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The US Navy's only operational sub named after a president has been doing top-secret missions for 17 years
USS Jimmy Carter is one of only three Seawolf-class subs, but even among that small group it's uniq…
Benjamin Brimelow
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A mysterious accident with one of the US Navy's most sophisticated subs hints at a long history of submarine spying
The Navy is unlikely to disclose what USS Connecticut was doing, but it wouldn't be the first time …
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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A US Navy destroyer just sailed into port flying the Jolly Roger — here's why the USS Kidd flies a pirate flag
The USS Kidd is the third ship to bear the name, and it continues the tradition of flying the Jolly…
Ryan Pickrell
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With Russia keeping watch, US Navy subs ventured back to the high north to train where there's 'no safe haven'
Navy subs have decades of experience in the Arctic, but the challenging region has new importance a…
Christopher Woody
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A dilapidated, raccoon-infested wooden yacht that was once the 'floating White House' for 8 US presidents is being restored - here's a look inside the USS Sequoia
A 104-foot wooden yacht that was once considered the height of luxury was purchased by the US gover…
Taylor Borden
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A US Navy nuclear-powered attack submarine was damaged after striking an object in an underwater collision
The Seawolf-class submarine was damaged in the incident, and sailors were injured, though none of t…
Ryan Pickrell
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The story of the last US presidential yacht, which hosted foreign leaders and cruised the Caribbean until the 1970s
And, until the 1970s , perhaps the ultimate option was the US presidential yacht - a ship maintaine…
Tom Porter,Tom Porter
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How the US Navy plans to make its future attack submarine into an 'apex predator'
The Navy won't order its first SSN(X) boat until the 2030s, but estimates already put the price for…
Benjamin Brimelow
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A 1980s showdown with Iran was US Special Operations Command's first test in combat
From 1987 to 1989, US special-operation units deployed to the Persian Gulf for Operation Prime Chan…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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How a disastrous mission in Iran 40 years ago changed the way US special operators fight
On November 4, 1979, Iranians stormed the US Embassy in Tehran, taking 66 Americans hostage. The fa…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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The West is worried about Russian subs lurking around undersea cables, and the US is sanctioning companies helping them do it
The US is pursuing "an ongoing effort to counter malicious actors working at the behest of the Russ…
Christopher Woody
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The yacht that used to be passed down to each new US president just sold for $0
Silversmith sued in 2013 to block FE Partners from exercising its right under the loan to buy the y…
Bob Bryan
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Why the US and Iran have been adversaries for 4 decades
Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah …
John Haltiwanger
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The 3-letter word that's missing from the showdown with Iran
Ronald Reagan, who succeeded Carter as president in 1981, made the RDJTF into a full-scale "geograp…
Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch
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Here's how the US military became the exception to America's wage-stagnation problem
Conversely, scholars like Reeves and his Brookings team at the "Future of The Middle Class Initiati…
Brendan R. Stickles, Brooking…
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The 12 Best History Books Of 2014
9. "13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi" by Mitchell Zuckoff and Annex…
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Americans Are Too Gloomy About Their Place In The World
Ever since, however, the nation which a German intellectual once branded the "Uberpower" and a Fren…
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The story of Tidal: How a European startup no one ever heard of got bought by Jay Z and became one of the best-known music companies in the world
The legacy really comes from WiMP, which has always been known amongst music-lovers as the guys fro…
James Cook
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The story of Tidal: How a European startup no one ever heard of got bought by Jay Z and became one of the best-known music companies in the world
The legacy really comes from WiMP, which has always been known amongst music-lovers as the guys fro…