Top Daily Stories

Jun 19 2013

Navy Awards $6.2 Billion In Destroyer Contracts

Defense News – Naval - 10 hours 54 min ago
Construction contracts worth more than $6 billion were awarded Monday to shipbuilders General Dynamics and Huntington Ingalls to build nine new DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.
Jun 18 2013

Italian Navy Chief Proposes New Dual-Use Vessel

Defense News – Naval - Tue, 2013-06-18 22:15
As warships get sleeker and stealthier, the head of the Italian Navy wants to buck the trend and plan a one-size-fits-all warship that will be cheap, roomy and dual-use, even with space for containers on deck.
Jun 18 2013

Marines won't let women in the infantry until at least 2015

Marine Corps Times - Tue, 2013-06-18 19:37
Women won't be allowed in the infantry until at least 2015, according to a new plan outlining how the Marines will conform to the decision allowing female troops into ground combat units.
Jun 18 2013

SpecOps may need exemption from integrating women, official says

Marine Corps Times - Tue, 2013-06-18 19:00
Special Operations Command may require special exemptions from the Pentagon's plan to open all military jobs to women by 2016, a top SOCOM general said Tuesday.
Jun 18 2013

5 More U.S. Patrol Ships Heading to the Gulf

Defense News – Naval - Tue, 2013-06-18 14:15
Five additional coastal patrol ships are moving to Bahrain starting this summer.
Jun 18 2013

West African Piracy Exceeds Somali Attacks, Report Says

The New York Times - Global - Tue, 2013-06-18 05:21
In a marked shift in patterns, three groups report that in 2012, for the first time, the number of maritime attacks off West Africa exceeded those made by pirates based in Somalia.
Jun 18 2013

Military plans would put women in combat jobs including SEALS, Rangers

Fox News - Tue, 2013-06-18 03:28
Military leaders are ready to begin tearing down the remaining walls that have prevented women from holding thousands of combat and special operations jobs near the front lines.
Jun 17 2013

Academy football players face Article 32 for alleged assault

Navy Times - Mon, 2013-06-17 13:17
The case of three Naval Academy football players accused of sexually assaulting a female midshipman while she was unconscious will proceed to an Article 32 hearing.
Jun 16 2013

General Says Chinese Sea Patrols 'Legitimate'

Defense News – Naval - Sun, 2013-06-16 23:15
Chinese warships will continue to patrol waters where Beijing has territorial claims, a top general said Sunday, amid simmering rows with neighbors over the South China Sea and islands controlled by Japan.
Jun 14 2013

House passes sweeping $638 billion defense bill

Navy Times - Fri, 2013-06-14 14:48
The House overwhelmingly passed a sweeping, $638 billion defense bill on Friday that imposes new punishments on members of the armed services found guilty of rape or sexual assault.

 
 

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2013 U.S. Naval History Conference

Thu, 2013-10-03

U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Hall

 

2014 WEST Conference

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