Vallejo’s Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program survives

The Vallejo City Unified School District came "this close" to losing its 45-year-old Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program for lack of interest, but signed up the required number of students just under the wire. Until about two weeks ago, there were some 80 students enrolled in the Jesse Bethel High School program, which needs at least 100, officials said.

Utah man arrested in case of poisoned letters sent to White House; ricin ingredients found

Federal authorities arrested a Utah man Wednesday after suspicious envelopes were sent to President Trump and top military leaders, some of which contained the natural ingredients used to make the deadly poison ricin. A person holds seeds of the castor oil plant containing the deadly poison ricin, on June 14, 2018 in Berlin.

What’s in a Name Change? For Those Saying U.S.M.C.A., a Mouthful

President Trump has long wielded the word "Nafta" like an epithet, deriding the North American Free Trade Agreement as the worst trade deal in history. So when he renamed it the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement - or U.S.M.C.A. - this week, he may have short-circuited attempts to criticize the new deal.

Canada’s Halifax-Class Frigates Get a Sonar Upgrade

Nautel, together with General Dynamics, will upgrade and maintain underwater sensors on the Halifax-class frigates for the Royal Canadian Navy as part of the Underwater Warfare Suite Upgrade contract awarded to General Dynamics Mission SystemsCanada. The upgraded sensors will offer the RCN an improved ability to detect and track underwater threats utilizing advanced Sonar amplifiers and transducers designed and manufactured by Nautel.

Chinese destroyer imperils Navy ship with ‘unsafe’ move in South China Sea

A Chinese destroyer veered within 45 yards of a U.S. Navy ship Sunday in "an unsafe and unprofessional maneuver" in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, the Navy said. USS Decatur was conducting a routine freedom-of-navigation patrol about 8:30 a.m. near Gaven Reefs when the People's Republic of China destroyer Luyang approached the ship.

RPT-INSIGHT-As Chinese influence grows, Japanese warship visits Sri Lanka

Japan's largest warship, the Kaga helicopter carrier, sailed into Sri Lanka's Colombo harbour this weekend, marking Tokyo's highest profile salvo in a diplomatic battle with China for influence along the region's vital commercial sea lanes. Japan has long provided low-interest loans and aid to Sri Lanka, helping it transform Colombo into a major trans-shipment port tapping the artery of global trade just south of the island that links Europe and the Middle East with Asia.

BP sues maker of blowout preventer

This April 21, 2010, file photo show the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burning after an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, off the southeast tip of Louisiana. BP, the oil giant at the center of one of the world's biggest environmental crises, is making strong profits again, its stock has largely rebounded, and it is paying dividends to shareholders once more.

As Chinese Influence Grows, Japanese Warship Visits Sri Lanka

Japan's largest warship, the Kaga helicopter carrier, sailed into Sri Lanka's Colombo harbor this weekend, marking Tokyo's highest profile salvo in a diplomatic battle with China for influence along the region's vital commercial sea lanes. Japan has long provided low-interest loans and aid to Sri Lanka, helping it transform Colombo into a major trans-shipment port tapping the artery of global trade just south of the island that links Europe and the Middle East with Asia.

Search continues in Alaskan waters for helicopter crash victims

The U.S. Coast Guard continued its search overnight and into early Sunday for three missing people from a helicopter crash in the frigid waters near Lituya Bay, about 116 miles northwest of Juneau, Alaska. A 14-year-old boy was found alive Friday, a few hours after the wreck, suffering from mild hypothermia, but otherwise in good condition, Coast Guard spokesman Nate Littlejohn said.