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Blue Angels canceled at RI air show

The U.S. Navy has cancelled what is left of the Blue Angel’s 2013 season due to federal budget cuts. 

Panetta: Women are integral to military's success

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, in lifting a ban on women serving in combat, said women have become integral to the military's success and have shown they are

Women react to serving in combat roles

Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is set to announce Thursday a lift on the military's ban on women participating in ground combat missions.

Photos: Biden at the Army-Navy game

With each of his sons serving in both the Army and Navy, Vice President Joe Biden showed reverence and respect at the Army-Navy game Dec. 8, 2012, in

What the Veep? More than a game

This year’s Army-Navy game carried a different tone for Vice President Joe Biden.

Pearl Harbor dead remembered on 71st anniversary

More than 2,000 people at Pearl Harbor and many more around the country are marking the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack that killed thousands of people

Students collecting gifts for USS Cole

Students at Salve Regina University are sending some holiday cheer to U.S. sailors stationed far from home this holiday season. On Thursday, sociology student

Navy: No US drones missing after Iran claim

Iran claimed Tuesday it had captured a U.S. drone after it entered Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf but the U.S. Navy said all its unmanned aircraft in

Pentagon says ex-SEAL book contains secrets

A Pentagon official says a former Navy SEAL's insider account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden contains classified information.

Pentagon weighing options against ex-SEAL author

The Pentagon is considering legal action against a former Navy SEAL whose book describes insider details of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, but it has

Pentagon reviews SEAL's bin Laden book

U.S. officials said Monday that they are reviewing a copy of a soon-to-be-published account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, checking for leaks of

Book on bin Laden raid coming out Sept. 11

A first-hand account of the Navy SEAL mission that killed Osama bin Laden is coming out Sept. 11.

US Navy's oldest ship sets sail

At 215 years old, the USS Constitution is the U.S. Navy's oldest commissioned warship afloat. But it's not too old to take a quick sail.

Rare WWII naval dispatch brings $20K at auction

A rare military cable heralding the end of World War II has fetched more than $20,000 at auction.

Norfolk-based ship rescues 10 mariners

The Norfolk-based USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) rescued 10 mariners from their burning boat in the Gulf of Oman on August 8.

Navy testing drones in Narragansett Bay

Just beneath the placid, sailboat-dotted surface of Narragansett Bay, torpedo-shaped vehicles spin and pivot to their own rhythm, carrying out missions

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