Fire Scout UAS Operating from Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf
A Fire Scout UAS shown undergoing testing aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf near Los Angeles, Dec. 5 2014. The …
Surface Ships
Decima Flottiglia Mas and Operazione EA3: The Raid on Alexandria
To even the most casual observer of global events in World War II, it was obvious the strategic situation during …
Hagel’s New Small Surface Combatant (SSC) Gives LCS Eyes, Teeth, and Toughness
Yesterday Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel issued a statement that might not silence the critics of the littoral combat ship …
USCG Commissions the National Security Cutter Hamilton
On Dec. 6, 2014, the U.S. Coast Guard commissioned its fourth Legend-class vessel, the national security cutter Hamilton (WMSL 753), …
Pearl Harbor: The Attack
The storm of iron and explosives that broke over Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, was one of the finest …
USCGC Polar Star Departs for Antarctica Resupply
As the thoughts of children around the world turn expectantly toward happenings at the North Pole this holiday season, the …
Slugging It Out In Tarawa Lagoon
In Operation Galvanic on Nov. 20, 1943, almost ten thousand Marines journeyed to the Gilbert chain of the central Pacific …
Lt. Stephen Decatur, Jr. Burns the Philadelphia
The Barbary Coast of North Africa, from Morocco to Egypt, was home to pirates who had raided the sea lanes …
Maritime Security 2014 Caribbean
Maritime security and safety experts are meeting in Nassau, Bahamas, this week to examine mutual threats and solutions, and challenges …
DSCA Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Top $30 Billion in FY 14
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced yesterday in a press release that it had conducted sales of $34.2 billion …