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January 8, 2015

Pentagon spending as much as $1.1 billion on Iraq, Syria operations against Islamic State

The Pentagon has spent as much as $1.1 billion on U.S. military operations against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria since the mission began in mid-June, including more than $62 million alone in Navy airstrikes and Tomahawk cruise missiles.

January 8, 2015

Navy Test-Fires Upgraded Tomahawk

The Navy and Raytheon recently flight tested software upgrades to the Tomahawk missile with two sea-launched test-firings near China Lake, Calif., designed to shoot the weapon up to high altitudes and assess the weapon’s improved maneuverability. The first test took place from a nuclear submarine — the USS Hampton. The submarine fired a Tomahawk Block […]

January 8, 2015

Navy Tests New Vehicle-Mounted Laser Weapon

The Office of Naval Research is testing a solid-state, vehicle-mounted laser weapon designed to incinerate a range of air and ground targets such as enemy drones, rockets and even IEDs, service officials told Military.com. “Air defense covers rockets, artillery, mortars, UAVs, vehicles and IEDs – anything you can kill with a laser. This program is […]

January 8, 2015

Navy’s Triton Moves Forward Toward 2017 Deployment

The U.S. Navy’s newest and largest drone took another step last week towards its first operational deployment in 2017 after it completed a cross country flight to Patuxent River, Maryland, where engineers will complete more tests on the MQ-4C Triton. Navy pilots flew the Triton at altitudes of 50,000 feet from Palmdale, California, along the U.S. southern border with […]

January 8, 2015

Organizations Encourage Navy to Allow Bibles

TUPELO, Miss. -- American Family Association (AFA, www.afa.net), along with other leaders of American organizations making up the Restore Military Religious Freedom Coalition, has sent a joint lett...

January 8, 2015

City OKs Use of USS Adams for Maritime Museum

The USS Adams is one step closer to the banks of the St. Johns River. In a 16-1 vote, the Jacksonville City Council agreed Wednesday to the Jacksonville Historic Ship Association's lease agreement...

January 8, 2015

Pentagon cites 'dangerous' and 'unprofessional' intercept of US plane by Chinese fighter

The Pentagon says a Chinese fighter jet conducted a "dangerous intercept" of a U.S. Navy aircraft three days ago off the coast of China in international airspace.

January 8, 2015

Sunken vessel is World War II-era USS Houston, officials say

Navy divers from the U.S. and Indonesia confirmed that a sunken vessel in the Java Sea is the World War II wreck of the USS Houston, a cruiser sunk by the Japanese that serves as the final resting place for about 700 sailors and Marines, officials announced Monday.

January 8, 2015

Woman, 85, receives WWII love letters nearly 70 years later

Dorothy Bartos Carlberg finally got the message, some 70 years after a World War II sailor sent her love letters that inexplicably got lost along the way.

January 8, 2015

Air Station to be Hub for Navy's Drone Operations

Navy pilots and their crews will soon fly missions spanning the globe -- all the while sitting at a computer screen at Jacksonville Naval Air Station.