Tag Archives: Navy
Navy Veteran Survived Las Vegas Shooting Only to Be Killed in the Borderline Bar 1 Year Later
Navy Veteran Survived Las Vegas Shooting Only to Be Killed in the Borderline Bar 1 Year Later
Mom Humiliates Navy Vet Son Saying He's Too Afraid to Date in These '#HimToo' Times
China denies Hong Kong port visit for U.S. navy ship amid trade tensions
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – China has denied a request for a U.S. warship to visit Hong Kong, the U.S. consulate in the Chinese city said on Tuesday, amid rising tension between Beijing and Washington over trade and a U.S. decision to sanction the Asian nation’s military. The amphibious assault ship Wasp had been due to make a port call in the former British colony of Hong Kong in October, diplomatic sources said. “The Chinese Government did not approve a request for a U.S. port visit to Hong Kong by the USS Wasp,” a consulate spokeswoman said.
Why the Navy Misses the Old F-14 Tomcat (Despite All of the Problems)
Here Comes the MQ-25A Stingray: Boeing Wins Big (And So Do Navy Aircraft Carriers)
Despite tensions, China says navy chief plans to visit U.S. next month
China’s defense ministry said on Thursday that navy chief Shen Jinlong plans to visit the United States in September, despite an escalating trade row that threatens to spill into other areas of tension between the two countries. The announcement the ministry’s spokesman Wu Qian comes two months after U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited Beijing. China said that visit yielded positive results, and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe has accepted an invitation to visit the United States before the end of the year.
China and Russia are Building Lots of Ship-Killer Missiles. The Navy Has Plans to Counter Them.
The Navy Is Going To War Against Mines
US Navy searching for overboard marine off Philippines
The US military said it had launched a search and rescue operation after reports a marine may have fallen overboard from an American warship as it sailed through Philippine waters. The US 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit said a member, who was not named, may have gone overboard Thursday morning. Aircraft on board the USS Essex are searching waters off the Sulu Sea and the Surigao Strait while multiple searches are also being made inside the ship itself, the unit said.
