http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/usnavy/ en-us Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:27:42 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044460/posts Iran last Friday test fired what it claims is the world's fastest underwater missile - reported to have a top speed of 360km/h (233mph), according to the BBC. Special Republican guard troops fired the weapon - dubbed "Hoot" or Whale - and successfully destroyed a derelict ship in the Gulf as part of Iran's "Holy Prophet" war games. Iranian TV interrupted normal broadcasts to show footage of the test. This latest bit of sabre-rattling, certain to irritate the US whose 5th Fleet operates in the area, comes hot on the heels of a test last week of a multi-warhead conventional... The register.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044460/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:27:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044008/posts With the possibility of an Iranian missile onslaught on Israel looming, the US Navy recently held an unprecedented exercise testing the communications network supporting its Aegis missile defense system across the Middle East. The test took place on the weekend of June 28 while Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen was in Israel for talks with IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, and just days after Chief of US Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead concluded a visit here for talks with his counterpart, V.-Adm. Eliezer Marom. The communications test, revealed in the Navy... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044008/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:53:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042442/posts TEHRAN: Iran will hit Tel Aviv, U.S. shipping in the Gulf and American interests around the world if it is attacked over its disputed nuclear activities, an aide to Iran's Supreme Leader was quoted as saying on Tuesday. "The first bullet fired by America at Iran will be followed by Iran burning down its vital interests around the globe," the students news agency ISNA quoted Ali Shirazi as saying in a speech to Revolutionary Guards. "The Zionist regime is pressuring White House officials to attack Iran. If they commit such a stupidity, Tel Aviv and U.S. shipping in the Persian... International Herald Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042442/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:27:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038932/posts Failed 2004 Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry (Mass.) lashed out today at the most decorated living American serviceman, Col. Bud Day, who was awarded the Medal Honor for his heroism as a POW during the Vietnam War.Kerry attacked Day for his role in the McCain Truth Squad (a new effort by presumptive Republican presidential candidate John McCain to defend his military service from criticism) because of Day's participation in the Swift Vets and POWs for Truth (SBVT) 2004 campaign which criticized Kerry's service in Vietnam as a junior naval officer and his actions protesting the war when he returned... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038932/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 02:00:47 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/2034391/posts This is a "heads-up" for presentations on what sound like promising books (well, in my humble opinion). I'll post fuller info below, but the books are: If By Sea: The Forging of the American Navy - from the Revolution to the War of 1812 The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour "Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad" BookTV; C-Span2, weekends http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034391/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:51:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2027033/posts John McCain will be the third Fighter Jock and second Naval Aviator to occupy the WH in the last 28 years. Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2027033/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jun 2008 13:45:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020782/posts Once it was Japanese torpedoes and kamikaze suicide planes. Then, the threat of the wrecking ball. Now, it's money -- or the lack of it -- that could imperil the future of the USS Intrepid. Nineteen months after tugboats pried it from the mud at its Hudson River pier and towed it away for a much-needed renovation, the legendary World War II aircraft carrier needs a sizable infusion of cash to resume its postwar career as a floating military museum. If all goes according to plan, the ship will be brought back in early October and formally reopened to the... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020782/posts#comment Sat, 24 May 2008 18:38:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018449/posts ROME, Italy (May 19) - The U.S. military in Naples is testing tap water and soil because of health worries from that city's pileup of sometimes smoldering rubbish. Samples were taken earlier this month from sinks and yards of residences used by Navy and civilian military employees, Navy spokeswoman Lt. Cmdr. Wendy Snyder said Sunday. The samples were sent to Germany for laboratory analyses, and the results are expected later this month or in early June, Snyder said. "We just want to take a look at what the potential risks are," Snyder said in a telephone interview. She said Navy... AOL/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018449/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 02:19:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018102/posts The report, in Spanish, basically states that Her Excellency will be traveling to the Island soon, prior to their June 1st primary (63 delegates at stake). WAPA-TV, San Juan, Puerto Rico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018102/posts#comment Mon, 19 May 2008 15:40:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2016427/posts Great pics of the 'Angels. Graphic heavy... artorius castus blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2016427/posts#comment Thu, 15 May 2008 18:20:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015967/posts SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Navy has denied Chelsea Clinton permission to campaign for her mother on a former bombing range on a small Puerto Rican island. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign wanted to use the land Wednesday as a setting to discuss the candidate's clean up plan for the region and call to give some areas to local residents. But Navy spokeswoman Lt. Lara Bollinger said no one is allowed to campaign on federal property. Chelsea Clinton is making her second campaign visit to Puerto Rico in the last three weeks. The U.S. territory has 55 delegates... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015967/posts#comment Wed, 14 May 2008 20:16:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014261/posts WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Navy admiral engaged in sexual relations in the White House in 1990 with a federal employee whom he falsely told he was a widower, according to a report released Friday by the Defense Department. In March, when the report was submitted to Pentagon officials, Rear Adm. John Stufflebeem was demoted and fired from his post as director of the Navy staff. Stufflebeem told investigators he couldn't remember the name of the woman he had an affair with. He also lied when he told investigators he did not engage in sexual relations with the woman, identified as... cnn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014261/posts#comment Sun, 11 May 2008 01:33:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010816/posts I have no idea how GenDynamics is doing, but this first ship looks absolutley wicked! Its tri-maran hull combined with the capabilities and look of a warship makes it something out of this world! instapinch.