Sen. Tuberville is blocking military promotions and it's going to make top talent quit for the private sector, top officers of Army, Navy, and Air Force say

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville speaks to reporters in the Senate subway at the US Capitol on July 10, 2023

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The $362 million warship the US Navy just decommissioned wasn't even in service 5 years

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The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11), transiting the Caribbean Sea, April 10, 2021.
USS Sioux City in the Caribbean Sea in April 2021.

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The US Navy is offering its pilots $105,000 to stay in uniform and become commanding officers

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Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft carrier
An F/A-18E Super Hornet prepares to launch from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on January 5, 2023.

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Ukraine doesn't have much of a navy, but it's found a way to hunt down the 'weakest links' in Russia's critical sea supply lanes, UK intel says

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Russia's Black Sea Fleet warships take part in the Navy Day celebrations in the port city of Novorossiysk on July 30, 2023.
Russia's Black Sea Fleet warships take part in the Navy Day celebrations in the port city of Novorossiysk on July 30, 2023.

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The world's most powerful navies in 2023, ranked

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Chinese sailors atop a naval vessel in April 2009. China's navy is one of the world's most powerful.

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US Navy stealth destroyer Zumwalt's deck guns are basically useless, but it's on its way to get new hypersonic missile launchers

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USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) transits the Atlantic Ocean during acceptance trials, April 21, 2016.

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Ukraine shows off a sea drone that can wipe out Russian ships and is 'faster than anything in the Black Sea'

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Russian Navy vessels near the Black Sea port of Sevastopol in Crimea on February 16, 2022.
Russian Navy vessels near the Black Sea port of Sevastopol in Crimea on February 16, 2022.

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War with China would be an 'onslaught' like the US hasn't faced in decades

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A boxing match between China and the US.
Military and experts agree: the US is nowhere near ready for a war with China.

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Modern day pirate hunters operate in the 'wild, wild West' as they track countless vessels smuggling 'arms, drugs, and people' on the open seas, former Naval admiral says

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) passes by the smoke from a suspected pirate skiff it disabled March 31, 2010 in the Gulf of Aden.
The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) passes by the smoke from a suspected pirate skiff it disabled March 31, 2010 in the Gulf of Aden.

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After a 35-year break, the US Navy is building frigates again, and it has a lot of catching up to do

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Navy USS Ingraham Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate
USS Ingraham, the last Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate built for the US, returns from its last deployment in November 2014.

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