America’s tremendous military might doesn’t matter like you think it does

America’s tremendous military might doesn’t matter like you think it does

The metrics by which we compare the military strengths of nations often serve as better representation of the countries’ fiscal priorities than their actual combat power. America, for instance, employs the largest, most capable military force on the planet, but because of its diverse obligations and responsibilities the world over, it would be difficult—if not […]

The Navy’s newest Zumwalt-class destroyer carries the name of fallen Navy SEAL

The Navy’s newest Zumwalt-class destroyer carries the name of fallen Navy SEAL

The U.S. Navy‘s newest Zumwalt-class destroyer was recently commissioned in a ceremony last week at Naval Air Station North Island, California. Although any time a new Navy vessel is commissioned is a special event, this latest ceremony was particularly meaningful to the Navy‘s special warfare community as the ship is named after Medal of Honor-winning […]

Watch Northrop Grumman’s experimental X-47B in action: America’s UCAV UFO

The X-47B may never actually participate in combat operations, but the two technology demonstrators built by Northrop Grumman for the U.S. Navy produced some of the most interesting (and unusual looking) military aviation photos of the past ten years. The unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) is, put simply, a drone developed with low observability and […]

How Navy SEALs are preparing for war with China

How Navy SEALs are preparing for war with China

After decades of counterinsurgency operations, the United States military has begun shifting its gaze back to nation-level adversaries. According to the Department of Defense (DoD), Russia and China pose the greatest nation-level threat to the U.S. As a result, hereafter, military spending will place more importance on projects and capabilities that would be useful in […]

As Russia solidifies grip on the Arctic, America’s no-icebreaker Navy can barely make a visit

As Russia solidifies grip on the Arctic, America’s no-icebreaker Navy can barely make a visit

The United States Coast Guard maintains the nation’s only operational ice-breaking vessels, and to date, neither are considered powerful or reliable enough to sustain any sort of extensive Arctic operations. Russia, on the other hand, maintains more than 40, including the world’s only nuclear-powered ice-breaking vessels. In recent years, Russian President Vladimir Putin has made […]

Lawmaker intervenes in SEAL’s war crimes case

Lawmaker intervenes in SEAL’s war crimes case

In the latest development to Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher’s court-martial over alleged war crimes, U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter, a Republican from California, has intervened and asked President Donald Trump to dismiss the case. “I am significantly concerned that this is another example of the over-aggressiveness of the Navy JAG Corps showing its bias against […]

Breaking: US Navy to fix what the Marine Corps wouldn’t by clearing MARSOC Fox Company commander from false accusations of war crimes

Breaking: US Navy to fix what the Marine Corps wouldn’t by clearing MARSOC Fox Company commander from false accusations of war crimes

The Board for Correction of Naval Records (BCNR) reached a monumental decision on January 2, 2019 regarding the case of Major Fred Galvin (USMC retired). Galvin, along with other MARSOC Marines, was falsely accused of indiscriminately killing women, children, and elderly on March 4, 2007 in the village of Boti Kot, Afghanistan. NEWSREP has covered […]

Navy SEAL court-martial underway: What’s at stake?

Navy SEAL court-martial underway: What’s at stake?

The court-martial of Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher began on Friday. All in all, Chief Gallagher is charged with four different violations of the Uniformed Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). More specifically, the SEAL is accused of murdering a captured teenage ISIS fighter by stabbing him in the neck and body, shooting at unarmed civilians, […]

Hubris or rehearsal? Iran to deploy naval task force close to the US

Hubris or rehearsal? Iran to deploy naval task force close to the US

The Iranian government has announced its intention to deploy a naval task force in the Atlantic Ocean in the next few months. The decision is intended as a response to American and Western belligerence in the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf. According to the IRNA state news agency, the naval flotilla will depart for […]

Drone bodyguards and missile interceptors: The Navy’s plan to defend their unarmed aircraft

Drone bodyguards and missile interceptors: The Navy’s plan to defend their unarmed aircraft

Back in May, a Russian Su-27 fighter intercepted an unarmed U.S. Navy P-8 surveillance plane while flying in international airspace over the increasingly contested Baltic Sea. The intercept, like many before it, was characterized as “unprofessional” by American Defense Officials, but received little fanfare in the American media. Why? Well, in short, it’s because these […]