Dec 8 - By Associated Press
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has abandoned its bid to acquire excess Navy property on Aquidneck (ah-KWID'-neck) Island on behalf of the Narragansett (nair-ah-GAN'-set) Indian Tribe.

Nov 9 - By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press Writer
A North Korean cargo ship visited a South Korean port Monday, showing that trade between the rival countries is continuing despite their bloody naval skirmish last week.

Oct 7 - By Maria Danilova, Associated Press Writer
Ukraine sent hundreds of troops, five ships and 15 aircraft into the Black Sea region Thursday for day-long military drills off its Crimean peninsula, a potential flashpoint with Russia.
Aug 10 - By Associated Press
The Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded iRobot a $13.5 million contract for robots capable of identifying and disabling improvised explosive devices.

Jul 19 - By Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press Writer
Somewhere along an industrial stretch of river pocked with rotting piers and towering salt piles north of Boston lies the answer to one of the great riddles of the Revolutionary war.
Apr 20 - By Ron Word, Associated Press Writer
Warships in training to fight pirates, drug smugglers and other enemies were maneuvering off Florida's Atlantic coast after navies from the United States and 11 other countries launched two weeks of exercises.
Apr 20 - By Ron Word, Associated Press Writer
Navies from the United States and 11 other countries on Monday launched two weeks of war exercises off Florida's Atlantic coast that will include training in combating piracy and drug smuggling.
Sep 8 - By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press Writer
Russia said Monday it will send a naval squadron and long-range patrol planes to Venezuela this year for a joint military exercise in the Caribbean, an announcement made at a time of increasingly tense relations with the United States.

Oct 12 - By Associated Press
Ships and aircraft from seven countries, including the U.S., began three days of Pacific maritime exercises Saturday that involve the mock interception of vessels suspected of carrying weapons of mass destruction.

Oct 17 - By Bharatha Mallawarachi, Associated Press Writer
Suspected Tamil rebels posing as fishermen blew up two of their boats in a suicide ambush on a naval base, killing at least one navy sailor in the first such attack on Sri Lanka's touristy southern coast, the military said.