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Sen. Jack Reed is a quiet professional. If Democrats win the Senate, he’ll be front and center.

With Democrats fighting to retake the Senate and the White House in the Nov. 3 elections, Sen. Jack Reed is favored to move into one of Congress' most visible positions and become a major defense figure for his party ― and just as the military’s transition toward competition with China and Russia is gaining momentum.

3 years ago

Did Army researchers find a Navy bomber that crashed off Massachusetts in 1946?

The recovery of a five-foot propeller and a .30 caliber machine gun in the waters off Chappaquiddick led researchers to think they have discovered a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver that crashed in 1946.

By Navy Times staff

5 years ago

Remembering Wally

Before he became one of the Mercury Seven, the irreverent astronaut Walter Schirra cut his teeth flying Navy fighters.

By Barrett Tillman, Aviation History Magazine

5 years ago

When Seabees weren’t building bases in Vietnam, they were fighting the enemy

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., includes 85 Seabees among its list of war dead—a tribute to their motto, “We build, we fight,” which is symbolized in their logo of a bee holding a wrench, hammer and machine gun.

By Tom Edwards, Vietnam Magazine

5 years ago

Submarine Vermont christened at Connecticut shipyard

The Vermont was christened at Electric Boat, the Groton-based contractor that builds attack submarines with Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia.

6 years ago

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