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The Navy Is Getting A ‘Game-Changing’ Upgrade That Could Turn The Tables On China And Russia
The Navy today faces a devastating missile gap between its two biggest rivals, Russia and China, but a new upgrade could quite...
Escape From Berthing 2: The Navy’s Dramatic Timeline Of The USS Fitzgerald’s Fatal Collision
On Aug. 17, the Navy released the preliminary results of its investigation into the June 17 collision between the Arleigh...
This Retro F-14 Tomcat Spin-Test Video Will Make Your Stomach Churn
Between 1979 and 1985, a very special Navy F-14 Tomcat was one of NASA’s favorite guinea pigs. Designated NASA 991,...
Mattis To Sailors: ‘You’re Not Some P—y Sitting On The Sidelines’
Secretary of Defense James Mattis is well known for having delivered some controversial quotes in the past, and he uttered yet another during...
Navy War Hero, Accused Of Killing Wife, Claims Branch Abandoned Him To Foreign Authorities
He’s been on the job only about a week but Richard V. Spencer, the new Secretary of the Navy, faces...
Here’s All The US Navy Firepower On Alert In The Pacific To Keep North Korea In Check
As tensions reach a fever pitch between the U.S. and North Korea, with Pyongyang announcing its intentions to fire missiles towards the...
102-Year-Old Trailblazing World War II Vet Receives Extremely Rare Navy Honor
As many as 934 sailors will soon become intimately familiar with the name Andrew Mills, the namesake for a newly...
The Navy’s First Female SEAL Officer Applicant Just Dropped Out
The woman on track to become the first female Navy SEAL officer has voluntarily exited the training pipeline, multiple Naval...
How the Navy’s ban on booze birthed a million-dollar floating ice cream parlor
Though the Navy only formally banned alcohol for six years until the advent of Prohibition, sailors went wild for ice cream.
The Navy’s Second Ford Class Aircraft Carrier Is Almost 50 Percent Complete
Huntington Ingalls Newport News shipbuilding has completed 50 percent of the structural work on the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), which...
A Sailor Has Apparently Fallen Overboard And Is Missing In The South China Sea
A Navy sailor has presumably gone missing from the USS Stetham somewhere in the waters of the South China Sea, Defense News...
Watch The Navy’s Newest Carrier Launch Its First Aircraft With That High-Tech Catapult System
Six days after being commissioned, the USS Gerald R. Ford, the Navy's newest and most sophisticated aircraft carrier, received and...
The Navy Can Now 3D-Print Submarines On The Fly For SEALs
It usually takes the Navy around five months to build even the smallest submarines to ferry Navy SEALs into and...
You Have Totally Earned This 4-Minute Video Of The Navy Blowing Stuff Up
Nestled in the southwest corner of the Mojave Desert, California’s Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division — “China Lake” —...
Russia Is Building Laser-Armed Nuclear ‘Combat Icebreakers’
More details are emerging about Russia’s trump card for control of the Arctic: laser-armed, nuclear-powered “combat icebreakers.” In addition to...
Transgender Navy SEAL To Trump: ‘Let’s Meet Face To Face And You Tell Me I’m Not Worthy’
A retired Navy SEAL Team 6 hero who is transgender had a message for President Donald Trump after he announced...
Navy Releases Video Showing US Firing Warning Shots At Iranian Patrol Boat
The U.S. Navy on Tuesday released a video of what it called an “unsafe and unprofessional” encounter between an Iranian...
The Navy’s Electromagnetic Railgun Just Took A Major Step Forward
The Navy’s much-hyped electromagnetic railgun has come a long way. Ever since the futuristic cannon enjoyed a public debut at...
Virginia Navy Veteran Kicks Door Down, Saves Man From House Fire
He cheated death after a motorcycle accident left him in a wheelchair for several months. On July 20, a Virginia...
The Navy’s Newest, Most Sophisticated Aircraft Carrier Doesn’t Have Urinals
Amid all its upgrades and advances, the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, is lacking one feature:...
USS Fitzgerald Crash Was Navy’s Fault, Preliminary Findings Reportedly Suggest
Preliminary findings from the Navy’s investigation into the fatal collision between the destroyer USS Fitzgerald and Philippine-flagged container ship ACX...
The Notorious JSF Just Got Mo’ Money — And Mo’ Problems
The Department of Defense announced that it plans on shelling out an estimated $5.57 billion to purchase 74 additional F-35...
Russia’s New Supercarrier Is A Total Pipe Dream
Russia has confirmed that it plans on building a new super aircraft carrier despite cuts in the defense budget. “Yes,...
Did The Navy Just Admit The Littoral Combat Ship Is A Failure?
After years of cost overruns, underwhelming demonstrations, and debilitating mechanical failures, the Navy appears to be looking to supplement the...
The Navy Showed Arnold Schwarzenegger How Climate Change Will Screw Over Its Bases
Arnold Schwarzenegger and the U.S. military have at least one thing in common: they're both worried about climate change. The...
