US fighter jet crash lands at Bahrain International Airport
The pilot escaped unharmed. The crash disrupted flights to and from the island nation off the coast of Saudi Arabia that's home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet.
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India Is ‘Behaving Like A Mature Power’: Top US Defence Expert
India and China have been locked in a face-off in the Doklam area for the last 50 days after Indian troops stopped the Chinese People's Liberation Army from building a road in the area. India is "behaving like a mature power" in the Doklam standoff in the Sikkim section and making China look like an adolescent throwing a tamper tantrum, a top American defence expert has said.
Navy: Only woman in SEAL training pipeline drops out
Authorities say an SUV being chased by the U.S. Border Patrol in the San Diego area tumbled off a freeway, killing three occupants. Authorities say an SUV being chased by the U.S. Border Patrol in the San Diego area tumbled off a freeway, killing three occupants.
The US has heavy naval power in the Pacific if things break…
As tensions reach a fever pitch between the US and North Korea , with Pyongyang announcing its intentions to fire missiles towards the US territory of Guam, the US Navy has continued to patrol and span the entire Pacific ocean with power and reach unparalleled on earth. Near Japan, within a short steam of Guam and the Korean Peninsula, sits the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier strike and the guided-missile destroyers and cruisers in its strike group.
Chinese Navy eyes Indian Ocean as part of PLA’s plan to extend its reach
China's Navy wants to join hands with India to maintain security of the Indian Ocean, amid growing concerns in New Delhi over the increasing presence of the PLA fleet in India's backyard. Throwing open its strategic South Sea Fleet base in the coastal city of Zhanjiang to a group of Indian journalists for the first time, People's Liberation Army Navy officials say the Indian Ocean is a common place for the international community.
Danes search for missing private submarine off Copenhagen
The Danish navy says it is searching for a 40-ton, nearly 18-meter -long, privately built submarine in the waters off Copenhagen with at least two people on board. Navy spokesman Christer Haven says two helicopters and three ships are taking part in the search for the UC3 Nautilus submarine in the area from Copenhagen to the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm.
Samae San chief leads 100 in protest of navy land seizure
The mayor of Sattahip's Samae San Sub-district took the unusual step of defying the government's protest ban by leading 100 local residents to demonstrate outside Pattaya Provincial Court over the military's repossession of land they've occupied for a century. Prasert Pitakorn and the residents have sued the Royal Thai Navy and Treasury Department to give up their claim on a 1,900-rai parcel of land they claim belongs to the Royal Household Bureau within 30 days.
Major military exercise carried out at Faslane naval base with UK and US forces
Military personnel from the UK and US have co-ordinated a major exercise from a Scottish naval base, training battle staff for Britain's new aircraft carrier. They used HM Naval Base Clyde, known as Faslane, as their headquarters to co-ordinate the joint US/UK Exercise Saxon Warrior, involving a US carrier group and other vessels.
Guama s residents concerned but have faith in US military
In this March 7, 2003 file photo, a B-1B Lancer bomber, left, taxies past a B-52 shortly after landing at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. The small U.S. territory of Guam has become a focal point after North Korea's army threatened to use ballistic missiles to create an "enveloping fire" around the island.
Guam’s residents concerned but have faith in US military
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Premarket: North Korea tensions push stocks down for third day
A man looks at replicas of a North Korean Scud-B missile, right, and South Korean missiles at the Korean War Memorial in Seoul on Aug. 10, 2017. Nuclear-armed North Korea mocked President Donald Trump as 'bereft of reason' on Aug. 10, raising the stakes in their stand-off.
Guam’s residents feel US patriotism but growing concern
The tiny U.S. territory of Guam feels a strong sense of patriotism and confidence in the American military, which has an enormous presence on the Pacific island. But residents are increasingly worried over Washington's escalating war of words with North Korea.
War college holds conference about women, peace and security
An annual conference is being held at the U.S. Naval War College to discuss empowering women in conflict prevention and peace. The fifth annual Women, Peace and Security Conference is taking place at the college's campus in Newport on Thursday and Friday.
Chaplain offers Mass aboard ship for Marines killed in crash of Osprey
Father David J. Hammond, a Navy chaplain, is pictured aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard in 2016. Father Hammond offered Mass Aug. 6 in the ship's Star of the Sea Chapel just hours after a U.S. Marine MV-22 Osprey crashed off the east coast of Australia, killing three Marines.
Navy extends Nimitz stay in Middle East
The Navy informed families Saturday that the USS Nimitz, which was involved in a second incident with Iran Tuesday, will extend its stay in the Persian Gulf. That will also add to its six-month deployment.
Bill Quinn weeps as he casts a wreath into the sea for those who died in WWII battle
It was a vastly different scene last time Bill Quinn was on an Australian Navy ship outside Honiara, capital of the Solomon Islands. The then 19-year-old - a stoker on HMAS Australia in the Battle of Savo Island during World War II - saw something horrific - a scene that has stuck with him since that day.
Iran keeps trying to crash US ships and aircraft
As a US Navy F/A-18 fighter jet returned to the deck of the USS Nimitz, the aircraft carrier currently stationed in the Persian Gulf to support the US-led fight against ISIS, an Iranian drone got way too close for comfort. "Despite repeated radio calls to stay clear," the Iranian drone went out of its way to complicate the jet's landing, Eric Pahon, Pentagon spokesperson said in a statement sent to Business Insider.
Australian Navy Locates Missing US Aircraft
The Australian Navy has located a missing US military aircraft that crashed off Australia's east coast on Saturday, Defense Minister Marise Payne said in a statement Monday. US military aircraft and boats scoured ocean waters off Australia searching without success for the three missing Marines.
Australian Navy Locates Crashed U.S. Marine Osprey Plane
A U.S. Osprey aircraft that crashed on Saturday has been located underwater off of Australia's east coast. The Australian navy found the wreck on Monday, one day after a search and rescue effort for the final three Marines aboard the plane was suspended.
How Trump administration ignores Trump: Presidential demands sometimes dismissed
Something strange has been happening lately in Washington when the most powerful man in town, the president of the United States, makes a headline-grabbing declaration on some new policy. Some recent presidential statements have been simply ignored, tuned out as meaningless noise by the federal apparatus he runs.