President Bush cannot exempt the Navy from environmental laws banning sonar training that opponents argue harms whales, a federal judge ruled Monday. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

The law prohibits the use of sonar which is believed to be harmful to marine mammals. picked by MandolinOrange 7 months ago

US Navy Presidential Ceremonial Honor Guard Drill Team. picked by TraumaMamma 11 months ago

The Navy said a small, inert training bomb fell Tuesday from an fighter jet that was heading to Oceana Naval Air Station. picked by melgesevad 10 months ago

The Navy has granted an honorable discharge to a former Naval Base Kitsap command master chief who was convicted last year of attempted child rape. picked by larrys 6 months ago

Medal of Honor recipient, Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy, U.S. Navy. Thank you sir, God Bless you. picked by cheeselog1234 10 months ago

The U.S. Navy has decided to spend as much as $600,000 for landscaping and architectural modifications to obscure the fact that one its building complexes looks like a swastika from the air. picked by misswinkle 11 months ago

When the U.S. Navy deploys a battle fleet on exercises, it takes the security of its aircraft carriers very seriously indeed. At least a dozen warships provide a physical guard while the technical wizardry of the world's only military superpower offers an invisible shield to detect and deter any intruders. That is the theory. Or, rather, was the theory. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Fifteen British Navy personnel have been captured at gunpoint by Iranian forces. picked by PulsisX 1 year ago

A Navy SEAL sacrificed his life to save his comrades by throwing himself on top of a grenade Iraqi insurgents tossed into their sniper hideout. picked by tlovesd 2 years ago

Four U.S. Navy ships which have been stationed off cyclone-hit Myanmar with relief supplies and aircraft will return to normal duties after the junta rejected their help. picked by bevissimo 3 months ago

Somebody is telling porky pies - who do we believe? picked by topofall 7 months ago

Jebel Ali port houses the second largest oil refinery in the UAE.

I smell a gas hike in our very near future... picked by buddha 12 months ago

The wreck of a Royal Navy destroyer has been found in a Norwegian fjord, 68 years after she sank during battle. picked by topofall 6 months ago

A crew battled pirates in a deadly fight Tuesday to regain control of a North Korean cargo ship off Somalia, the U.S. Navy said. The Navy is still chasing a second ship held by pirates in the area.

And just after this
picked by Proverb 10 months ago

President Bush has ordered the Pentagon to use a Navy missile to attempt to destroy a broken U.S. spy satellite - and thereby minimize the risk to humans from its toxic fuel - by intercepting it just before it re-enters the atmosphere, officials said Thursday.
*update to this story. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

The big gun uses electromagnetic energy instead of explosive chemical propellants to fire a projectile farther and faster. The railgun, as it is called, will ultimately fire a projectile more than 230 miles (370 kilometers) with a muzzle velocity seven times the speed of sound (Mach 7) and a velocity of Mach 5 at impact. picked by deepchill 7 months ago

Yup!
picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

The Royal Australian Navy is paying for women sailors to have breast enlargements for purely cosmetic reasons, at a cost to taxpayers of $10,000 an operation. Defence officials claim the surgery is justified because some servicewomen need bigger breasts to address "psychological issues". picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Yes you read that right. 24 hours before Cecil Howard Sinclair's service was to begin. The church's website is here if you feel so inclined to read about them. Sometimes I wonder if we are not evolving backwards. UGH. picked by Moe 1 year ago