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The fatal capsizing of a Texas A&M university racing boat last summer was due to severe design flaws and not lacking maintenance as suggested by a Coast Guard investigation, school investigators concluded in a report released Friday.
Two nuclear submarine sailors, including one assigned to help crewmates stay out of trouble, are accused of brutally beating a man, leaving him near death on a Portsmouth street and then trying to orchestrate a cover-up.
The deadly capsize of a Texas A&M University sailboat in the Gulf of Mexico last year was due in part to the school's inability to keep adequate records and examine and repair its fleet, according to a report prepared by the U.S. Coast Guard.
Two U.S. sailors have been charged with the murder of a prostitute and the attempted murder of another in this northern border city, Mexican state prosecutors said.
The deadly capsizing of a sailboat in the Gulf of Mexico in June probably resulted from improper repairs to damage caused by previous groundings, U.S. Coast Guard officials announced Friday.
Police say have they arrested two Russian sailors at the Frankfurt airport after they drank an entire bottle of vodka and harassed passengers on a flight from Houston, Texas.
The U.S. Navy says six sailors have been charged with abusing detainees at U.S. detention center in Iraq and they will face court-martials.
About 100 American sailors were left behind in Hong Kong after a Navy aircraft carrier departed early because of weather concerns, an official said Tuesday.
Officials investigating the deadly capsizing of a sailboat in the Gulf of Mexico have found the vessel's keel under more than 100 feet of water.
Salvage experts have recovered a racing sailboat that sank in the Gulf of Mexico last week, killing one crew member and leaving five survivors adrift at sea for 26 hours.
Navy Lt. Mark Dye hadn't seen combat before a helicopter dropped him at the deadliest forward operating base for roadside bomb attacks in northern Iraq with an urgent task.
A Chinese cargo ship sank Monday in high waves off western Taiwan, leaving 12 seamen missing, an official said.
An object that South Korean rescuers believe is the underwater wreckage of a cargo ship that disappeared with 14 sailors lay too deep to raise immediately, officials said Wednesday.
Rescuers in ships and helicopters launched an intensive search Tuesday for 14 sailors feared drowned after their ship disappeared in freezing waters off South Korea.
No single error led to the capture of 15 sailors and marines by Iran in March, Britain's defense chief said Tuesday, but he acknowledged the Defense Ministry was wrong to let them sell their stories to the media after their release.
The Nautical Roots of 9 Common PhrasesThe Vikings, Columbus, the Pilgrims … they all arrived here by ship. So it stands to reason that some of the phrases we use today were born on the high seas. While sources differ on the roots of many sayings, others have a clear path to the days of sailing across the ocean.
A Soldier's Nighmare: Dying for Nothing!The focus of the president, according to news reports, is to devise a strategy with the right accompaniment of military personnel and equipment to meet the objective he establishes.
Veterans seek coverage related to Agent Orange exposureWASHINGTON -- When Wayne Rademaker underwent prostate cancer surgery in 2007, the Department of Veterans Affairs denied him coverage, even though he'd been exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam in 1969.
Sailors take aim at new recruiting sloganThe Navy's new recruiting slogan, "America's Navy: A global force for good," was designed from the outset to motivate existing sailors as much as to entice young people to enlist.
18th Century Ships' Logs Predict Future Weather ForecastResearch team leader Dr Dennis Wheeler of the University of Sunderland comments: "The observations from the logbooks on wind force and weather are astonishingly good and often better than modern logbooks.
Tattoo HistoryWhen European travelers returned from Polynesia to Europe they brought with them tales of fabulous skin art & images that had been drawn to show how they had looked.
USS Stark Victims Honored At Mayport They paid the ultimate price in the face of the enemy, and on Sunday they were being remembered by those who knew them best.
Lebanese are Phoenicians After All; And so Are Many of the Rest of USFrom Juan Cole at Informed Comment:
Captains' logs yield climate clues - Times OnlineA preliminary study of 6,000 logbooks has produced results that raise questions about climate change theories.
US Navy Sailors Beaten and Muged By A Bunch of Teenage KidsA 16-YEAR-old boy will appear in Perth Children's Court today after being charged over an assault on three US Navy sailors in May.
According to various sites (like the one linked below) there are currently around 180,000 in Iraq. That's more people than both the pre-surge and post-surge military levels. This war is being ran by contractors that do the exact same job as the men in women in uniform.
Two U.S. sailors found dead in hotel room in Ghana - Yahoo! NewsACCRA (Reuters) - Two U.S. Navy sailors were found dead on Tuesday in their hotel room while on shore leave in the West African country of Ghana, the U.S. Navy said.
Why We Serve: Chief Happiest at Sea Working with SailorsAsk Master Chief Petty Officer Bruce "Skip" Binda why he joined the Navy nearly three decades ago and he'll tell you it was a matter of pride.
Australian Navy Will Pay For Breast Enlargements For Female SailorsAustralia's opposition Labor Party has questioned the need for female sailors to be given breast enlargements paid for with public money. An armed forces spokesman defended the operations, saying they were carried out for psychological reasons, not to make sailors "look sexy".
Kisses, tears await Preble crew at pierAfter Connor and girlfriend Sandra Rodriguez kissed and embraced, the sailor, dressed in summer whites, reached back to take a small blue box from his trousers' pocket, put his right knee on the concrete and proposed.
Beyond the DropZone - For the FamiliesWe don't know what you're feeling, but we're trying to understandThis Memorial Day week – I say week, because Monday was MD observed, Wednesday is MD actual – we remember lives lost in all of America's wars since 1775.
There are too little of us truly appreciating what our soldiers and armed forces are doing for us everyday. Past and present. If it were not for those who fought for our freedom in the Revolutionary War, we could still be under British oppression.
Iran releases new video of British navy crew - International Herald TribuneTEHRAN, Iran: Iran released more video clips Sunday showing the captured British navy crew playing chess and watching television in response to claims by the crew that they underwent constant psychological pressure during their 13 days of detention.
Fury as the hostages sell storiesThe 15 British military captives who were released by the Iranians have been authorised by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to sell their stories.
Iran Calls Britons' Alleged Mistreatment a 'Lie'LONDON, April 7 -- An Iranian official said Saturday that allegations of mistreatment from a British naval team seized last month in the Persian Gulf were unfounded and stage-managed.
The true face of IranPresident Mahmud Ahmadinejad's surprise announcement on Wednesday that the British military personnel detained for entering Iranian waters were to be freed was met by a round of applause by correspondents attending the press conference.
On March 23rd, 15 British sailors were detained by Iranian forces in the Shatt Al Arab waterway. The sailors were from the HMS Cornwall, a British frigate that was inspecting an Iraqi merchant ship in Iraqi waters according to the Royal Navy.
Thirteen days after their capture in the waters of the Persian Gulf, the sailors of the Royal Navy have returned home to their native Britain, prisoners of Iran, casualties of worsening East-West relations, and perhaps pawns in some greater game of brinkmanship.
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