http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/usn/ en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:38:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050348/posts 080722-N-7571S-001 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 22, 2008) A French F-2 Rafale launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during the first integrated U.S. and French carrier qualifications aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier. The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is participating in Joint Task Force Exercise "Operation Brimstone" off the Atlantic coast. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder/Released) 080721-N-7241L-009 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 21, 2008) A French Rafale M prepares to land aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during combined French and American carrier qualifications. This event marks the first... United States Navy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2050348/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:38:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048899/posts DEBKAfile’s military sources report that Operational Brimstone, starting Monday, July 21, aimed at giving military teeth to the two-week ultimatum the six world powers gave Iran in Geneva Saturday to accept the suspension of uranium enrichment or face harsh sanctions and isolation. The penalty of withholding refined oil products from Iran would be exercised by means of a partial international naval blockade of its Gulf ports. Taking part in the 10-day exercise in the Atlantic Ocean are more than a dozen ships, including the US carrier strike group Theodore Roosevelt and expeditionary strike group Iwo Jima; the French submarine Amethyste,... Debka.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048899/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:11:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048852/posts As predicted by The Nav Log, the Navy has finally admitted that the new, gigantic (14,000 ton) DDG-1000 guided missile destroyer and CGN-X new guided missile cruiser are just too expensive and technically problematic to build as replacements for the existing Burke DDGs and Ticonderoga CGs. The Navy is reportedly in the process of dropping both programs. Latest estimates per copy of the DDG-1000 are $5 billion + each per the Congressional Budget Office. Ouch. A dozen Spruance-class destroyers – built in the 70s and 80s and dogged by a reputation as being difficult to sail and maintain – were... The Nav Log http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048852/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:54:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043125/posts USS Abraham Lincoln in Arabian Sea to support Afghan operations By Jeff Schogol, Stars and Stripes Mideast edition, Wednesday, July 9, 2008 ARLINGTON, Va. — The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has moved from the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea to support operations in Afghanistan. NBC News first reported Monday night that the carrier has been moved because of the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, where a suicide bomber killed more than 40 people Monday outside the Indian Embassy in Kabul. A spokesman for 5th Fleet confirmed the move Tuesday. "Conditions are worsening on the ground in Afghanistan and commanders... Stars and Stripes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043125/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 22:57:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042126/posts Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards began military maneuvers on Monday, news agencies said, the same day the U.S. Navy said it was carrying out an exercise in the Gulf. reuteurs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042126/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:04:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042111/posts The U.S. Navy said on Monday it was carrying out an exercise in the Gulf, days after vowing that Iran will not be allowed to block the waterway which carries crude from the world's largest oil-exporting region. "The aim of Exercise Stake Net is to practice the tactics and procedures of protecting maritime infrastructure such as gas and oil installations," Commodore Peter Hudson said in a U.S. Fifth Fleet statement. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042111/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 23:51:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039808/posts This blood libel of Israel, Jews, and John McCain’s father is sanctioned by Barack Obama’s official campaign It has been established [http://husaria.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/obama-campaign-sanctioned-anti-semitic-and-other-hate-speech/] that Barack Obama’s official campaign site exercises editorial control over the content of my.barackobama.com, and is capable of finding and removing “offensive” and “disrespectful” material within two days. The following has been online for almost three weeks. It accuses Israel of deliberatly murdering the crew of the U.S.S. Liberty, American Jews with divided loyalties of complicity, and John McCain’s father of complicity in a cover up. The following entry is sanctioned (tolerated) by Barack Obama’s official campaign... Now,... IsraPundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039808/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 17:22:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038081/posts We Swedes wish to honor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cole_bombing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell_S._Cole True Swedes - like I - love America. Yes, we are Europeans and you are Americans. Often, we insult each other, by employing various methods. Yet, you are our sisters'N'brothers and nothing will ever change tHAT. I would give my life up for America. The US is a nation which believes in true freedom. This idea will conquer the world. www.thelocal.se http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038081/posts#comment Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:54:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1780881/posts USS New York