Exercise Koa Kai Helps Navy Surface Combatants Achieve Full Deployment Readiness
Navy ships have begun the semiannual Koa Kai naval exercise, which includes integrated flight operations, anti-surface and anti-submarine training, and …
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North American Defense Leaders Hold First Trilateral Meeting on Mutual Defense Interests
Canada and Mexico both share borders with the United States. Both are important partners for trade and security. And yet …
U.S. Navy Year in Review
For the U.S. Navy, 2011 will forever be known as the year the service’s special warriors caught and killed Osama …
Exercise Cold Response Participants Get Chilly Reception in Norway
Allied naval expeditionary forces are working together in the cold harsh environment of northern Norway as part of the NATO …
U.S. Seeks Improved Fragmentation Hand Grenade
The U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Division, Crane, Ind., is seeking information on designs for an improved fragmentation hand grenade that …
The FY 2012 Defense Budget
For all the fiery debates it launched in 2011, the U.S.’s fiscal year 2012 Defense budget achieved reality in anticlimactic …
The Civil War on the Water: The Union Blockade l Photos
When President Abraham Lincoln declared a blockade of Confederate ports on April 19, 1861, the U.S. Navy consisted of 42 …
“Stolen Valor” Issue Is Agonizing for Everyone
Xavier Alvarez now says he was lying and wishes he hadn’t done it, but he insists he never committed a …
USS Enterprise Begins Final Overseas Deployment
USS Enterprise (CVN 65), the U.S. Navy’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier – and at 51 years of age, its longest …
Proud Manta Trains the Hunters and the Hunted
NATO naval forces conducted a major undersea exercise, Proud Manta, off Italy in February. The exercise focused on training the …