Hurricane Michael: Towns in Florida Panhandle ‘devastated like a war zone’

Entire oceanfront communities in the Florida Panhandle were virtually obliterated, an Air Force base suffered "catastrophic" damage and at least six people were killed by Hurricane Michael , a sucker-punch of a storm that intensified suddenly and now ranks as one of the four most powerful hurricanes ever to strike the United States. "This one just looks like a bomb dropped," said Clyde Cain, who is with the Louisiana Cajun Navy, a group of volunteer search-and-rescue teams that went to Florida to help in Michael's wake, just as they did last month during Hurricane Florence in the Carolinas.

Panel: U.S. Lacks a Grand Strategy to Counter China

An experimental Navy catamaran is fighting Hurricane Michael in the bay of Panama City, Fla., unable to take to sea to avoid the Category 4 storm that made landfall early afternoon on Wednesday. The 950-ton Sea Fighter is at double anchor in the bay, "engines running and nose to the wind" with a minimal crew aboard, Office of Navy Research spokesman Robert Freeman told USNI News on Wednesday.

Trump campaigns in Pennsylvania as hurricane hits Florida

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for a campaign rally in Erie, Pa., Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for a campaign rally in Erie, Pa., Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has just made the announcement in Plymouth

All of the Royal Navy's next-generation Type 26 frigates will be homed in Devonport, the Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced. The eight Type 26 frigates will start being delivered to the Royal Navy from the mid-2020s heralding yet another new era in the role of a base, which has played a central role in the defence of the UK for hundreds of years - from the Napoleonic wars to the Falklands Conflict.

Defense contractors race to build self-driving submarines that can clear sea mines

Over the past two decades unmanned aerial drones have transformed how the U.S. Air Force wages war, allowing it to surveil hostile territory and neutralize enemy targets without putting the lives of pilots at risk. Next, the Navy is hoping it can employ its own unmanned vehicles to clear mines, scout unfamiliar territory or wage anti-submarine warfare.

Jury selection begins for homicide trial in Lake Erie death

Jury selection began in the homicide trial of a man accused of shooting his wife and tossing her into Lake Erie and then reporting she'd accidentally fallen overboard from his commercial fishing boat. The prosecution and defense began selecting jurors Monday from a pool of 150 people for the trial of 49-year-old Christopher Leclair, the Erie Times-News reported .

SF Fleet Week dazzles throngs by sea and sky

Don Valenzuela, of San Francisco, raises a bottle of beer as the U.S. Navy Blue Angels perform during the San Francisco Fleet Week on Saturday. []; _taboola.push ; _taboola.push ; []; _taboola.push ; _taboola.push ; Hundreds of people braved the snaking lines Saturday at Pier 35 on the Embarcadero for the chance to explore combat ships bobbing pier-side as part of San Francisco's annual Fleet Week, before the air show overhead diverted attention skyward and obliterated most normal-volume conversations.

Williams to attend Shawnee Island dedication

Twitter/Woody Williams Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams, a World War II Medal of Honor Recipient, will be a special guest at the grand opening and dedication ceremony of the City of Logan's Shawnee Island project on Monday, Oct. 22. Twitter/Woody Williams Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams, a World War II Medal of Honor Recipient, will be a special ... (more)