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Artist's Rendering MLP

First Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) Begins Construction Flo/Flo ship is key to Navy/Marine Corps seabasing concept

The U.S. Navy recently laid the keel for a new class of ship designed to bridge the gap between sea and shore.

The keel-laying ceremony for the first mobile landing …

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Capt. Francis Morley

DMN Q&A: Capt. Francis Morley, NAVAIR Program Manager, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler PMA-265 program manager says IRST is on track for the Super Hornet

Capt. Francis Morley, NAVAIR’s Program Manager for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler (PMA-265) says the Navy’s infrared search and track system (IRST) is on course for a 2016 …

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Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert delivers remarks during the 24th Annual Surface Navy Association Symposium, which was held Jan. 10-12 in Crystal City, Va. This year's theme was "Surface Navy: A Credible Force in Uncertain Times." U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kyle P. Malloy

Symposium Examines Surface Navy as “A Credible Force in Uncertain Times” Surface forces provide strong, flexible forward presence, Navy’s top admiral says

With the ink barely dry on a new national defense strategy, senior naval officers, government officials, and members of private industry – and most importantly scores of active-duty officers and …

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Lt. j.g. Thomas Hudner's Medal of Honor Ceremony

Wingman to the End: Lt. j.g. Thomas Hudner, Ensign Jesse L. Brown, and the Medal of Honor Corsair pilot attempted rescue in Korea

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Tom Hudner had no idea how things were going to unfold on Dec. 4, 1950. As a carrier-based Navy pilot flying an F4U-4 Corsair of squadron VF-32 “Swordsmen” from the …

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Sequestration and ‘Toxic Political Environment’ on Capitol Hill Could Hurt Defense, Senator Says New strategy supports need for high-end surface combatants

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Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, called for continued construction of multimission surface combatants during an address to the Surface Navy Association, which held its annual symposium in Crystal City, Va., Jan. …

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Marine Corps Outlines Ground Equipment Reset Strategy

The United States Marine Corps has released a draft of its Ground Equipment Reset Strategy for Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) [See DMN: U.S. Army “Responsible Reset Task Force,” posted Jan. …

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LCS 4 Christening

New Littoral Combat Ship Coronado Christened at Alabama’s Austal Shipyard

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The Navy christened the littoral combat ship Coronado (LCS 4) , on Jan. 14, 2012, in a ceremony at Austal USA’s shipyard in Mobile, Ala.

Assistant Secretary of the Navy …

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Montford Point Marines l Photos

Before 1942 no African-Americans had been officially accepted into the Marine Corps. This changed with President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidential directive that gave African-Americans a chance to volunteer for the …

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USS Kidd rescues Al Molai

Navy Rescues 13 Iranian Sailors from Somali Pirates While Iran threatens the U.S. Navy, the 'Global Force for Good' rescues sailors aboard an Iranian dhow

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The head of Iran’s military said that Iranian ships had “chased” a U.S. aircraft carrier from the Persian Gulf, and warned the USS John C. Stennis to stay out.

“We …

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U.S. Navy Explores Long Range “Ocular Interrupter”

U.S. Navy representatives have revealed service interest in available technologies and solutions that could be applied to a potential long range ocular interrupter (LROI) that would provide the Navy with …

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