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‘We Didn’t Plan for This War’: Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Has a Message for the US Navy

The report said the 5,000 people on the aircraft carrier “went without basic supplies,” including toothpaste, deodorant, and soap, for long stretches of its...

Stephen Silver3 days ago

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 27, 2019) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russel (DDG 59) and the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transit the Eastern Pacific Ocean Nov. 27, 2019. Paul Hamilton is underway conducting routine training in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Matthew F. Jackson)

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Trump Says a Tremendous Amount of Oil Is Now Moving Through the Strait of Hormuz, and the Tracked Count Says Otherwise

The Energy Information Administration counted well over twenty million barrels a day through the strait in early 2025. By the second quarter of this...

Georgia Gilholy4 days ago

U.S. Air Force Capt. Nick “Laz” Le Tourneau, pilot and commander of the F-22 Raptor Aerial Demonstration Team, performs an aerial demonstration at Air Dot Show Tour Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 9, 2026. Capt. Le Tourneau showcased the unmatched capabilities of the F-22 by performing a series of combat maneuvers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mary Bowers)

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Iran Is Now Firing Its Missiles at Areas Where It Thinks Ships Might Be, Rather Than at Ships It Can Even See

Tankers are grouped and moved through the Omani channel in designated night windows, loaded ships outbound followed by empty ships inbound, under Air Force...

Jack Buckby4 days ago

U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) steams in the Indian Ocean, July 2, 2026. Mustin is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Dimal)

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Trump Says Backchannel Talks With the IRGC Are Under Way. The IRGC Says That No Such Talks Exist at All.

A 2019 framework agreement expanded American military access to Omani facilities at Salalah and Duqm. Oman controls the southern side of the strait, which...

Georgia GilholyAugust 17, 2026

The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) sails in the Philippine Sea Aug. 26, 2018 during a Passing Exercise (PASSEX) with the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force. PASSEX enabled the Wasp ARG and the JMSDF a chance to practice communications and maneuvering procedures. The Wasp Amphibious Ready Group is currently operating in the region to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Taylor King)

Dollars and Sense

Trump Says His Naval Blockade Is ‘A Wall of Steel’ — and Just Two Ships Crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Friday

Hegseth says the Navy can hold the blockade indefinitely by rotating ships. Two vessels crossed the strait on Friday, though the count is imprecise...

Georgia GilholyAugust 14, 2026

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) cruise side-by-side in the Philippine Sea June 18, 2006, during exercise Valiant Shield 2006. The joint exercise consists of 28 naval vessels, more than 300 aircraft, and approximately 20,000 service members from the Navy, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Spike Call) (Released)

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Sailors Aboard US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Have Now Gone More Than 200 Days Without a Single Port Call Anywhere at All

A senator's letter to the Pentagon raises water contamination, plumbing failures and mail that never arrives, and asks whether the Navy can sustain this...

Stephen SilverAugust 14, 2026

FILE PHOTO -- The B-2 Spirit is a multi-role bomber capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear munitions. A dramatic leap forward in technology, the bomber represents a major milestone in the U.S. bomber modernization program. The B-2 brings massive firepower to bear, in a short time, anywhere on the globe through previously impenetrable defenses. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Trump Just Got Handed a Problem He Thought Was ‘Fixed’: The Munitions Shortage That Limits His Options on Iran

The Hill, Reuters, and the Times detail a US munitions shortage the administration publicly denies — the Army's surface-to-surface stocks 'virtually all' gone, defensive-missile...

Stephen SilverAugust 12, 2026

Aug. 8, 2017 - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) maneuvers between the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), left, and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77), right, for a photo exercise during exercise Saxon Warrior 2017, Aug. 8. Saxon Warrior is a United States and United Kingdom co-hosted carrier strike group exercise that demonstrates allied interoperability and capability to respond to crises and deter potential threats. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Theron J. Godbold /Released)

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CENTCOM Says an MH-60 Helicopter Put Two Hellfire Missiles Into a Blockade-Runner’s Steering Gear in the Gulf of Oman

A US MH-60 put two Hellfires into the steering gear of the Panama-flagged Vela Nova as it tried to run the Hormuz blockade —...

Stephen SilverAugust 12, 2026

USS Fort Worth US Navy Littoral Combat Ship

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“The Whole Littoral Combat Ship Concept Has Failed”: The US Navy Planned 55, Ordered 32, Has 27 Left — and Just Retired One at 56 Percent of Its Life.

The US Navy decommissioned USS Fort Worth at Naval Base San Diego on 29 July 2026, nearly 14 years after commissioning — about 56...

Steve BalestrieriAugust 5, 2026

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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

‘We Didn’t Plan for This War’: Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Has a Message for the US Navy

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Says a Tremendous Amount of Oil Is Now Moving Through the Strait of Hormuz, and the Tracked Count Says Otherwise

Dollars and Sense

Iran Is Now Firing Its Missiles at Areas Where It Thinks Ships Might Be, Rather Than at Ships It Can Even See

Dollars and Sense

Trump Says Backchannel Talks With the IRGC Are Under Way. The IRGC Says That No Such Talks Exist at All.

Dollars and Sense

Trump Says His Naval Blockade Is ‘A Wall of Steel’ — and Just Two Ships Crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Friday

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Sailors Aboard US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Have Now Gone More Than 200 Days Without a Single Port Call Anywhere at All

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Just Got Handed a Problem He Thought Was ‘Fixed’: The Munitions Shortage That Limits His Options on Iran

Dollars and Sense

CENTCOM Says an MH-60 Helicopter Put Two Hellfire Missiles Into a Blockade-Runner’s Steering Gear in the Gulf of Oman

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

“The Whole Littoral Combat Ship Concept Has Failed”: The US Navy Planned 55, Ordered 32, Has 27 Left — and Just Retired One at 56 Percent of Its Life.

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