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American and South Korean ships began joint naval exercises in the eastern and western waters off the Korean Peninsula, after North Korea renewed its threat to fire missiles near the US territory of Guam. The maneuvers, which began Monday, will involve fighter jets, helicopters and 40 naval ships and submarines from both countries, including the […]
© AFP/File ROSLAN RAHMAN Tokyo (AFP) – US and Japanese naval forces are searching for an American sailor who went missing during a joint drill in the South China Sea, officials said Wednesday. “US Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense-Force ships and aircraft are searching for a sailor from USS Stethem reported missing while the ship […]
China has formally launched its first overseas naval facility in Djibouti, an East African nation that is already hosting America’s only expeditionary Marine base in Africa. Five Chinese formations and Djibouti’s Three Services Honor Guard took part in the launch ceremony on Tuesday, the People’s Daily reported, referring to the base as “the logistics facility.” […]
A new state-of-the-art US aircraft carrier is currently the only ship in its fleet that is fully equipped with gender-neutral restrooms. However, urinals are absent from the ship’s restrooms, and now design experts have reservations about the new look. Every urinal on the new USS Gerald R. Ford, which was commissioned at Naval Station Norfolk […]
US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Julio Martinez Martinez President Donald Trump took part in the commissioning of the USS Gerald R. Ford on Saturday, ushering in the first new aircraft carrier design in four decades to the US Navy with in “100,000-ton message to the world,” according to Trump. The Ford […]
Published time: 7 Jul, 2017 06:43 China’s carrier battle group has docked in Hong Kong to mark the 20th anniversary of the autonomous territory’s handover from London to Beijing. The Chinese naval group, comprised of the Soviet-made aircraft carrier Liaoning and guided-missile destroyers CNS Jinan and CNS Yinchuan, as well as guided-missile frigate CNS Yantai, […]
Lamar Salter China and Iran held a joint naval exercise near the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf amid rising tension in the region. The official IRNA news agency said the drill on Sunday included an Iranian warship and two Chinese destroyers, a logistics ship and one helicopter. The Chinese flotilla went to […]
Screenshot Eli Rosenberger is a naval flight officer based in Oak Harbor, Washington. Eli was on Jeopardy on Monday, in his service dress blues, shiny naval flight officer wings and all! How did Eli do on Jeopardy? Well, let’s just say whatever winnings he managed will now go toward buying a lot of beers for a lot […]
Published time: 1 Mar, 2017 00:28 Iran has successfully tested the country’s indigenous Valfajr torpedo system on the last day of two weeks-long naval drills, during which the Islamic Republic also featured other advanced military technology including cruise and anti-ship missiles. Tuesday marked the last day of the Velayat 95 naval exercises across an area […]
Published time: 27 Feb, 2017 11:09 The Iranian Navy has successfully test-fired its Nasr sea-launched cruise missile, Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan said. The test took place during large-scale military drills stretching over an area covering 2 million sq km in the Persian Gulf. The latest naval cruise missile, called Nasr, was test-fired during ‘Velayat 95’ […]
