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US mulls deploying Marine security team to Haiti amid gang crisis

In 2010, after an earthquake struck Haiti, fleet antiterrorism security team Marines were sent to assist the Marine guards at the embassy there.

By Irene Loewenson

14 months ago

Solomon Islands asks navies not to send ships pending review

The government made the request after the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Oliver Henry and the British navy patrol boat HMS Spey canceled planned port calls.

3 years ago

Court to decide if Hyten will face trial in civil suit for sexual assault

The appeals court could take three months to a year to decide whether the case against retired Air Force Gen. John Hyten, the former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will proceed.

By Rachel S. Cohen

3 years ago

Setback in the Solomons

Punctuated by tactical ineptitude, the World War II Battle of Rennell Island slowed American momentum in the South Pacific.

By John Wukovits, World War II

5 years ago

Deep-sea explorers find Japanese ship that sank during WWII

Hundreds of miles off Midway Atoll, nearly halfway between the United States and Japan, a research vessel is launching underwater robots miles into the abyss to look for warships from the famed Battle of Midway.

6 years ago

Aussies to revamp East Timor naval base

Canberra also will help the new democracy get an undersea internet connection to the rest of the world.

6 years ago