AK-47’s from Fishing Vessel in Gulf of Oman

The U.S. Navy has seized more than 2,000 AK-47 assault rifles believed to be bound for Yemen from a fishing vessel in international waters in the Gulf of Oman,

January 10, 2023
Total Views: 9691

Sunday, January 1, 2023
Navy DNA Records Artwork
Navy

US Navy Opens Medical Vault For Google

by James Bandler (ProPublica) In early February 2016, the security gate at a U.S. military base near Washington, D.C., swung open to admit a Navy doctor

January 1, 2023
Total Views: 20286

Saturday, December 31, 2022
Navy

US Navy Released Worst Rust Photo To Date

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) In April, the US Chief Of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Mike Gilday, issued a stern warning to the US Navy fleet: rust-free

December 31, 2022
Total Views: 56568

Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Defense

DOD Says Iranian Patrol Boat Harassed U.S. Navy Ships in Strait of Hormuz

The U.S. Department of Defense is accusing an Iranian patrol boat of harassing U.S. Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz. One of those Navy ships was involved in

December 6, 2022
Total Views: 6447

Monday, December 5, 2022
Judge Gavel
Shipping

Former Military Sealift Command Director Sentenced to Prison for Bribery and Lying to Investigators

The former Director of Operations of the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC) office in Busan, South Korea, was sentenced last week to five years in

December 5, 2022
Total Views: 6533

Saturday, December 3, 2022
Navy

U.S. Seizes 1.1 Million Rounds of Ammunition, Other Illegal Weapons in Gulf of Oman

December 03, 2022, MANAMA, Bahrain —  On Dec. 1, U.S. naval forces in the Middle East intercepted a fishing trawler smuggling more than 50 tons of

December 3, 2022
Total Views: 16144