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Women Will Be Placed In More Combat Jobs According To Military Plans

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 06.18.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Women may be able to start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under plans set to be announced by t...

Iraq Veteran Congresswoman Condemns 'Predators' In Uniform

The Huffington Post | Gabrielle Dunkley | Posted 05.31.2013 | Politics

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) spoke out on Friday against the crisis of sexual assaults in the military, Hawaii News Now reported. Gabbard, who is...

My Dad and JFK: Assassination Conspiracy Theorists Keep My Late Father in Their Sights

Peter Mandel | Posted 05.20.2013 | Politics
Peter Mandel

When will Americans, we of middle age, especially, move on? In the absence of new witnesses or of other fresh and vital information, might it make sense to stop our chattering and to open files on the other parts of our lives?

Fatal Training Exercise Leaves One Sailor Dead

AP | BRETT BARROUQUERE | Posted 05.17.2013 | Politics

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Military officials say a Humvee carrying six Navy SEALs and two other sailors overturned during a training exercise at Fort Knox in...

Ten Years After Ousting US Navy, Vieques Confronts Contamination

Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D. | Posted 05.15.2013 | World
Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D.

The island of Vieques in Puerto Rico recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary of a struggle that ended 60 years of U.S. Navy test bombing there. Yet the legacy of Navy devastation is sobering, and Viequenses remain dispossessed of their lands.

Navy Makes History With Unmanned Drone Launch

AP | BROCK VERGAKIS | Posted 05.15.2013 | Politics

ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH -- A drone the size of a fighter jet took off from the deck of an American aircraft carrier for the first time Tuesday...

Navy Hazing Involved Embarrassment

AP | BROCK VERGAKIS | Posted 05.08.2013 | Politics

NORFOLK, Va. — A commanding officer in Illinois was removed from the job after hazing three reservists by ordering them to exercise and yell "I ...

U.S. Leads Naval Exercises In Persian Gulf

AP | Posted 05.06.2013 | World

MANAMA, Bahrain -- The US Navy says envoys from 41 nations have gathered in Bahrain to begin anti-mine drills in the Persian Gulf amid efforts by Iran...

Crises Also Fade

William Bradley | Posted 05.03.2013 | World
William Bradley

Perhaps Obama should be more careful about what he calls a "red line." Dictators are not impressed by empty threats. Would there be support for a multi-national effort to secure chemical weapons stores?

Cyber Vulnerabilities Discovered On Navy's Newest Warship

Reuters | Andrea Shalal-Esa | Posted 04.24.2013 | Technology

WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - The computer network on the U.S. Navy's newest class of coastal warships showed vulnerabilities in Navy cybersecuri...

New Research Vessel To Be Named For Fallen Shuttle Astronaut

Posted 04.15.2013 | Science

By: Robert Z. Pearlman Published: 04/15/2013 06:08 AM EDT on SPACE.com The United States Navy's first academic research ship to be named for a wom...

Navy Officer Who Faked His Own Death To End Affair Faces Expulsion

AP | MICHAEL MELIA | Posted 06.12.2013 | Politics

GROTON, Conn. — A former submarine commander who faked his death to end an extramarital affair should be honorably discharged from the Navy, a p...

Blue Angels Season Cancelled Due To Cuts

AP | Posted 04.09.2013 | Politics

PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION, Fla. -- The U.S. Navy has canceled the remainder of the elite Blue Angels demonstration team's 2013 season because of fed...

WATCH: The Navy Has A Laser That Shoots Down Drones

Reuters | Posted 04.09.2013 | Technology

(Reuters) - The U.S. Navy said on Monday it will deploy for the first time a laser weapon on one of its ships that could be capable of shooting down d...

U.S. Navy Clears Sailors In Deadly Dubai Shooting

AP | BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 04.08.2013 | World

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- U.S. Navy sailors aboard a supply vessel acted within rules of engagement last year when they fired on a small boat app...

Picking Up The Pieces After DADT

Brian Stone | Posted 06.04.2013 | Gay Voices
Brian Stone

It's been four years since I broke up with my partner. We're among the few, proud Americans who can say that official U.S. government policy ended our relationship. Today I'm going see him for the first time since that breakup.

U.S. Sends F/A-18 Warplanes To Phillipines For Military Drills

Reuters | Posted 06.04.2013 | World

MANILA, April 4 (Reuters) - Washington is this week deploying a dozen F/A-18 fighters to the Philippines, the first time it has sent so many of the ...

A Death in the Family

David Laufman | Posted 06.02.2013 | Politics
David Laufman

We must instill within our society a deeper, sustainable recognition of the true costs of war and the price of service -- and to promote a genuine feeling and broader community of shared sacrifice.

China To Attend U.S. Naval Drills

Reuters | Posted 05.22.2013 | World

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - China's People's Liberation Army has accepted an invitation to participate for the fi...

For the Love of... Hate Mail!

Brian Stone | Posted 05.18.2013 | Gay Voices
Brian Stone

When I was in boot camp they said you weren't a real Sailor until your shoulders were covered in sea salt. I was so excited when, one day, out at sea, I realized my shoulders had a nice dusting of white, fluffy salt granules.

Top U.S. Admiral: Climate Change Biggest Threat

The Huffington Post | Lucia Graves | Posted 03.11.2013 | Green

Despite renewed threats from nuclear North Korea, missile stockpiling in China and a standoff between China and Japan over a small string of islands, ...

I Eat for America

Crazy Legs Conti | Posted 05.07.2013 | Weird News
Crazy Legs Conti

The Nathan's contest is the Tour de France, the Masters, and the Super Bowl rolled into a hot dog bun. I've been fortunate to be at the final table for a decade. Where can eating too many hot dogs get you?

2 U.S. Sailors Convicted Of Rape In Okinawa

AP | ERIC TALMADGE | Posted 05.01.2013 | World

TOKYO — Two U.S. Navy sailors were convicted and sentenced to prison on Friday for raping and robbing a woman on Okinawa in a crime that outrage...

Whistleblower Suit Reveals Huge Kickback Scheme

AP | MICHELLE R. SMITH | Posted 04.30.2013 | Politics

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A recently unsealed whistle-blower lawsuit claims a former civilian Navy employee from Virginia and a now-defunct Navy contra...

Killing With Sound: What Happens When the Whales Stop Singing?

Brenda Peterson | Posted 04.24.2013 | Green
Brenda Peterson

For whales, such as the great blue, who can communicate over thousands of miles, such sonic stress affects reproduction and communication so much that some whales simply stop vocalizing. What happens to our oceans when the whales stop singing?