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Former Green Beret arrested for 2020 failed Venezuela raid
A former U.S. Green Beret who organized a failed cross-border raid in 2020 to remove President Nicolás Maduro has been arrested in New York.
By Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian and Eric Tucker
Trump: US to deploy anti-drug Navy ships near Venezuela
The administration is beefing up counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean following a U.S. drug indictment against Nicolás Maduro.
Op-ed: Stop the rise of autonomous weapons
Our ever-growing appetite for intelligent, autonomous machines poses a host of ethical challenges.
By Christoffer Heckman, University of Colorado Boulder
China pushing code of conduct for South China Sea
US leaders remain skeptical about Beijing's sincerity in negotiating the rules.
MLB bans players from Venezuelan Winter League
It's one of the first public repercussions of new U.S. economic sanctions against the regime in Caracas.
US Southern Command head focused on ‘day after’ in Venezuela
The head of U.S. Southern Command says military officials are focusing on preparing for “the day after” once “isolated” Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro leaves power.
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
US Marines ‘likely’ to enter Venezuela, but will have trouble ‘getting out,’ Venezuelan socialist party official says
The heated rhetoric from the Venezuelan socialist leader follows an aggressive encounter between a Venezuelan SU-30 Flanker and an American EP-3 on July 19.
By Shawn Snow
Venezuelan fighter jet ‘aggressively shadows’ US Navy recon aircraft
Venezuela sent a fighter jet to buzz a U.S. reconnaissance operating in the Caribbean Sea on Friday, the Miami-based U.S. Southern Command reported Sunday.
By Mark D. Faram
Navy kickback king going to prison
Fernando Barroso pleaded guilty to the contracting scam earlier this year.
Hospital ship Comfort arrives at first stop on humanitarian mission
The Norfolk-based Comfort participated in a similar humanitarian mission aiding Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Honduras in late 2018.
By Diana Stancy