Tag: Navy

On June 15, the Department of Defense reported a set of targets in its daily airstrike report: two Islamic State "tunnel systems" in Syria, a tunnel entrance and two additional tunnel systems in Iraq. (AP Photo)Â

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U.S. targets Islamic State tunnels in Iraq

Tara Copp · June 20, 2015 9:00 am

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Navy weighs rule change for transgender sailors

Tara Copp · June 11, 2015 10:56 pm

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus shakes hands with retired Navy Capt. Mark Kelly, husband of Gabrielle Giffords, center, at the Pentagon in 2012. Mabus had just announced that the Navy's 10th littoral combat ship will be named after Giffords. (Chief Mass Communication Specialist Sam Shavers, U.S. Navy)

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USS Gabrielle Giffords to be christened Saturday

David Brown · June 11, 2015 7:44 pm

Chaplain Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Modder offers an invocation during a Sept. 11 commemoration ceremony at the Coronado Fire Department on Sept. 11, 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Benjamin Crossley/Released)

Navy chaplain fights possible discharge over views on homosexuality

Nathan Rubbelke · June 11, 2015 3:34 pm

Sen. Thad Cochran,Â chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee, right, andÂ Sen. Dick Durbin,Â the subcommittee's ranking Democrat,Â wrap up a hearing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Senate panel approves war funding measure

Charles Hoskinson · June 9, 2015 4:40 pm

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U.S., NATO launch mega exercise on Russia’s doorstep

Tara Copp · June 9, 2015 4:01 am

The overflights were "nothing untoward, just showing interest," Vice Admiral James Foggo said.Â (Photo courtesy www.san-antonio.navy.mil)

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Russian warplanes, ships buzz U.S. flotilla

Tara Copp · June 8, 2015 9:20 pm

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (right) and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry share one trait that sets them apart from the other candidates storming the early primary states: They have military experience. (AP Photos)

Presidential candidates with military experience are becoming a rarity

Ryan Lovelace · June 3, 2015 6:48 pm

U.S. Air Force combat controllers conduct fast-rope insertion training using a U.S. Navy HH-60H Seahawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 84 at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 2, 2014, during Emerald Warrior 2014. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command-sponsored two-week joint/combined tactical exercise designed to provide realistic military training in an urban setting. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tim Chacon)

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Supporters rally to keep special ops helicopters from being cut

Tara Copp · June 2, 2015 4:01 am

Watch: Russian jet buzzes U.S. Navy destroyer

Tara Copp · June 1, 2015 5:01 pm

Third U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Pfc. Benjamin Feldbush of Stafford County, Va., places a flag in front of a headstone at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Thursday, May 21, 2015. "Flags In" is an annual tradition that is reserved for The Old Guard since its designation as the Army's official ceremonial unit in 1948. They conduct the mission annually at Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery prior to Memorial Day to honor our nation's fallen military heroes. (AP Photo)

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Remembrance

Washington Examiner · May 25, 2015 9:00 am

A Chinese official lashed out at the U.S. on Friday, a day after the U.S. Navy released a video showing the extent of Beijing's reef-building operations in the South China Sea. (AP Photo)

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‘Please go away’: China warns the U.S. over Navy flights

Charles Hoskinson · May 22, 2015 8:04 pm