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News

The Coast Guard is building up its Arctic fleet

By Nicholas Slayton

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News

US Navy commissions latest littoral combat ship, the USS Nantucket

By Nicholas Slayton

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News

Navy destroyer commissioned in honor of legendary Marine John Basilone

By Nicholas Slayton

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News

US sending destroyers, B-52 bombers to the Middle East

By Nicholas Slayton

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News

The Army’s watercraft fleet is slipping in readiness even as the need for it grows

By Nicholas Slayton

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News

Navy’s first fully gender-integrated submarine joins the fleet. Here’s what that means.

By Patty Nieberg

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Culture

Sailor proudly rocks ‘E-4 Mafia’ patch as he stands watch on USS Abraham Lincoln

By James Clark

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News

USS Iwo Jima dedicates ship gym to Sgt. Nicole Gee

By Joshua Skovlund

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History

The Navy once tried to create a nuclear death cloud

By Nicholas Slayton

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News

Navy commissions the USS Kingsville, one of the last new littoral combat ships

By Nicholas Slayton

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Air Force

Watch the U.S Air Force sink an old Navy ship as part of RIMPAC

By Nicholas Slayton

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Around the World

USS Theodore Roosevelt and its carrier strike group arrive in the Middle East

By Nicholas Slayton

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Carriers

Carrier USS Nimitz back at sea following months of maintenance

By Nicholas Slayton

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News

USS Carney had ‘seconds’ to respond to anti-ship ballistic missiles

By Patty Nieberg

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News

Sailor awarded Medal of Honor for Pearl Harbor heroism identified by DNA

By Patty Nieberg

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News

US sends a warning with 2 aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean at the same time

By Jeff Schogol

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