It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center . It is the fifth in a new class of warship - designed for missions that include special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered ashore by helicopters and assault craft. Steel from the World Trade Center was melted down in a foundry in Amite , LA to cast the ship's bow section. When it was poured into the molds  on Sept. 9, 2003, "those big rough steelworkers treated it with total... Email received today and ABC News Story http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1780881/posts#comment Wed, 7 Feb 2007 20:57:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036468/posts Defense: The Supreme Court has agreed to decide if the safety and security of whales trumps that of the United States. Protecting Shamu may make both the California Coastal Commission and the Iranian navy happy.In 2006, the U.S. Navy settled a lawsuit filed by the National Resources Defense Council seeking to permanently halt the use of active sonar in training exercises. This temporary reprieve let the Navy practice and train in anti-submarine warfare exercises against some of the most modern and quiet diesel-electric submarines in the world. The RIMPAC 2006 exercise was one of the rare opportunities the Navy had... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036468/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:20:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035282/posts Israel 'will attack Iran' before new US president sworn in, John Bolton predicts By Toby Harnden in Washington Last Updated: 9:18PM BST 23/06/2008 John Bolton, the former American ambassador to the United Nations, has predicted that Israel could attack Iran after the November presidential election but before George W Bush's successor is sworn in. Bolton: 'the argument for military action is sooner rather than later' The Arab world would be "pleased" by Israeli strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, he said in an interview with The Daily Telegraph. "It [the reaction] will be positive privately. I think there'll be public denunciations... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035282/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:31:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035196/posts WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will settle a fight that pits Southern California dolphins against the U.S. military. In a closely watched case involving national security and the natural environment, the court agreed to review restrictions on the Navy's use of sonar off the California coast. The Bush administration contends that the sonar rules, meant to protect marine mammals, hinder military preparedness. "The chief of naval operations determined ... that those restrictions unacceptably risk naval training, the timely deployment of (naval) strike groups and national security," Acting Solicitor General Gregory Garre said in a legal filing. The California Coastal Commission... McClatchey Newspapers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035196/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:53:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034561/posts GROTON, Conn., June 18, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----General Dynamics Electric Boat will christen New Hampshire (SSN-778), the U.S. Navy's newest and most advanced nuclear attack submarine, at a ceremony at its shipyard here on Saturday, June 21, at 11 a.m. Cheryl McGuinness of Portsmouth, N.H., is the ship's sponsor. Mrs. McGuinness lost her husband, Tom McGuinness, on September 11, 2001, in the World Trade Center attacks. He was the co-pilot of American Airlines Flight 11, which was flown into the north tower of the World Trade Center. Fox Business http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034561/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:14:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030937/posts FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- Two fighter jets from the U.S. Navy's elite training school collided Friday over northern Nevada's high desert, killing one pilot and injuring two others who parachuted to safety. The pilot who died was based at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Va., said Jeffery Wells, a spokesman at Fallon Naval Air Station. He was at the controls of an F/A-18C Hornet at the time of the crash. The New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030937/posts#comment Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:38:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030884/posts FALLON, Nev. — A pilot was missing after two U.S. Navy jets flying a routine training mission collided Friday over northern Nevada's high desert about 50 miles east of the Fallon Naval Air Station. Two pilots safely ejected from an F-5 Tiger and were rescued, but the pilot of an F/A-18C Hornet was missing, said Zip Upham, public affairs officer for the base. The two aircraft collided about noon Friday near the town of Middlegate, some 110 miles east of Reno, Upham said. The cause of the crash was under investigation, he said. The pilots in the two-seater F-5 Tiger... FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030884/posts#comment Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:10:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030691/posts Boeing sees export demand for up to 50 Growlers By Andrew Doyle Boeing and the US Navy are beginning to evaluate the potential export market for the EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft. The first operational example was handed over to the service on 3 June, and its first EA-18G unit is expected to stand up in late fiscal year 2009. Technology transfer restrictions are likely to limit the number of potential international buyers for the Growler, but Mike Gibbons, Boeing EA-18G programme manager, says the manufacturer forecasts the total export market to be "far less than 100, but 50 in... Flight International http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030691/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:20:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027677/posts Bryce Lockwood, Marine staff sergeant, Russian-language expert, recipient of the Silver Star for heroism, ordained Baptist minister, is shouting into the phone. "I'm angry! I'm seething with anger! Forty years, and I'm seething with anger!" Lockwood was aboard the USS Liberty, a super-secret spy ship on station in the eastern Mediterranean, when four Israeli fighter jets flew out of the afternoon sun to strafe and bomb the virtually defenseless vessel on June 8, 1967, the fourth day of what would become known as the Six-Day War.......... .....Their anger has been stoked by the declassification of government documents and the recollections... