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A $37 million facility will modernize range operations and house simulators to aid training aboard Camp Lejeune, according to base officials.
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Our Opinion: What power
Some defense analysts have warned the U.S. Navy is not capable of dealing with all the ocean-borne threats in our modern world. This week, North Korea provided a reminder of how the naval power situation is changing.
Coast Guard searching for missing diver off of NC coast
Sector North Carolina watchstanders were notified that a diver from the vessel Atlantis reportedly experienced equipment failure and did not resurface, at approximately Watchstanders from Sector North Carolina dispatched a 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew from Coast Guard Station Oak Island, a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Station Wrightsville Beach and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City to search for the man. The 110-foot Coast Guard Cutter Cushing and 87-foot Coast Guard Cutter Ibis are also on the way to assist in the search.
Iran confrontations reveal Obama nuclear deal having little effect on Tehran’s behavior
A pair of dangerously close encounters between the Iranian and U.S. navies in the Persian Gulf this week have raised fresh questions about Tehran 's intentions, a year after Obama administration officials hoped the much-touted nuclear deal would moderate the behavior of the Islamic republic and its military.
USMC: 2 Men Didn’t Raise Iwo Jima FlagAdmits to wrongly naming two enlistees as having been there.
The U.S. Marine Corps officially acknowledged this week that they had previously mistaken the identity of two people raising the first flag at Iwo Jima during World War II. According to the statement, two men long thought to have participated in the iconic Feb. 23, 1945, flag-raising were in fact nearby but did not actually help hoist the flag.
Iran: Forces will warn any vessel after US warship incident
Iran's naval forces will warn or confront any foreign ship entering the country's territorial waters, the Iranian defense minister said Thursday, remarks that came after an incident this week involving a U.S. warship. The semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted Gen.
Leaked data, if genuine may compromise Scorpene’s stealth element: Former navy chief
New Delhi, Aug 24 : The leaked data on the Scorpene submarine may threaten its stealth element, former Indian Navy chief, Admiral Arun Prakash said on Wednesday, adding it has to be first established how relevant the leaked information is. Asked about the threat posed by the leak, he said: "It's difficult to say how big a threat it is...we have to ascertain that this is related to our submarines."
The UK is selling an old aircraft carrier for scrap as its…
The UK Ministry of Defense announced on Tuesday that it would sell the HMS Illustrious for scrap to a Turkish company called LEYAL Ship Recycling Ltd. for about $2.5 million, after trying and failing to repurpose the ship as a museum. "We have done all we can for over two years to find a home for the former HMS Illustrious in the UK, and regrettably all options have now been exhausted," UK Minister for Defence Procurement Harriett Baldwin said in a statement.
Nigeria kills a top terrorist, and the world shrugs
When the Nigerian air force claimed Tuesday that it had "fatally wounded" the leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group, the report was met with skepticism and little fanfare. Partly, that's because Nigeria's military has claimed to have killed Abubakar Shekau before - only to have the mastermind behind the kidnapping of nearly 300 schoolgirls in 2014 resurface in one of his signature videos.
Family Sues Navy Over Toxic Water
The U.S. Navy has rejected calls for blood testing and monitoring of people who worked on local military bases as well as community members outside the bases. The Navy did pay for bottled water when public and private wells were shut down for PFOA and PFOS contamination levels above what the EPA considers safe over a person's lifetime.
Retired Pennsylvania Marine seeks return of fallen comrades
U.S. Marine Corps veteran Ed "Zimmo" Zimmerman, right, of Bear Creek Township, Pa., returns from a one-week trip to Vietnam to guide a search team to where he last saw two fallen soldiers in 1968, and is welcomed back to Pennsylvania by friends and family including a fellow U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam, Don Wilmot of Sterling, Pa., second from left, on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport in Avoca, Pa. Members of a U.S. government Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command search team will spend up to 30 days excavating the site where U.S. Marine Corps veteran Ed "Zimmo" Zimmerman, in 1968, last saw U.S. Marine Corps Pfc.
Louisiana residents without flood insurance face uncertainty
Quenton Robins watched on Sunday morning as a giant metal claw clamped down on his mother's ruined belongings, snapping wooden cabinets with an audible crack as the operator of a giant mechanized arm slowly cleared a mound of debris from her yard in Baton Rouge. Five feet of water swept through the homes in the quiet Park Forest neighborhood just over a week ago, shocking residents who had been told they did not live in a flood zone.
Hillary Clinton’s 1995 Beijing speech was a – transformative’ moment…
Flying across the Pacific on an Air Force jet bound for Beijing, first lady Hillary Clinton huddled deep into the night with a few aides and advisers, honing her speech for the UN Fourth World Conference on Women. It was 1995, and it had been a bruising first few years in the White House: Troopergate, Travelgate, Whitewater.
Air Force deploys 3 bombers at once
The US Air Force deployed three bombers including the B-52, B-1 and B-2 on a joint mission to conduct operations in the South China Sea and Northeast Asia.
Boaters In Hudson River Encouraged To Follow Coast Guard Protocols
Coast Guard crews are enforcing a safety zone surrounding 16 construction barge mooring locations at the Tappan Zee Bridge construction site. No unauthorized vessels are allowed in the safety zone, which encompasses all navigable waters within a 200-yard radius of the largest machine on the project, the I Lift NY super crane, legally registered with the U.S. Coast Guard as the Left Coast Lifter.
Clintona s 1995 Beijing speech: A a transformativea moment
Flying across the Pacific on an Air Force jet bound for Beijing, first lady Hillary Clinton huddled deep into the night with a few aides and advisers, honing her speech for the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women. It was 1995, and it had been a bruising first few years in the White House: Troopergate, Travelgate, Whitewater.
Sailor gets year in prison for taking photos in nuclear sub
A U.S. Navy sailor has been sentenced to a year in prison for taking photos of classified areas inside a nuclear attack submarine while it was in port in Connecticut. Saucier compared his case to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server when she was secretary of state.
Manafort out amid scrutiny of covert lobbying campaign
E... . A portion of the lobbying report filed by Mercury LLC to Congress for the first quarter of 2014 is photographed in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, that shows $70,000 payments for the quarter for lobbying on behalf of Europe... .
UN to provide ‘material assistance’ to Haiti cholera victims
A U.S. Navy sailor is facing sentencing for taking photos of classified areas inside a nuclear attack submarine while it was in port in Connecticut. A U.S. Navy sailor has been sentenced to a year in prison for taking photos of classified areas inside a nuclear attack submarine while it was in port in Connecticut.
Judge sinks guilty sailor’s ‘Clinton defense’
A federal judge sentenced a Navy sailor to one year in prison Friday for taking photos in a classified area of a nuclear submarine, after the seamen had pleaded for leniency by citing the government's decision not to indict Hillary Clinton for mishandling classified information. US District Judge Stefan Underhill did not directly address the Clinton comparison, but likened the sailor's offense to being pulled over for speeding on a highway, saying that just because other vehicles aren't stopped, doesn't mean you can get out of paying your ticket.