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Apr 21 2024
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The U.S. Navy's Alaska-Class Battlecruiser Was a Failure
The Alaska-class battlecruisers, conceived by the U.S. Navy in the 1930s to counter foreign naval developments, became a case of strategic misalignment by the time they were completed in the late 1940s. Summary: The Alaska-class battlecruisers, conceived by the U.S. Navy in the 1930s to counter foreign naval developments, became a case of strategic misalignment by the time they were completed
National InterestMay 02 2024
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Retired Navy diver testifies on family’s travails with tainted Hawaii water
HONOLULU — Navy Chief Petty Officer Brian Jessup was bathing his 10-month-old son at their Honolulu home in November 2021 when his wife called from work with an urgent plea: Don’t use the tap water. “She was very concerned, panicked,” Jessup, a special operations diver who retired from the Navy last year, testified in Hawaii federal court Thursday. His wife, Sheena Jessup, said customers had
Stars and StripesApr 22 2024
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Philippines Skips China’s Navy Forum Coinciding With US Drills
The Philippines won’t be showing up at the gathering in China this week of the world’s senior naval officials, an event that coincides with the onset of the Southeast Asian nation’s annual joint drills with US.
China’s coastal city of Qingdao is hosting the four-day biennial Western Pacific Naval Symposium until Wednesday. Twenty-nine out of the 30 countries comprising the group will be
BloombergMay 08 2024
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Louisiana storm relief organization Cajun Navy Ground Force responds to SE Texas flooding disaster
The president of the Cajun Navy Ground Force told ABC13 they were able to help deliver insulin to a man in a neighborhood that was still cut off by high water. The president of the Cajun Navy Ground Force told ABC13 they were able to help deliver insulin to a man in a neighborhood that was still cut off by high water. The president of the Cajun Navy Ground Force told ABC13 they were able to
ABC13 HoustonApr 26 2024
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UK Navy Reports Two Vessels Attacked In Red Sea, One Damaged
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels may have launched attacks on two vessels transiting southwest of Mukha, a port city on the highly contested southern Red Sea. Bloomberg says the UK Navy has confirmed two attacks on vessels in a series of headlines hitting the Terminal around 1400 ET. There are also reports that one of the vessels is "damaged." • UK NAVY SAYS ATTACKS RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO
ZeroHedgeMar 15 2024
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John's Hopkins, Navy lacrosse players honor fallen Navy hero with jersey number tribute
BALTIMORE -- In sports, a player's jersey number can be randomly assigned or it can be meaningful. Maybe a lucky number or a special significance. Friday night at Homewood Field both Johns Hopkins and Navy have players wearing a jersey number that honor a Navy graduate who lose his life in war. Hopkins graduate student Garrett Degnon is a leader on this year's Blue Jays team and does it while
CBS News (Online)Apr 20 2024
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USS America: The U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier That Just Wouldn't Sink
The USS America (CV-66), a decommissioned Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier, was intentionally sunk in 2005 during a Navy exercise known as SINKEX to study the resilience of aircraft carriers against attacks. Summary: The USS America (CV-66), a decommissioned Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier, was intentionally sunk in 2005 during a Navy exercise known as SINKEX to study the resilience of aircraft
National InterestApr 19 2024
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Tall tales: Royal Navy recruits don't have to be able to swim
Sink or swim Royal Navy recruits will no longer need to be able to prove they can swim in order to join up. In a move described by a source as a "sign of true desperation to increase recruitment numbers", anyone seeking to join the aquatic wing of the British military won't have to pass a 30-minute swim test. Asked how the change had gone down internally, the source said there was "outrage,
The Week - NewsApr 12 2024
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US Navy Under Secretary Erik Raven on the AUKUS agreement
U.S. nuclear-powered submarines are the crown jewel of American military might and key to deterring adversaries like China. The Biden administration signed a historic three-way partnership with Australia and the United Kingdom, known as AUKUS in 2021. The agreement promotes deeper information and technology sharing between the three countries and the U.S. agreed to share nuclear submarine
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