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027677/posts#comment Sat, 7 Jun 2008 21:49:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026650/posts Honolulu (AP) -- The U.S. military says it has intercepted a ballistic missile near Hawaii in a test. The sea-based test Thursday was the military's first since an errant satellite was shot down earlier this year. A target was fired from a decomissioned amphibious assault ship about 100 miles off the island of Kauai. It was a Scud-like missile with a range of a few hundred miles. AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026650/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 20:14:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026151/posts Washington, D.C. (AHN) - A U.S. warship delivering aid to cyclone victims in Myanmar and its escort vessels will leave international waters near the country on Thursday. The departure of USS Essex on orders of the Pentagon follows the refusal of the military rulers of Myanmar to allow U.S. helicopters to airlift relief supplies to people in the Irrawaddy Delta region, which was hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis last month. According to a statemenf from Admiral Timothy J. Keating, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, Myanmar rejected the U.S. Navy's 15 requests for permission to fly the relief goods into... All Headline News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026151/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 23:58:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026140/posts Myanmar cyclone: Burma's junta turns away US aid ships By Thomas Bell, South East Asia Correspondent Last Updated: 1:46PM BST 04/06/2008 Four American navy ships, laden with relief supplies, are steaming away from the Burmese coast because the military junta will not allow them to help starving cyclone victims. On board the boats were 22 urgently needed heavy-lift helicopters, amphibious vehicles and water purification equipment. The Burmese regime claimed that, far from wanting to help the 2.5 million survivors of last month’s cyclone, the US was in fact intent on stealing the country’s oil resources. "I am both saddened and... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026140/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 23:44:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025672/posts U.S. Navy ships positioned off the coast of Myanmar will soon leave the area after the country's junta refused to give them permission to deliver aid to cyclone victims, a top U.S. commander said Wednesday. Adm. Timothy Keating, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, said the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Essex and other ships will resume their previous operations Thursday. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025672/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 04:32:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024636/posts <p>A human rights group alleges the U.S. has operated detention facilities for terror suspects aboard Naval vessels, according to a published report in a European newspaper Monday.</p> <p>A study compiled by Reprieve says the U.S. may have used as many as 17 vessels as 'prison ships' where terror detainees were subjected to interrogation as part of the acknowledged rendition program operated since 2001, The Guardian reported.</p> Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024636/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 04:33:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024609/posts <p>The United States is operating "floating prisons" to house those arrested in its war on terror, according to human rights lawyers, who claim there has been an attempt to conceal the numbers and whereabouts of detainees.</p> <p>Details of ships where detainees have been held and sites allegedly being used in countries across the world have been compiled as the debate over detention without trial intensifies on both sides of the Atlantic. The US government was yesterday urged to list the names and whereabouts of all those detained.</p> The Guardian via Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024609/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 02:24:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024497/posts HONOLULU - President Bush has asked his defense and interior secretaries to look into designating Pearl Harbor and other historic World War II sites in the Pacific a national monument. A May 29 presidential memo to Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said such status could offer the sites additional protection. "These objects of historical and scientific interest may tell the broader story of the war, the sacrifices made by America and its allies, and the heroism and determination that laid the groundwork for victory in the Pacific and triumph in World War II," Bush said. The... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024497/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jun 2008 20:22:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023782/posts The USS Kitty Hawk will have to remain in the Pacific longer than initially planned after its replacement, the USS George Washington, was damaged by a recent fire, a Navy official said. The two carriers were to meet in Pearl Harbor next week for a "hull swap," with the newer George Washington taking over for the 47-year-old Kitty Hawk, the oldest active-duty warship in the fleet. About 900 Kitty Hawk sailors and the carrier’s air wing were expected to transfer to the George Washington. But a fire broke out on the George Washington on May 22, while the carrier was... Stars and Stripes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023782/posts#comment Sat, 31 May 2008 00:15:29 GMT