The United States Navy has decided to rename one of its oceanographic survey ships, USNS Maury, to USNS Marie Tharp, in honor of the pioneering geologist and oceanographic cartographer. The … Continue reading U.S. Navy Renames Survey Ship to Remove Confederate References
A Navy sailor died on February 19th after a training accident. The sailor who was identified as Chief Special Warfare Operator Michael T. Ernst was assigned to a Naval Special … Continue reading Special Warfare Naval Sailor Dies In Training Accident
The United States Navy is seeking to decommission 39 ships over the next year despite China beefing up its fleet, which is already the world’s largest. The first ships were … Continue reading This Move Could Give China the Upper Hand
Another U.S. military stealth jet has been spotted wearing a metallic-looking coating, according to The Drive. A U.S. Navy F-35C Joint Strike Fighter was caught sporting a mosaic of panels … Continue reading Something Odd Spotted on U.S. Navy Stealth Jet
The U.S. Navy is now offering massive amounts of cash to attempt to lure reservists back to active duty. As Stripes.com reports: The Navy announced a hefty bonus program aimed … Continue reading Navy Offers Massive Amount of Cash to Lure Reservists Back to Active Duty
The Pentagon has ordered a US aircraft carrier to remain in waters near Taiwan, a top White House official said, as China continues to express its anger over House Speaker … Continue reading US Orders Aircraft Carrier to Stay Near Taiwan as China Ramps up War Drills
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is building a massive new support ship near the strategic Strait of Hormuz as it tries to expand … Continue reading Iran Building Massive Support Ship to Project Power Beyond Persian Gulf
Communist China has been effectively employing a vast fleet of low-tech, lightly armed government vessels and dual-use civilian craft and naval militias to expand and dominate large swaths of the Western Pacific. … Continue reading ‘QUICKSINK’ – Pentagon Shows Off Its Cheap New Ship-Killer Bomb to Sink China’s Low-Tech Fleet
On April 14, Ukraine once again shocked the world when it launched two Neptune anti-ship cruise missiles, scoring decisive hits that sunk the Russian Black Sea Fleet flagship Moskva. Named for the Russian … Continue reading Lessons for US Navy from Ukraine’s Sinking of Russia’s Moskva Battle Cruise
In an apparent attempt to take advantage of the world’s preoccupation with Russia’s war on Ukraine, China is steadily building up its naval presence and capabilities across the Pacific. And … Continue reading Communist China’s Pacific Naval Presence Expands as US Focuses on Ukraine
Russian live-fire naval exercises in the Black Sea by a fleet of six Russian amphibious warships, and a Kilo-class submarine, are raising fears that they could be used to create … Continue reading Are Russian Warships Preparing to ‘Blockade’ Ukraine?
MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ — The community is mourning, as reports confirm that former Manalapan High School basketball player, football star, and college player for both Yale and Monmouth University, Kyle Mullen has died … Continue reading US Navy SEAL Candidate, Kyle Mullen, Dies During BUDS Hell Week Training
As part of increasing allied naval interoperability worldwide, and as tensions ramp up with Russia, a French Navy aircraft carrier strike group (Task Force 473) centered around the carrier FS Charles … Continue reading US Destroyer and Allied Warships Part of French Navy Carrier Strike Group in Mediterranean
The American supercarrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) suffered a ‘landing mishap’ on Monday with an advanced 5th generation stealth F-35C jet fighter, and the expensive and classified plane fell into the … Continue reading US Racing with China to Recover $100m F-35 Stealth Fighter Lost in South China Sea
In late 2019 the Japanese government purchased Mageshima Island – three square miles of volcanic rock on the edge of the East China Sea – from a private Japanese company to use as a … Continue reading Japan Turning Island in East China Sea Into Unsinkable US Aircraft Carrier Against China
NAVAL BASE KITSAP, Wash. – After a month-long investigation into the collision of the USS Connecticut with an undersea mountain, an independent safety board has recommended that all Navy submarines be equipped … Continue reading [SATIRE] Navy Submarines Will Be Equipped With Reflective Belts to Prevent More Collisions
The Chinese government has released video footage and pictures, seen at the top of this story and below, showing Japan’s aircraft carrier Izumo sailing remarkably close to the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s own … Continue reading China Releases Video of Japanese Carrier Sailing Alongside One of Their Carriers
The Navy has been cannibalizing parts from a future aircraft carrier to ensure that the much-delayed and costly carrier Gerald R. Ford is ready to deploy next year, officials confirmed this week. … Continue reading Kennedy Aircraft Carrier to Be Cannibalized for Another Ship
The U.K. Ministry of Defense has confirmed that an F-35B Lightning stealth jet that was operating from the Royal Navy’s flagship, the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, currently underway in the eastern Mediterranean, … Continue reading BREAKING Horrible Accident Involving F-35
SEATTLE — A metallurgist in Washington state pleaded guilty to fraud Monday after she spent decades faking the results of strength tests on steel that was being used to make … Continue reading Metallurgist Admits to Faking Steel-Test Results for Navy Submarines
In its latest 564 page 2022 Index of U.S. MilitaryStrength published Wednesday, The Washington D.C.-based Heritage Foundation labeled both the Air Force and the fledgling Space Force as “weak” among all the military services. The think … Continue reading Think Tank Lists Air Force and Space Force as ‘Weak,’ Navy and Army ‘Marginal,’ but Marines ‘Strong’
When on the hunt for enemy warships, torpedoes are usually the ideal ship-killer. They pack an enormous explosive punch — literally capable of breaking a ship’s keel — and are difficult to … Continue reading How the Air Force Could End Naval Dominance With One Fighter Jet
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