Since early December the US Coast Guard and other military branches have boarded and taken control of five oil ships that had previously been sanctioned, all either accused of being in the process of ...

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It was a memorable day for Southern Methodist University and the University of Arizona as the Navy’s USS Makin Island welcomed both school’s football teams before Friday’s Holiday Bowl. Players ...

What is the fascination Americans have with dropping things? Not dropping them in a clumsy way, dropping things on New Year's Eve, at the stroke of midnight when ringing in the new year. The most ...

Battleships, you say? No. The general consensus is that major units are “drone bait” and instant high priority targets and will definitely be attacked. The Black Sea fleet would be safer. These things ...

President Donald Trump unveiled a new class of so-called “battleships” on Monday, but his plans are already hitting rough waters on social media. In remarks from his Mar-a-Lago estate, the president ...

At the heart of the Hanukkah story is the tale of a small band of scrappy Jewish fighters rising up for their religious liberty against a powerful empire led by a tyrant. As Americans prepare to mark ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Smith’s Union Bar is the oldest bar on the island, having been around since 1934. Not only that, but it’s the official watering hole of the USS Arizona. But employees of the bar ...

After over 80 years in the water, the U.S. Navy has removed more than 150 tons of aging concrete mooring platforms from the USS Arizona. This move comes as the Navy and the Pearl Harbor National ...