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Monmouth County has received a $206,000 federal grant from the Department of Defense to prepare a Joint Land Use Study for Naval Weapons Station Earle. A cooperative land use planning effort between affected local government entities and the military installation, the project looks to create compatible development measures to keep the base operational, while also looking out for the surrounding public's health, safety, and welfare.
The U.S. Navy has given its first look inside the stealthy and futuristic Zumwalt destroyer during the ship's first port stop at Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island. The 610-foot-long warship with an angular shape cost more than $4.4 billion.
Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen in the waters around Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in this still image from video taken by a P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft provided by the United States Navy May 21,... China and Russia will hold eight days of naval drills in the South China Sea off southern China's Guangdong province starting from Monday, China's navy said. The exercises come at a time of heightened tension in the contested waters after an arbitration court in The Hague ruled in July that China did not have historic rights to the South China Sea and criticized its environmental destruction there.
The United States and Russia, two former Cold War foes that have brokered a ceasefire deal for Syria, rely mostly on air raids in their separate military campaigns in the war-wracked country. Here are key points about how these two powers are trying to fulfill their military objectives in Syria, where a bloody civil war has raged since 2011.
Retired U.S. Navy Senior Chief Joe Pelly, who survived al-Qaida's 2000 suicide bombing of the USS Cole warship, talks to reporters at Camp Justice on Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 after resumption of case hearings at the U.S. Navy base at GuantA namo Bay, Cuba.
On September 7, at the Union League in Philadelphia, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump gave a major policy speech on defense matters. In it, he proposed force levels for the military services, citing recommendations made in The Heritage Foundation's "2016 Index of U.S. Military Strength .
U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday laid out his hawkish defense plan which would allow the spending of billions of extra U.S. dollars to expand every branch of the military, pledging an end to mandatory budget caps. "As soon as I take office, I will ask Congress to fully eliminate the defense sequester and will submit a new budget to rebuild our military," Trump said at a rally in Philadelphia.
In this Nov. 12, 2014 file photo, U.S. President Barack Obama, right, smiles after a group of children waved flags and flowers to cheer him during a welcome ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. As Barack Obama embarks on what is likely to be his final trip to Asia as president, attention is returning to what is known as the U.S. "pivot" to the continent launched during his first term.
As Barack Obama embarks on what is likely to be his final trip to Asia as president, attention is returning to what is known as the U.S. "pivot" to the continent launched during his first term. The policy adjustment aimed to reinforce alliances and shift military assets to a region that has grown in importance alongside the rise of China as a global economic and political power.
Medal of Honor recipient Navy Capt. Thomas J. Hudner Jr. acknowledges the chief petty officer selectees from the USS Constitution who sang to him and presented him with a plaque, made from wood, a bolt and copper from "Old Ironsides."
The U.S. Naval War College has opened a new institute to zero in on Russia's approach to maritime issues as that country continues to assert itself in Ukraine, Syria and elsewhere. Faculty and students will study Russian decision-making on maritime issues, the legal and trade implications of the melting sea ice in the Arctic and questions about deterrence, among other topics.
Scorpene leak: DCNS seeks injunction to prevent further publication of data Melbourne, Aug 29 : In a bid to prevent further publication of the information regarding the leaked documents pertaining to Indian Navy's six Scorpene submarines, French shipbuild The company DCNS, which is at the centre of a global submarine data leak scandal, wants to prevent the Aussie publication, The Australian, from releasing any more confidential data contained in 22,400 secret documents because it may cause harm to its customer -- the Indian Navy. Lawyers for DCNS have told The Australian that the company will seek an injunction in the Supreme Court of New South Wales to prevent further publication of documents.
South Korea and the U.S. have agreed to share information about submarines in North Korean waters after the North successfully launched a ballistic missile from a submarine last week. A meeting of Navy brass from the two sides "discussed ways to analyze and share information about the maritime environment in the sphere of operations in waters around the Korean Peninsula," a military source said on Sunday.
Blakely Williams, President and CEO of the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce -- which sponsored Military Appreciation Day at Laurel Bay on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016 -- talks about the many activities and events at the festival. Follow two recruits to the end of their journey to earn the title United States Marine: Joshua Hickman, Marion, Ohio; and Muhammed Pabon, Philadelphia, Pa.
An attack submarine that is sponsored by first lady Michelle Obama and will be named for her home state has been delivered to the U.S. Navy. Submarine builder General Dynamics Electric Boat, based in Groton, Connecticut, delivered the submarine that will become the USS Illinois to the Navy on Saturday after nearly five and a half years of construction.
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.
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.
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.