Rose Atoll, part of the new National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa. CREDIT: Dr. Jean Kenyon, NOAA/NMFS/PIFSC By OurAmazingPlanet WATCH VIDEO: What Would Happen If Sharks Disappeared? Nov. 20, 2012 — A pristine tropical reef that has weathered several natural disasters is now part of America’s largest marine sanctuary. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [...]
Tue Nov 20, 2012 8:00pm EST * Historic squadron was first to fly F/A-18 fighter * Sen. McCain says encouraged by progress on program * First flights expected in December, early January By Andrea Shalal-Esa Nov 20 (Reuters) – The U.S. Marine Corps on Tuesday established its first operational squadron of F-35 fighter jets at [...]
Geoffrey Ingersoll Baby boy dies after being bitten by dog Eurozone crisis live: Anger in Greece as debt talks fail Tel Aviv bus bomb injures at least 10 Gaza conflict: bus bomb in Tel Aviv – live updates Archbishop: CofE has ‘explaining to do’ after female bishops veto Afghanistan and the US have opened talks [...]
SecDef: U.S. to ‘expand’ fight against al-Qaida The Obama administration intends to expand the 11-year-old fight against al-Qaida and other Islamic extremist groups. This expansion will include operations in and partnerships with new nations, as well as adding more U.S. commandos and drone aircraft. That was the image sketched Tuesday by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta [...]
Two commanding officers in US Navy’s 6th Fleet based in Italy were stripped of their commands on Monday pending investigations into “allegations of misconduct,” US-based journal Foreign Policy quoted a Navy statement on Tuesday,. According to the report, 24 American naval officers have so far been relieved of their commands this year on charges of [...]
Michael Fabey Washington Gulf of Mexico residents see all types of ships and barges go by Mississippi’s Little Biloxi River Bridge. The region, after all, is a womb for warships and a transit artery for maritime goods of all types. But recently one barge slipped past the bridge crowned by a cargo never witnessed in [...]
The IRGC Navy Commander, Rear-Admiral Ali Fadavi said “our mines so impacted on the Americans that they are still in [a state of] dread resulting from the mines,” ISNA reported on Tuesday. “The Americans had [so] planned that the imposed war end with our defeat, but the role of the [Islamic Revolution Guards] Corps Navy [...]
Right as the sailors and Marines aboard three of the US Navy’s assault ships were on their way home for Thanksgiving, they received an order to turn the ship around and set sail for Israel. After passing the Strait of Gibraltar, south of Spain, the USS New York, USS Iwo Jima and the USS Gunston [...]
Blackanthem Military News Afghan boys receive t-shirts, donated from Windsor Central High School, at the district center in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, Nov. 2, 2012. Students from Windsor Central High School, located in New York, donated more than 70 boxes of school supplies to students in the Spin Boldak district. Photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Sheldon, [...]
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