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An MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system taxis across the flight line at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, on Dec. 16, 2021.

Airborne Triton drone key to Navy’s signal goals, Clapperton says

The autonomous MQ-4C Triton intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting drone can fly for more than 24 hours.

By Colin Demarest

3 months ago

Navy officer convicted in ‘Dateline’ death gets more time for appeal

The junior officer was convicted for killing his Belgian wife in 2015.

By Hope Hodge Seck

6 months ago

USS Arlington, Navy surgeons, head to Haiti, while a joint task force provides disaster relief

The ship is expected to arrive in Haiti “by the end of the week,” and is equipped with a surgical team along with landing craft capability. Soldiers, Marines also deploy.

By Diana Stancy

3 years ago

China’s Africa outreach poses threat from Atlantic, says a top US general

U.S. military commanders around the globe caution that China's growing assertiveness isn't simply happening in Asia.

By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press

3 years ago

This week in Congress: Getting back to budget basics

Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of March 15, 2021.

By Leo Shane III

3 years ago

Book excerpt: ‘You Don’t Belong Here’

In “You Don’t Belong Here,” Elizabeth Becker uses the work and lives of three women journalists to illuminate the Vietnam War from the 1965 American buildup, the expansion into Cambodia, and the American defeat and its aftermath.

By Elizabeth Becker

3 years ago

Venezuela armed forces to escort Iranian tankers bringing needed fuel

Venezuela’s defense minister said Wednesday that planes and ships from the nation's armed forces will escort Iranian tankers arriving with fuel to the gasoline-starved country in case of any U.S. aggression.

4 years ago

Naval buildup in Caribbean not aimed at ousting Maduro, says head of US Southern Command

The top U.S. military commander for Latin America said Friday that the Trump administration isn’t looking to use military force to remove Nicolas Maduro even as it expands counternarcotics operations in the Caribbean.

4 years ago

Seeking the Military Suicide Solution Podcast, Episode 9: Dr. Rajeev Ramchand

This week's guest is Rajeev Ramchand, is a behavioral scientist who has done extensive research on veterans mental health issues and veterans suicide. He is the inaugural Craig Newmark Fellow at the Bob Woodruff Foundation.

4 years ago

Seeking the Military Suicide Solution Podcast, Episode 2: Dr. Craig J. Bryan

Dr. Craig J. Bryan deployed to Balad, Iraq, in 2009, where he served as the Director of the Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic at the Air Force Theater Hospital. Today, Dr. Bryan researches suicidal behaviors and suicide prevention strategies and also serves as the Executive Director of the National Center for Veterans Studies at The University of Utah.

4 years ago

Prosecutors: Petty officer made threats, carried gun ‘at or near’ command

Officials say he's held in pretrial confinement.

By Courtney Mabeus-Brown

4 years ago

Next federal research ship slated to sail Gulf of Mexico in 2023

It will be the third of three research ships being built for the National Science Foundation to add state-of-the-art vessels to the shrinking research fleets in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and the Gulf. T

5 years ago