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US Navy marks upcoming debut of 6th USS Detroit

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ADVANCED FOR SUNDAY FEB. 9 AND THEREAFTER - In a Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 photo, photographs collected from an all black Navy band which helped integrate the Navy during WWII. Alex Albright, an East Carolina University professor, recently published a book profiling a group of World War II veterans who broke the modern Navy's racial divide. (AP Photo/The Daily Reflector, Aileen Devlin)

ECU professor’s book recalls all-black Navy band

By GINGER LIVINGSTON - Associated Press

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The F-18 fighter jet: America’s go-to multipurpose strike fighter

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Under heavy guard: The Washington Navy Yard was closed to all but essential personnel on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, the day after a gunman launched an attack that hit office workers in the cafeteria and in the hallways at the military installation. (Associated Press)

U.S. Navy mistakenly sends how-to memo on dodging FOIA requests

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The guided-missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) fires a 5-inch round during a live-fire exercise in the Indian Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Jon Bullough/Released)

U.S. offers to destroy Syrian chemical weapons at sea

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A X47-B Navy drone touches down as it lands aboard the nuclear aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush off the Coast of Virginia Wednesday, July 10, 2013. It is the first landing by a drone on a Navy carrier. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Classified Navy information for prostitutes, travel: Third officer arrested in bribery scheme

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Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

PIPES: Cyprus rides a troubled sea of oil and gas opportunity

By Daniel Pipes

The first-in-class Zumwalt, the largest U.S. Navy destroyer ever built, floats off a submerged dry dock in the Kennebec River, Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, in Bath, Maine. Unlike warships with towering radar- and antenna-laden superstructures, the Zumwalt will ride low to the water to minimize its radar signature, making it stealthier than others. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

USS Zumwalt hits the water as largest Navy destroyer ever

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Lady Gaga arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

Navy officer charged with trading secrets for Lady Gaga tickets

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** An AV-8B Harrier jet, piloted by U.S. Marine Capt. Andrew D'Ambrogi of Marine Attack Squadron 211, comes in for a landing at Auxiliary Airfield II, a simulated amphibious assault ship flight deck, on the Barry M. Goldwater Range in Yuma, Ariz., on Sept. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/U.S. Marine Corps, Cpl. T.M. Stewman)

U.S. Navy on Great Barrier Reef bomb drop: Don’t worry, no harm done

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

LEHMAN: The American retreat on the seas

By Christopher M. Lehman

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LYONS: The right response to North Korea

By James A. Lyons

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Mayday’

By Robert F. Dunn - Special to The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Jan. 22, 2013, photo released by the Philippine Coast Guard, coast guard divers approach the USS Guardian, a U.S. Navy minesweeper, to assess the situation after it ran aground last week off Tubbataha Reef, a World Heritage Site in the Sulu Sea, 640 kilometers (400 miles) southwest of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Philippine Coast Guard)

U.N. green machine to fine Navy for reef grounding

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Years sail by as War of 1812 ship decays

By Chris Carola - Associated Press

Former President George H.W. Bush (Associated Press)

Send your get-well wishes to President George H.W. Bush

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

An image taken from Iranian state TV's Arabic-language channel, Al-Alam, shows what Tehran purports is an intact U.S. ScanEagle drone aircraft on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Al-Alam TV)

Official: Iran has evidence it captured U.S. drone

By Ali Akbar Dareini - Associated Press

Briefly: Israelis move forward on Jerusalem building plans

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The newly commissioned Liaoning is China’s first aircraft carrier. It was put into service on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, underscoring the country’s ambitions to be a leading Asian naval power, although no warplanes have been seen taking off from or landing on the ship — making its current utility as a strategic power projection tool questionable. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: China’s aircraft-less carrier

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times