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US soldier detained in Russia will be held until at least July
Army Staff Sgt. Gordon Black faces charges of theft after being arrested in Russia on May 2.
Ex-Trump adviser arrives to testify in impeachment inquiry
Tim Morrison, the first White House political appointee to testify, didn't respond to reporters' questions about his testimony, which takes place behind closed doors, but his information might be central to a push to remove the president from office.
Famous frigate sails Boston’s harbor!
The ship left Charlestown Navy Yard Friday morning and headed to Fort Independence on Castle Island to fire a 21-gun salute.
Fearless Farragut!
The Union admiral followed a key tenet: Judge the risk by the prize, and risk all if necessary.
By Lawrence Lee Hewitt, HistoryNet
Probe into deadly boat fire could spark criminal charges
While the old saw about the captain going down with his ship is more an antiquated notion, there are laws to punish a ship's master who shirks his duty to safely evacuate passengers.
Cat Tales: The story of World War II’s PBY Flying Boat
Consolidated’s rugged PBY set a standard for flying boats and amphibians that will never be eclipsed.
By Stephan Wilkinson, Aviation History Magazine
Mutiny on the Amistad: ‘All we want is make us free.’
On Aug. 26, 1839, the Navy brig Washington seized the Spanish slaver Amistad near Montauk Point, New York, sparking one of the most important anti-slavery cases in American history.
By Dr. Howard Jones, American History Magazine
The Navy’s Ex Ex and a legacy of military naturalists
On Aug. 18, 1838, the Exploring Expedition led by Navy Lt. Charles Wilkes embarked on a world cruise of scientific discovery. He fit well into a class of armed scientists, military naturalists who rose to prominence in the 18th and 19th centuries.
By Richard Conniff, HistoryNet
CIA’s black warfare and the Navy’s Operation Passage to Freedom
Col. Edward Lansdale, chief of the CIA's Saigon Military Mission, was the genius cowboy who skirted the rules to achieve just goals; for others, he was the embodiment of an arrogant foreign policy gone dangerously wrong.
By Marc D. Bernstein, HistoryNet
Trump names retired Navy SEAL vice admiral new acting director of national intelligence via Tweet
In a one two punch, President Donald Trump announced via Twitter both that the nation’s number two intelligence official would be resigning and that he had named a new acting director of national intelligence ― current National Counterterrorism Center Director Joseph Maguire.
By Nathan Strout