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US to station troops in northern Australia as fears of China&##x27;s Pacific presence grow
President Barack Obama is expected to reveal plans to station about 500 to 1000 Marines at a barracks in Darwin and to expand the US navy&##x27;s use of bases at the Northern Territory capital and in Perth in Western Australia. He will make the announcement in Australia ...

CORRECTED-U.S. navy: Iran prepares suicide bomb boats in Gulf - Reuters
said at a briefing on the fleet's base in the Gulf state of Bahrain. Iran now has 10 small submarines, he said. Military experts say the U.S. navy's Fifth Fleet patrolling the Gulf - which always has at least one giant supercarrier accompanied ...

U.S. navy: Iran prepares suicide bomb boats in Gulf - msnbc.com
said at a briefing on the fleet's base in the Gulf state of Bahrain. Iran now has 10 small submarines, he said. Military experts say the U.S. navy's Fifth Fleet patrolling the Gulf - which always has at least one giant supercarrier accompanied by scores of ...

Military spends $363 million on weight loss surgery
Free gastric bypass, lap-band, tummy tuck, and other weight-loss related surgeries are fast becoming the "it" thing for military dependents, especially soldiers' wives. Using the Freedom of Information Act, reporters at KIRO-TV -- WTOV9's sister station in Seattle -- have uncovered the never-before ...

Cuban migrants at Guantánamo base ‘broke rules,’ face restrictions - Miami Herald
Nearly three dozen Cuban asylum seekers were confined to the Leeward side of the U.S. navy base at Guantánamo Tuesday, no longer able to send packages to family across the minefield in a security crackdown at the U.S. migrant center at the base ...

US Seeks More Military Access in Philippines - Antiwar.com
although reports say full U.S. bases will not be reopened. This is part of a broader imperial plan to counter China’s regional influence and an expanded military presence in the region with bases, troops, and navy warships in Australia and Singapore.

Fuel cells best to power US military drones?
Almost two years ago, an experimental U.S. navy drone flew nonstop for 26 hours during a record-shattering flight for fuel-cell-powered drones. That flight and other demonstrations since have encouraged a new report to envision fuel cells as the U.S. Department of Defense's "technology of choice" ...

Lines of descent, Derek Gregory
To mark one hundred years of aerial bombing, we publish this detailed account of the path that led us from bombing cities, forests and target boxes to putting 'warheads on foreheads' in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Derek Gregory argues that our understanding of bombing has been dominated by political ...

US navy plane parts fall on Japan - Channel NewsAsia
TOKYO: The US navy was investigating Thursday how several chunks of one of its aircraft -- including one around 2.2 metres (seven feet) by one metre -- fell off as it flew back to its base in Japan. Six pieces from an EA-6B Prowler, including a ...

Naval Base Coronado's Green Energy Initiative - ElectroIQ
The U.S. navy issued the following news release: The navy is continuing its progress in going green aboard Naval Base Coronado with construction of 15 solar panels along the bayfront scheduled for completion in late February. The solar panels ...