When America Took the Fight to Britain: The Only U.S. Attack on British Soil During the Revolutionary War John Paul Jones didn’t just harass British shipping—he invaded British soil. With a crew of rough sailors and a sloop-of-war...
Chinese Coast Guard Rams and Damages a Philippine Vessel Off an Island in the South China Sea Chinese coast guard ships used powerful water cannons and rammed and slightly damaged an anchored Philippine government...
Israeli Navy Intercepts Boats Attempting to Break Gaza Blockade and Arrests Activists Israeli naval forces boarded most of the vessels in a flotilla attempting to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza and detained...
Maduro Declares State of Emergency in Response to US Naval Presence in Caribbean Nicolás Maduro has signed a decree declaring a state of external emergency in response to what his government calls growing...
Suspected Attack by Yemen's Houthi Rebels Targets Ship in Red Sea After Missiles Fire on Israel A suspected attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted a ship in the Red Sea, officials said, as the militants increase their...
What to Know About the US Warships Sent to South America and the Reaction in Venezuela The United States is boosting its maritime force in the waters off Venezuela to combat threats from Latin American drug...
Australia, Canada and Philippines Stage Air Defense Drills Off Disputed Shoal Guarded by China Australia, Canada and the Philippines deployed three warships and aircraft for drills against simulated aerial threats off a...
Ingalls Worker Killed, Another Facing Murder Charge After Shooting at Mississippi Shipyard Police rushed around 7:30 a.m. to the landmark shipyard in Pascagoula, where more than 10,000 people work to build boats for...
Coast Guard to Salvage 30-Ton Hatch from Ship Explosion in Baltimore The hatch was located earlier this week after the Army Corps of Engineers deployed a sonar-equipped survey vessel at the...
USNS Cesar Chavez Will Keep its Name, DoD Says The USNS César Chavez will retain its name after Reps. Gil Cisneros and Sam Liccardo -- both Democrats from California --...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...