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010816/posts#comment Sat, 3 May 2008 20:58:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006775/posts MAYPORT, Fla. (NNS) -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead announced today the reestablishment of U.S. 4th Fleet and assigned Rear Adm. Joseph D. Kernan, currently serving as Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command, as its first commander. U.S. 4th Fleet will be responsible for U.S. Navy ships, aircraft and submarines operating in the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) area of focus, which encompasses the Caribbean, and Central and South America and the surrounding waters. Located in Mayport, Fla., and dual-hatted with Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command (COMUSNAVSO), U.S. 4th Fleet reestablishment addresses the increased role of maritime forces... navy.mil http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006775/posts#comment Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:06:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005584/posts A female midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy testified Tuesday that a fellow midshipman raped her in her dorm room after he had been drinking. Mark Calvanico is accused of rape, making a false statement to investigators, conduct unbecoming an officer and unauthorized absence. Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005584/posts#comment Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:13:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005500/posts WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) Los Angeles-based Northrop Grumman Corp won a $1.16 billion contract to modify its high-altitude unmanned Global Hawk surveillance plane into a new maritime patrol aircraft, the Navy said on Tuesday. Northrop beat out Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co to win the deal, which runs through September 2014 and covers three unmanned test planes and an option for three low-rate initial production planes. The Navy plans to buy 68 Global Hawks under the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) program over the coming years, in a deal Navy officials said would be worth at least $3.74 billion,... The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005500/posts#comment Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:51:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000121/posts Updates welcome. The story just showed up. Casus belli ? FOX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000121/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:54:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000128/posts Another source: http://cbs2chicago.com/national/iran.naval.confrontation.2.697662.html The Navy says a ship encountered a small Iranian high-speed boat in the central Persian Gulf and warned it away by firing a flare. Two other similar Iranian boats in the area did not come as close. The USS Typhoon tried unsuccessfully to establish radio contact with the Iranian boat after it came within an estimated 200 yards of the Typhoon on Thursday, outside Iranian territorial waters. A Navy official says the ship then fired the flare and continued on its way without incident. The official says there were no signs any boat was armed. It was... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000128/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:58:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2000045/posts WASHINGTON — A Navy officer has described for a Washington jury how she worked as a call girl while also serving as a supply officer at the Naval Academy. Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca Dickinson testified Thursday that she had sex for money while working for Deborah Palfrey's escort service, according to The Washington Post. She testified she quit in April 2006 because she didn't like the work and because she had other commitments. Palfrey has said she was unaware that the escorts were having sex for money. She says the business was an erotic fantasy service. Testimony resumes Monday. FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2000045/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:27:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994674/posts The Justice Department is asking the Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court decision limiting the Navy's use of sonar off the Southern California coast because of potential harm to dolphins and whales. In a petition filed Monday, the Justice Department argues that the decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco jeopardizes the Navy's ability to train sailors and Marines for service in wartime. AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994674/posts#comment Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:23:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991023/posts ONE Egyptian was killed and two wounded when a US military ship about to cross the Suez Canal opened fire on barges of hawkers that approached their boat today, a security source said. news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991023/posts#comment Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:08:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989728/posts Oil tankers and other merchant vessels will be assembled into convoys to sail under the protection of warships’ guns. The plans follow two serious confrontations between Iranian gunboats and British and US naval ships. Four of our frigates and destroyers are to be sent to the key Strait of Hormuz amid fears that commercial shipping will be targeted next. The narrow “chokepoint” carrying oil from the Persian Gulf is the most vulnerable area for attacks or suicide rammings. Three US ships almost opened fire there in January after being “buzzed” by Iranian boats. Advertisement The convoy plans have emerged from... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989728/posts#comment Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:14:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981632/posts TAMPA, Fla. - A judge on Thursday ordered that a terrorism-related charge against an Egyptian student accused of transporting explosives will be handled in a separate trial from the explosives counts. Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed and another Egyptian student, Youssef Samir Megahed, were arrested last summer in South Carolina over material found in their trunk. Prosecutors say it was explosive material; the defense says it was homemade fireworks. Mohamed also is charged with a terrorism-related count stemming from a video found on a laptop computer in the car. The video, which Mohamed is accused of producing, shows how to turn... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981632/posts#comment Fri, 7 Mar 2008 00:34:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981064/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Russian bomber aircraft approached a U.S. aircraft carrier off the Korean coast on Wednesday and was intercepted by American fighter jets -- the second such incident in less than a month, U.S. defense officials said. According to the U.S. officials, a Russian bomber came within three to five nautical miles and flew 2,000 feet (610 meters) above the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier and its accompanying ships. Two U.S. F/A-18 fighters were launched to intercept the Russian aircraft and escort it out of the area, according to one defense official. Russian bombers over the past year have... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981064/posts#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 01:30:17 GMT