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The 43-year-old pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to communicate restricted data A former US Navy engineer pleaded guilty on Monday to attempting to pass classified information about America’s nuclear-powered warships to an individual he believed was representing a foreign government. Jonathan Toebbe, 43, appeared in federal court in Martinsburg, West Virginia, where he […]
The first stage of training is famous for its intense exercises A Navy SEAL candidate died on Friday while a second was hospitalized after both completed a week-long military training phase dubbed “Hell Week,” due to its harsh exercises. The Navy published a statement on Sunday, announcing that 24-year-old Navy SEAL candidate Kyle Mullen had […]
Two anti-ship projectiles hit their targets with ‘devastating impact’ The Indian Navy has reported successful tests of two anti-ship missiles, a land-based BrahMos and a ship-launched Uran. Footage of the launches was released by the Andaman & Nicobar Command, which conducted the tests. A decommissioned Mk. III LCU-class ship was used as the target for […]
Military confirms authenticity of video clip showing the moment an F-35C Lightning II stealth plane crash-landed A video has surfaced online showing one of the most advanced US fighter jets, the F-35C Lightning II, crashing into the deck of an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea. The footage, along with a photo showing the […]
A total of 45 US Navy sailors, 334 marines, and 111 airmen have been dismissed for failing to provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination so far The US Navy has discharged 23 active-duty sailors for refusing to get vaccinated against Covid-19 as the Pentagon continues to weed out vaccine skeptics in the military ranks 23 active-duty […]
Seven US Navy sailors were injured when the F-35C Lightning II stealth plane suffered a “landing mishap” during a drill The US Navy is working to recover a plane that fell into the South China Sea – which is claimed by China almost in its entirety – during a war drill this week that left […]
The massive show of force was praised as ‘freedom at its finest’ The US Navy staged a drill with Japanese allies in the Philippine Sea, showing off two aircraft carriers, two amphibious ships, and dozens of fighter jets, amid persistent regional tensions with China. Supercarriers USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) led […]
Personnel who have declined the Covid jab told media it could cost them their careers Royal Navy employees who continue to decline the Covid-19 vaccine have reportedly received letters from their superiors indicating they may be subject to “ administrative discharge.” Some unvaccinated sailors told the Daily Mail that they received letters from Royal Navy […]
The latest US Navy drugs bust is part of more than $193 million-worth of narcotics seizures in 2021 The US Navy has announced the confiscation of a huge cache of heroin, worth an estimated $4 million, which was seized from a fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea. American personnel aboard the USS Tempest and USS […]
The US Navy said it has intercepted a “stateless” vessel carrying a major illegal shipment of weapons to civil war-torn Yemen. The ship came from Iran, the Navy claimed. The cache of around 1,400 AK-47 assault rifles and 266,000 rounds of ammunition was discovered after US Navy patrol coastal ships USS Tempest and USS Typhoon […]
Two Canadian frontline naval ships lost storage devices containing top-secret information, including electronic warfare data, over the past two years, a CBC investigation has revealed. Citing internal security assessments, the public broadcaster reported on Thursday that USB sticks, DVDs, and a backup hard drive had all gone missing from the vessels, despite an apparent tightening […]
For the first time ever, Israel’s navy is publicly taking part in joint maritime drills with the UAE and Bahrain. The Israeli media reports that the muscle-flexing is an apparent message to Iran. The military exercise began on Wednesday, as confirmed by the US Fifth Fleet, which is also participating in the five-day show of […]
Iran’s state media has published footage of a major incident in the Gulf of Oman, in which Tehran’s forces said they “foiled” the seizure of an oil tanker by the US as Washington looked to enforce its ban on Iranian oil exports. On Wednesday, Iranian state media reported that units of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards […]
The Senegalese Navy announced that, with the support of France’s Air Force, a record 2,026 kilos of cocaine was seized from drug traffickers while moving through an often used smuggling route off the coast of the African nation. The vessel carrying the shipment of pure cocaine was found travelling around 363 kilometers (226 miles) off […]
After Iranian media showed a video of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps boats marking their holiday by ‘dominating’ American ships in the Persian Gulf, a US Navy spokesman denied any incident had taken place. A minute-long video of IRGC boats approaching US vessels made the rounds on Thursday. Press TV described it as the Iranians “chasing” […]