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U.S. Sinks Ship in Valiant Sheild Live Fire Exercise

June 17, 2024 4:28 PM
U.S forces held a sinking exercise as part of exercise Valiant Shield 2024, while 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) conducted drills with a French warship in the Philippine Sea. Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF),…

The North Korean Connection

June 17, 2012 10:17 AM - Updated: February 14, 2013 10:19 AM
Big surprises often come in small packages and the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (IRIN) seems to be betting on…

The Senate and the Law of the Sea

June 16, 2012 9:30 AM - Updated: February 5, 2013 1:28 PM
The Law of the Sea Treaty has been a political hot button for more than 30 years. In 1982 then-President…

The Jeannette Expedition

June 15, 2012 10:05 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 7:37 PM
Excerpted from U.S. Naval Institute’s The U.S. Navy and The Arctic Question  On July 8, 1879 USS Jeannette, a barque rigged, propeller driven…

BAMS Down

June 15, 2012 10:05 PM - Updated: January 15, 2013 1:55 PM
One of the U.S. Navy’s largest and most expensive unmanned aerial vehicles crashed in the Chesapeake Bay under unknown circumstances…

The Return of the Privateers

June 15, 2012 10:05 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 1:25 PM
Alfred Thayer Mahan is credited as saying: “War is business, to which actual fighting is incidental.” These words speak to…

The Rise of the Narco Navy

June 15, 2012 7:59 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 1:24 PM
Somali pirates and Iranian irregular warfare craft are well known to naval audiences, but the narco navy deserves equal infamy…
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