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Capt. John Paul Jones may have served more than 200 years ago, but his letters reveal that the topics of his day can still resonate. For example, Jones, as a founding father of the Navy, was quite vocal about the quality of leaders needed at the time. I am determined never to draw my...
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has asked Congress to approve $79.4 billion for combat operations in Afghanistan in 2014. The request, know as Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), is only about $8 billion less than the Defense Department requested in 2013 even though DoD expects to halve ...
A Navy SEAL was killed in a training accident Wednesday night, a spokesman from Naval Special Warfare Group 2 said. The training accident at the Fort Knox, Ky., Army base left one member of Naval Special Warfare Group 2 dead and five others injured, said Lt. David Lloyd. The five team...
Not long after midnight Aug. 12, the destroyer Porter cleared the Strait of Hormuz and entered the Persian Gulf. Five months into their deployment, it was the ships 13th straits transit and the commanding officer, Cmdr. Martin Arriola, left the pilothouse to attend to other matters. ...
Special Warfare Operator 3rd Class (SEAL) Jonathan Kaloust was killed in a training accident Wednesday night at Fort Knox, Ky., a spokesman from Naval Special Warfare Group 2 said. The accident at the Army base also injured seven other sailors, Lt. David Lloyd said five SEALs, one e...
WASHINGTON — After a whirlwind first day in the nations capital that included a visit to Capitol Hill, The White House and the British Ambassadors residence, Prince Harry was up bright and early and in uniform for a somber visit to Arlington National Cemetery. By around 8:30 a.m., a...
Officials with the Blue Angels and the National Naval Aviation Museum are disavowing any connection with a Pensacola, Fla., group called Save Our Blues that is soliciting money on their behalf. Further, state records indicate that Save Our Blues isnt registered to solicit tax-deducti...
Seeking more space warriors to operate new satellites, the Navy has expanded the number of jobs in the space cadre, an assortment of specially trained engineers, operators and astronauts. And officials have a new, better way of measuring their level of experience, according to a new p...
