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HH-65 Dolphin helicopter

The U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Strategy The service is responding to a changing maritime Arctic environment.

At a panel discussion in December 2012, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its annual “Arctic Report Card,” compiled by 141 scientists from 15 countries. The report revealed several …

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Pearl Harbor Anti-Aircraft Fire

The Creation of the Proximity Fuze The National Defense Research Committee, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and the "funny fuze"

When the Pearl Harbor attack was over, amid the preparations for war, an accounting of the cost began. The losses to the military were serious, both in the accoutrements of …

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Shaw Explodes

The Attack on Pearl Harbor: Dec. 7, 1941 | Photos

While we have covered the Pearl Harbor attack extensively elsewhere, both in posts for Defense Media Network and in print, we wanted to commemorate this anniversary with a slideshow of …

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JFK CVN 79

Future USS Enterprise (CVN 80) Will Be the Third Gerald R. Ford-class Aircraft Carrier

The future USS Enterprise (CVN 80), will be the third Gerald R. Ford-class carrier to be built, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced via video message at the Dec. …

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the newest coast guard cutter WPC-1103 bow

Aboard William Flores, the Newest Coast Guard Cutter

Thirty-two years ago, on the night of Jan. 28, 1980, the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn was outward bound in Tampa Bay when she collided with the inbound tanker SS Capricorn …

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Crew of HMS Bounty II sinking

USCG Rescues Crew of HMS Bounty, Sunk Off North Carolina Coast Guard rescues 14 of 16 crew, and continues search for two missing

HMS Bounty, a 180-foot, three-masted sailing vessel, has sunk off the coast of North Carolina due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy. Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopters rescued 14 people from …

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Montpelier from Bow to Stern

Submarine USS Montpelier and Cruiser USS San Jacinto Collision | Photos

The U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class submarine USS Montpelier (SSN 765) and Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56) collided Saturday Oct. 13, 2012 at approximately 3:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight time …

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RiverHawk LCSC 42

LCSC 42 Patrol Boat for Lebanese Navy Nears Delivery

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A team of eight senior and mid-grade officers from the Lebanese armed forces traveled to Tampa, Fla., in August to assess the newest vessel for the Lebanese navy. The  LCSC …

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Black Hawks

Firefights, Final Flights, Harriers and Hawks | Military Photos

Periodically we’ll be sharing favorite military photos we’ve come across in putting together our various publications and the DMN website. These photos won’t necessarily be the newest or the most …

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