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Navy sees boost in new surface tactics experts amid growing demand
More surface officers are looking to become warfare tactics instructors, or WTIs, according to the head of the program's training.
Best pics of the week: Feb. 14, 2021
Three Air Force bombers fly over the Super Bowl, the ghillie wash at the Army's Sniper School, a live-fire exercise at Camp Lejeune and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Best pics of the week: Sept. 13, 2020
Robot-assisted security, B-2s at Diego Garcia and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Op-ed: Reversing the landmine ban will explode on us
UXO kills even after the killing ends. Let's not make the problem worse.
By Kaj Larsen
Inside America’s daring plan to mine Haiphong Harbor
Operations Pocket Money, Linebacker I and Linebacker II helped prod North Vietnam to sign a peace deal in Paris.
By Marcelo Ribeiro da Silva, Vietnam magazine
Navy announces Monday mustang merger
Officials say the move helps a broader range of enlisted sailors commission as surface electronic limited duty or chief warrant officers.
By Carl Prine
Trump says America is on the hunt for Islamic State’s new leader
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that America now has its eye on a new Islamic State leader, telling the Economic Club of New York that “we know where he is.”
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Navy cans cruiser CO
Capt. Tadd Gorman took command of the warship less than three months ago.
Prosecutors: Minesweeper drug dealer nabbed in acid, ecstasy plot
If found guilty on a single charge of wrongful possession with the intent to distribute, he faces a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances and up to 15 years behind bars.
By Mark D. Faram
US Navy expert: Tanker attack mine resembles Iranian mines
The comments by Cmdr. Sean Kido came as the Navy showed reporters pieces of debris and a magnet they say Iran's Revolutionary Guard left behind when they spirited away an unexploded limpet mine after the June 13 attack in the Gulf of Oman. Iran has also not acknowledged taking the mine.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
The US and Iran have engaged in deadly combat before over Gulf tanker attacks. Here’s what happened
The so-called "Tanker War" involved American naval ships escorting reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers through the Persian Gulf and the strait after Iranian mines damaged vessels in the region. It culminated in a one-day naval battle between Washington and Tehran, and also saw America accidentally shoot down an Iranian passenger jet, killing 290 people.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press