U.S. offers ship, new systems to destroy Syrian chemical weapons. Pentagon officials said Thursday that the U.S. government has offered to send about 100 Defense Department civilians and a merchant ship to the Mediterranean to assist in the destruction
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Eight-month deployments are becoming the fleet standard, with some stretching much longer. For instance, destroyers Barry and Gravely returned from nine-month cruises in November that were extended due to the Syrian crisis.
Continue reading >>South Korea has asked the U.S. to consider delaying the planned 2015 transfer of wartime control of South Korean forces to Seoul's command because of North Korea's nuclear threat, the country's defense ministry said Wednesday.
Continue reading >>Its future is still uncertain, but the SS United States is getting a below-the-deck makeover to make it more appealing for developers interested in turning what was once the world's fastest ocean liner into a massive dockside attraction.
Continue reading >>A suspected U.S. drone strike killed an alleged militant in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region, intelligence officials said Friday, the latest indication Washington has no intention of throttling back its unmanned aircraft attacks despite increasing
Continue reading >>U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines Philip S. Goldberg visited sailors and Marines aboard the USS Germantown on Thanksgiving Day as the ship steamed through Leyte Gulf.
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