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US Navy’s four unmanned ships return from Pacific deployment
Four medium USV prototypes spent five months in the region working with the Navy-Marine team and allies to push the limits of concepts of operations.
Navy to hold hearing for sailor accused of igniting warship
Ryan Sawyer Mays, a junior sailor, was charged with aggravated arson and the willful hazarding of a vessel.
Russian defense chief scoffs at Western warnings on Ukraine
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Moscow was closely monitoring the deployment of U.S. troops and weapons in Europe as part of NATO’s Defender Europe 2021 drills.
Weather delays Coast Guard divers from searching for shipwreck survivors
The Coast Guard said divers were on the scene Thursday afternoon but could not confirm whether they’d begun diving.
31 charged in Coast Guard test-fixing scheme, prosecutors say
A U.S. Coast Guard employee took bribes to fix exams for merchant mariners to get licenses for positions on ships, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana said.
End the Navy’s vessel exception. Give sailors and Marines the due process afforded to every other US service member
Navy leaders often abuse the vessel exception loophole to non-judicial punishment, says the author of this commentary.
By David Johnson
In developing robot warships, US Navy wants to avoid another littoral combat ship
As the U.S. Navy pushes forward with developing its large unmanned surface vessel, a growing consensus is forming that the service needs to get its requirements and systems right before making a big investment.
By David B. Larter
US military offers condolences over Iran accident killing 19
The U.S. military offered condolences Thursday to Iran over a friendly fire incident in the Islamic Republic that killed 19 of its troops, identifying the weapon used in the incident as an anti-ship cruise missile.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Keel laid for research ship named after civil rights leader
The $106 million vessel is 200 feet long and will accommodate a crew of 29 to sea for 21 days.
What this Merchant Marine crew did to save sea turtles
This sea story begins in the Arabian Sea.
Coast Guard cutter sailing to mystery debris site
Virginia watchstanders received a distress signal from an unregistered emergency position indicating radio beacon on Tuesday morning.
By Carl Prine