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US Navy ships, subs, and planes are training to meet a new kind of challenge from Russia in the Atlantic
Russia's navy doesn't have as many subs as the Soviet navy did, but the ones it has pose a new thre…
Christopher Woody
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Inside The Largest Shipbuilding Company In The US Where The Navy's Massive $14 Billion Dollar Aircraft Carrier Is Being Built [PHOTOS]
It's a different world in the shipyard; everything is on a scale that's tough to wrap your head aro…
Robert Johnson
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Norfolk Navy base on lockdown after bomb threat near 4 aircraft carriers
The incident follows an all-night search for an unidentified diver who witnesses reported swimming …
Alex Lockie
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The first battle between ironclad warships was a dud, but it changed naval warfare forever
On March 9, 1862, CSS Virginia and USS Monitor, the first ironclads to meet in battle, slammed cann…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Russia's undersea naval activity is at record levels, and NATO is worried about a crucial lifeline to the world
While US plans call for curtailing production of Virginia-class attack subs when Columbia-class mis…
Christopher Woody
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30 ships ordered to flee US Navy's biggest base in Virginia as Hurricane Florence closes in
The US Navy's Naval Station Norfolk hosts the US Navy's most important and expensive ships. Because…
Alex Lockie
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The Navy showed Arnold Schwarzenegger how bad climate change will be for its bases
Neither have the US military's top brass been shy. In fact, American military leaders have been war…
Daniel Brown
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A gun on a US ally's warship misfired while the crew was clearing stuck shells and struck a frigate
Crews were trying to clear rounds jammed in the 76-mm deck gun when it fired, damaging a nearby shi…
Ella Sherman
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Discord users say Jack Teixeira only leaked documents to show off. That's a problem for the US military, which uses the app as a conduit for recruitment.
The US military promotes fostering an online community on Discord but also must warn some of its me…
Lloyd Lee
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The US Navy's newest fleet is keeping an eye on the North Atlantic with a first-of-its-kind deployment
"Live interaction" with another navy's ships "is something you can't replicate," Vice Adm. Daniel D…
Christopher Woody
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A Navy dad was able to get 12 weeks of paternity leave through a new policy. It showed him just how much work goes into childcare, and meant his wife felt supported 'mentally and physically.'
Americans are taking parental leave at near-record rates as more and more organizations are upping …
Jacob Zinkula
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The newest US aircraft carrier is heading for deployment after a decade of hard lessons the Navy says it should 'never' do again
After years of struggles with a new design and technology, the first-in-class carrier USS Gerald R.…
Christopher Woody
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By wielding different navies' aircraft carriers, NATO is showing off an 'easy to miss lever' of combat power
Three times this year, NATO has assumed command of member navies' aircraft carriers to practice an …
Christopher Woody
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The US Navy is preparing 2 fully-equipped hospital ships to help fight coronavirus 'trauma' cases
"One of the ways by which you can use either field hospitals, hospital ships, or things in between,…
David Choi
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The US Navy's new pilotless tanker plane just refueled an aircraft carrier fighter jet for the first time, and this is what it looked like
Watch an MQ-25 Stingray drone refuel an F/A-18 Super Hornet, the first time a pilotless plane has r…
Ryan Pickrell
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F-35Bs with special instruments are testing whether the advanced jet can operate on the Italian navy flagship
The F-35B pilots and test team will collect data to certify that Italian aircraft carrier Cavour ca…
David Cenciotti
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US accuses Russian spy ship of 'unsafe' maneuvers off US east coast for sailing with no warning lights, ignoring other ships, and risking a crash
The Viktor Leonov has patrolled international waters flanking Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina,…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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Britain's biggest warship had to deal with Hurricane Florence while training with F-35 jets for the first time
The British Royal Navy's £3.5 billion ($4.5 billion) aircraft carrier had left the U…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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3 US Navy sailors from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush died by suicide last week
If you or someone you know is struggling with depression or has had thoughts of harming themselves …
Ryan Pickrell
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The US Navy is vaccinating 5,000 sailors from the Eisenhower carrier strike group before they head back to sea
"I'm very excited that they're going to get to go downrange and at least achieve some sense of norm…