Federal Government Continues Hurricane Maria Response and Relief Operations

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency's continues to coordinate federal support for U.S. Virgin Islands' and Puerto Rico's response efforts. Federal partners are aggressively working to meet and overcome challenges to opening ports and restoring power to bring additional life-saving commodities and personnel into disaster-affected areas.

India’s INS Satavahana Concludes Basic Submarine Course

Passing out ceremony of Basic Submarine Courses for Sindhughosh and Shishumar Class was held at Submarine School, INS Satavahana on 22 Sep 17. A total of 39 officers and 47 sailors successfully completed their training and will now be moving to submarines at Mumbai and Visakhapatnam for Sea Training. Rear Admiral V Srinivas NM, Flag Officer Submarines was the Chief Guest for the ceremony and gave away the book prizes and awards to the meritorious trainees.

US Navy carrier drills with Japanese navy amid North Korean tension

The U.S. Navy carrier Ronald Reagan is conducting drills with Japanese warships in seas south of the Korean peninsula, Japan's military said on Friday, in a show of naval power as Pyongyang threatens further nuclear and missile tests. USS Ronald Reagan, a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier, leaves from its home port to be deployed for a routine autumn patrol of the Western Pacific, in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo September 8, 2017.

Descendants of fallen Japanese soldiers pay U.S. respects at Pearl Harbor

Dozens of descendants of Japanese soldiers killed in World War II visited Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Thursday to pay respects to fallen American soldiers. Nippon Izokukai, the Bereaved Family Association of Japan, sent about 36 children, grandchildren and other relatives of fallen Japanese soldiers to the U.S. to mark the 70th anniversary of the group's founding.

Northcom Providing Disaster Relief Following Hurricane Maria

U.S. Northern Command is fully engaged with federal, state and local mission partners as the command provides support to the response efforts for Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria. Northcom has begun search and rescue and damage assessment flights in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands with six Navy helicopters and three U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft launched from the USS Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group.

Melania Trump condemns bullying – and raises some eyebrows – in her first UN speech

Melania Trump gave her most expansive remarks as first lady Wednesday, condemning bullying and calling on world leaders to take their responsibility for guiding the next generation seriously. "By our own example we must teach children to be good stewards of the world they will inherit," Trump said at a luncheon she hosted for the spouses of world leaders at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.

Navy’s wartime capabilities mesh with Virgin Islands recovery mission

Under normal circumstances, the sailors aboard the USS Kearsarge would be training for their primary job - putting Marines ashore in an amphibious operation to attack a target, and support them until the mission's done. But it's not normal circumstances that brought the USS Kearsarge and the other ships of the U.S. Navy's Expeditionary Strike Group 2 - otherwise known as ESG-2 - to the waters of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Up Periscope: U.S. Navy to use Xbox game controller on submarines

Up Periscope: U.S. Navy to use Xbox game controller on submarines The U.S. Navy plans to use Xbox 360 controllers to operate periscopes aboard its newer submarines. Check out this story on pal-item.com: https://usat.ly/2xf14X7 Microsoft has finally unveiled its new console - officially named the Xbox One X. It will be launched worldwide on November 7th and cost $499.

The US Navy turns to Xbox controllers for its most advanced submarines

THE US NAVY is putting Xbox controllers and digital cameras in its submarines so that it can do away with boring things like periscopes. The Military.com website reports on the change of design at the Navy , and says that it is using the living room and leisure technology in its most advanced submarines, the suitably-named Virginia Class Attack Submarine.

Elon Musk versus Ron Paul

Last week, former congressman Ron Paul, an Air Force veteran, penned an op-ed for Fox News denouncing Congress' hidden agenda in pushing forward Section 1615 of the National Defense Authorization Agreement . The bill language in Section 1615 is cloaked with the appearance it would eliminate U.S. dependence on Russian rocket technology, however, the bill instead would be weakening the Air Force by cutting off all competition in the aerospace industry, creating a monopoly benefitting only one company, Elon Musk's SpaceX.

Evidence of spills at toxic site during Harvey floods

The U.S. government received reports of three spills at one of Houston's dirtiest Superfund toxic waste sites in the days after the drenching rains from Hurricane Harvey finally stopped. Aerial photos reviewed by The Associated Press show dark-colored water surrounding the site as the floods receded, flowing through Vince Bayou and into the city's ship channel.

Hurricane Maria intensifies to Categoy 5

Hurricane Maria became a Category 4 storm on Monday afternoon as it barreled toward Dominica in the Caribbean's Leeward Islands and took aim for the US territory of Puerto Rico. "We want to alert the people of Puerto Rico that this is not an event like we've ever seen before," Gov. Ricardo RossellA3 told reporters Monday.