Jihadi Fighters on Cruise Ships? Carnival & INTERPOL Partner (Video)

In a first for the maritime industry, world's largest leisure travel company granted approval to screen passenger travel documents against INTERPOL'S I-Checkit global security system. Carnival, the world's largest leisure travel company,...
USS Frank E. Petersen, Jr. (DDG 121)

Arleigh-Burke Class Destroyer Named for First Black USMC Aviator (Video)

In a ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced that the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, DDG 121, will be named Frank E. Petersen  Jr.,...

NASSCO Delivers the Constitution to SEA-Vista (Learn More – Video)

General Dynamics NASSCO shipbuilders have delivered the Constitution, an American Jones Act-qualified ECO Class tanker, to SEA-Vista LLC. The ship was delivered during a special signing ceremony at the company's shipyard in...

LRAD Wins Two Platinum AST Homeland Security Awards (Video)

LRAD Corporation, the world’s leading provider of acoustic hailing devices (AHDs) and advanced mass notification systems, has announced that the LRAD 360X and the LRAD 100X have been honored by American...

USS San Diego Completes NASA Orion Mission (Video)

Amphibious transport dock USS San Diego (LPD 22) successfully completed recovery operations of the NASA Orion crew module Nov. 1. The Underway Recovery Test-5 (URT-5) is part of a U.S. government interagency...

30th Anniversary Remembrance for Fallen CG1473 Aircrew (Learn More)

Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak personnel held a 30th anniversary remembrance ceremony Wednesday, honoring the crew of Coast Guard 1473 who lost their lives after their helicopter crashed on Ugak Island,...

USCG Releases 2017-21 Boating Safety Strategic Plan (Video)

The U.S. Coast Guard’s Office of Auxiliary and Boating Safety released the Strategic Plan of the National Recreational Boating Safety Program 2017 to 2021 Wednesday. This plan is the third in a...

F-35 Lightning II Testing Begins on USS America (Video)

Five Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II aircraft landed on the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) on Friday, October 28. America will embark seven F-35Bs - two are scheduled to begin...

Search & Rescue Heroes Honored from Around the World (Learn More)

Sea rescue, innovative lifesaving equipment, personal commitment and organizational capability, all feature in the International Maritime Rescue Federation’s (IMRF) short list for the H.E.R.O. Awards, introduced for the first time this...

USS Illinois Joins the Navy Fleet (See in Action)

The U.S. Navy with assistance from the First Lady Michelle Obama commissioned and brought to life the newest Virginia class submarine, USS Illinois (SSN 786), during a ceremony attended by more...