Amtrak train derails, 6 dead, 150 injured
Emergency workers are searching through the wreckage Wednesday of a New York-bound Amtrak train that derailed and overturned late Tuesday, killing six people, injuring 150, and disrupting train service for thousands More...
Saudis end Yemen airstrikes, Iran sends warships, US to counter
Iran’s foreign minister has called for “urgent humanitarian assistance” in Yemen after a Saudi-led coalition ended air strikes against Houthi rebels. Now the Shiite nation has sent warships into More...
John McCain won’t retire, will seek reelection in 2016
Sen. John McCain announced that he will run for re-election in 2016, confirming a move that has been both widely expected and open to criticism, especially from those who support term limits. McCain, who will turn More...
Drone use for real estate purposes discussed by CCIM’s Caleb McDow
Ben Crosby, CCIM, recognized that using drones, or small unmanned aerial systems (UAS), would be an inexpensive way to capture aerial video and photos for the thousands of acres of agricultural land that are the More...
Seventy years ago US Marines invade Iwo Jima
On this day in 1945, Operation Detachment, the U.S. Marines’ invasion of Iwo Jima, is launched. This five-week battle comprised some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the War in the Pacific of World More...
Pentagon reveals new railgun technology
The Navy’s latest weapon is an electromagnetic “railgun” designed to fire projectiles fast and far without using gunpowder as a propellant, the Washington Post reports. Unveiled at a Navy expo More...
US Navy Band announces 2015 Spring Tour
America’s Navy is coming to a location near you as the tour of 32 cities in six states will a performance by the United States Navy Band during its 2015 spring tour — one of the Navy’s signature More...
Tampa native Jeffery Cavallo quoted by Navy in Iwo Jima coverage
RED SEA (Jan. 14, 2015) – Clean-shaven face. Pressed uniform. Boots shined like marble. This is the appearance of Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Zachariah Smith as he stands in line for chow. The line moves More...
Navy removes Bibles from hotels on bases after Freedom From Religion complaint
The U.S. Navy is reportedly removing all Bibles from hotels which are located on bases, a decision that has upset religious military members and families. The Navy is respondng to the demands of atheist group More...
Edgar Harrell talks USS Indianapolis sinking, shark attacks and a miraculous rescue
In the wake of the 70th anniversary of D-Day, The Global Dispatch was able to speak to an amazing World War II vet who survived the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. Still considered the most catastrophic naval disaster More...
Nicholas Knight, former Navy officer hacking government websites ‘did dumb things’
The former US sailor accused of infiltrating government networks using the Navy’s own computers and posting links to his group’s findings on Twitter says he and his associates “did dumb things.” Public domain More...
Navy yard shooter Aaron Alexis obsessed with shooting video games
Aaron Alexis, the 34-year-old former Navy reservist identified as the man behind the Navy Yard shootings in Washington on Monday that killed 12 people, is said to have been obsessed with shooter video games, to More...
Former contractor Aaron Alexis identified as Naval shooter, 12 confirmed dead
Aaron Alexis has been identified by authorities as the Navy Yard shooter in an incident that left at least 12 people dead in Washington, D.C. Alexis, age 34,recently began work as a civilian contractor, authorities More...
Navy official says 1 suspect in Washington Navy Yard shooting dead
One suspect is dead in the shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, a senior Navy official told CNN’s Barbara Starr. At least two shooters, including one in fatigues, killed at least four people and wounded eight More...
Cap’n Crunch revealed to only be a Commander, Pentagon says he’s has no US Navy record
A new scandal may be headed towards the U.S. Navy involving one of the world’s most famous captains: Cap’n Crunch. The legendary cereal icon’s status as a captain has come under fire after an Internet blogger More...
Richard J Kessler, sailor on USS Enterprise found dead
A sailor was found dead on board the USS Enterprise Friday. Master Chief Petty Officer Richard J. Kessler, 47, of Gulfport, Florida was found dead in his berthing compartment, according to a press release from the More...
David Broder perpetuates the fallacy that war is good for the economy
Last Sunday’s Washington Post had veteran journalist David Broder suggesting that President Obama starting a war with Iran could be the trigger to bring us out of our economic doldrums. He of course uses FDR and More...
Strykers: Did attitude lead to Afghan killings? Is Col. Harry Tunnell to blame for Calvin Gibbs hit squad?
When a Stryker brigade from Joint Base Lewis-McChord arrived in Afghanistan last year, its leader, Col. Harry Tunnell, openly sneered at the U.S. military’s counterinsurgency strategy. The old-school commander More...
