US Navy vet Chuck Baltzell served in Vietnam and years later was battling stage 4 prostate cancer. His family believes he contracted the illness because of his exposure to Agent Orange. Chuck died last summer, two months after coming down…
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USS New York Honors 9/11 Victims Each Day
Each night, right before lights out, the USS New York’s chaplain reads a name of one of the nearly 3,000 individuals who perished on 9/11 and says a prayer for them and their family. The USS New York has 7.5…
PHOTOS: X-47B Completes First Night Flight
The U.S. Navy’s X-47B unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) conducted its first night flight on April 10th, 2014 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. Image Gallery
VIDEO: The Navy’s Super Fast Stiletto Stealth Ship
The M80 Stiletto is a prototype naval ship manufactured by the M Ship Company as an operational experiment for The Pentagon’s Office of Force Transformation. It is notable for its Pentamaran hull design and carbon fiber construction, as well as…
Navy Demonstrates Fuel From Seawater Concept
Navy researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Materials Science and Technology Division, demonstrated proof-of-concept of novel NRL technologies developed for the recovery of carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen (H2) from seawater and conversion to a liquid hydrocarbon fuel.…
VIDEO: Navy to Deploy Railgun Aboard Ship
The ElectroMagnetic Railgun is a long-range weapon that launches projectiles using electricity instead of chemical propellants and is under development by the Department of the Navy for use aboard ships.
