Navy

  December 24, 2012, 10:20 am

Report: SEAL team commander dies in suspected suicide

By Jonathan Easley

The officer was reportedly in charge of coordinating all SEAL Team Four missions.

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  December 4, 2012, 11:43 am

Navy denies Iranian reports of captured US drone

By Carlo Muñoz

All American aerial intelligence drones based in the Mideast region have been accounted for, despite recent reports by Tehran that it had captured a Navy Scan Eagle drone conducting surveillance within Iranian airspace. 

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  December 1, 2012, 11:54 am

U.S. says North Korean rocket launch would be 'highly provocative'

By Erik Wasson

The United States warned North Korea not to carry out its plan to launch a space satellite later this month. 

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  November 28, 2012, 1:41 pm

Senate to vote on military biofuels purchases

By Zack Colman

The Senate will vote Wednesday on Sen. Mark Udall’s (D-Colo.) plan to ensure that the Defense Department may purchase biofuels.

Udall’s amendment to defense policy legislaton would strike provisions that bar the military from buying alternative fuels that cost more than petroleum.

Udall said the military historically has boosted energy sectors with investment. He said that developing the domestic biofuels industry would also improve national security and mitigate energy-related price shocks by reducing dependence on foreign oil.

“We have always spent money on energy development. It has made us safer,” Udall said in a Wednesday floor speech.

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  November 24, 2012, 10:14 am

Iran accuses U.S. Navy of 'illegal and provocative acts'

By Justin Sink

In a letter submitted to the United Nations, Iran says Navy drones entered Iranian airspace.  

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  November 22, 2012, 10:51 am

Report: Military emails provide details on bin Laden’s burial at sea

By Meghashyam Mali

The emails reveal that only senior members of the USS Carl Vinson's officer crew witnessed the burial.

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  October 30, 2012, 1:56 pm

Navy prepares for expanded missions in Mideast, Pacific

By Carlo Muñoz

Navy leaders are putting the piece in place to expand its missions in the Mideast and Asia-Pacific to counter potential threats in those regions, according to new guidance by issued by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert. 

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  October 23, 2012, 8:18 pm

Republicans try to sink the president over his comment on Battleship

By Carlo Muñoz

Republicans believe the comments during the final debate could become a political liability for the president.

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  October 23, 2012, 7:46 am

Paul Ryan hits back at Obama’s debate Navy jab, says ‘ocean hasn’t shrunk’

By Jonathan Easley

The vice presidential candidate had a ready retort for Obama’s “horses and bayonets” zinger from Monday's debate.

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  October 15, 2012, 11:54 am

Pentagon investigating after Navy submarine, cruiser collide

By Jeremy Herb

The Pentagon is investigating a collision that occurred this weekend between a Navy submarine and Aegis cruiser.

Both ships were able to return to port under their own power on Sunday, and there were no injuries in the incident, U.S. Fleet Forces Command said in a release.

The crash occurred at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, when the Los Angeles-class USS Montpelier submarine and USS San Jacinto, a Ticonderoga-class cruiser, collided during a training exercise.

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