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Navy official defends littoral combat ship
Navy Undersecretary Robert O. Work on Monday batted back a barrage of criticism over the Navy's littoral combat ship (LCS), a small surface vessel intended to maneuver coastlines and counter mines, submarines and surface warfare.
Navy stars in action film 'Battleship'
The Navy is getting the opportunity to showcase its men and women in uniform in director Peter Berg's summer action movie "Battleship," which was released Friday.
Briefly: U.S.-built mine hunters to join Taiwanese navy
Taiwan is due to receive two coastal mine hunters from the United States within months in a deal aimed at enhancing the island's ability to defend itself against China, the navy said Thursday.
MOVIE REVIEW: 'Battleship'
The only reasonable way to explain "Battleship" is that it is actually a deft satire of the big-budget Hollywood action blockbuster. How else to justify its lazy conceptual gimmickry, cynical deployment of meaningless cliches, spastic narrative, visual incoherence and indifferent boredom with itself?
House GOP in Virginia blocks gay judicial nominee
The Virginia General Assembly blocked the judicial nomination of a prosecutor and Navy veteran who would have become the state's first openly gay judge after a heated argument in the House of Delegates spilled into the wee hours of Tuesday morning.
Review: `Battleship' loud, dumb but stays afloat
"Battleship" is big, dumb fun that knows it's big, dumb fun and enthusiastically embraces its big, dumb, fun nature.
Pentagon pushes female troops closer to battlefield
On Monday, the Pentagon opened for female troops about 14,000 support positions that previously had been withheld from them, allowing women to fill jobs below the brigade level.
Navy study: Sonar, blasts might hurt more sea life
The U.S. Navy may hurt more dolphins and whales by using sonar and explosives in Hawaii and California under a more thorough analysis that reflects new research and covers naval activities in a wider area than previous studies.
Navy study: Sonar, blasts might hurt more sea life
The U.S. Navy says its training and testing using sonar and explosives could potentially hurt more dolphins and whales in Hawaii and California waters than previously thought.
Navy says sonar, blasts may hurt more sea life
The U.S. Navy says its use of sonar and explosives could potentially hurt more dolphins and whales in Hawaii and California waters than previously thought.
Court victory for ex-Village People lead singer
When it comes to compiling a list of the great songwriters of the past 50 years, Victor Willis' name likely wouldn't merit more than an asterisk.
SEAL the deal: Mystics' team activity an exercise in togetherness
After 13 seasons in the WNBA, Dominique Canty thought she'd seen it all. That is until last week, when a workout with her new team, the Washington Mystics, included a day on the Potomac with a Navy SEAL.
Review: Bio details revolution in approach to food
"The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat: Craig Claiborne and the American Food Renaissance" (Free Press), by Thomas McNamee: Many of us can no longer remember what life was like before arugula and balsamic vinegar became part of the larder, celebrity chefs strutted their stuff on TV and the term "foodie" made its way into common parlance.
Taliban kill 7 in Afghan capital after Obama visit
The Taliban struck back less than two hours after President Obama left Afghanistan on Wednesday, targeting a foreigners' housing compound with a suicide car bomb and militants disguised as women in an assault that killed at least seven people.
Inside China: Admiral says China can destroy destroyers
The Navy's next-generation warship, the 15,000-ton Zumwalt-class destroyer, is no good and can be destroyed by Chinese fishing boats armed with explosives, according to a leading Chinese military commentator, People's Liberation Army Rear Adm. Zhang Zhaozhong.