US Navy

HUP Helicopter

The Ensign, the Rescue, and the HUP Helicopter

Less than a month after the signing of the armistice that ended the Korean War, a U.S. Navy photo of an Aug. 12, 1953 rescue at sea became one of …

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Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense

Aegis BMD Sea-Based Elements: At Sea Today and Tomorrow

Strategic Underpinnings of Aegis BMD at Sea

The most recent U.S. national level strategic guidance is the January 2012 Department of Defense document entitled Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for …

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Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense

Aegis BMD Sea-Based Elements: The Ship-based Solution U.S. Navy missile defense Part 18

The U.S. Navy’s strong commitment to a national ballistic missile defense is articulated in the 2007 tri-service A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower (CS-21), which explains, “Maritime ballistic missile …

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USS Harding

D-Day: Horace Flack, Margaret Flack, and the USS Harding

For sailor Horace Flack, the war started before he was old enough to enlist. Flack wasn’t 18 years old yet when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. At that time, he …

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Rear Adm. T.K. Shannon (left) and Rear Adm. Mark Buzby congratulate each other during a change-of-command ceremony aboard the USNS Spearhead (JSHV 1) May 10, 2013. Shannon relieved Buzby as commander, Military Sealift Command. U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Jesse A. Hyatt

The Future of Military Sealift Command An interview with Rear Adm. Mark “Buz” Buzby, commander, Military Sealift Command

Rear Adm. Mark “Buz” Buzby has retired after a distinguished 34-year career in the U.S. Navy, the last three and half of which he served as the commander of Military Sealift …

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Triton Unmanned Aircraft System
MQ-8B Fire Scout

Fire Scout Reliability Gains Generate More Demand

The more reliable the Navy’s MQ-8B Fire Scout becomes, the more theater commanders want it. At the end of March, MQ-8Bs deployed in the Mediterranean on USS Robert G. Bradley …

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Covering Fire

The Year in Special Operations: 2013-2014 I Photos

Special operators as well as industry leaders from around the globe received their copies of The Year in Special Operations: 2013-2014 at the 2013 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC). …

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Rear Adm. Sean Pybus
An MQ-8B Fire Scout in flight near Naval Air Station Mayport, Fla. during USS Klakring (FFG 42) pre-deployment workups in May 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Erik Hildebrandt

U.S. Navy UAV Developments Accelerate Part 1

It’s a matter of historical record that the Royal Navy’s first aircraft carrier, HMS Argus, was fully operational for more than four years before the U.S. Navy’s first flattop, USS …

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