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How a Doomed Arctic Voyage Presaged Transpolar Flights

By Mia Bennett

December 22, 2018

Last month, I flew from Los Angeles to Hong Kong on one of those sleek jets that fuse heaven and earth, a Boeing 777. The livery was painted in the green and white colors of Cathay Pacific, the Hong K...

Drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge One Step Closer

By The Maritime Executive

December 22, 2018

The U.S. Department of the Interior has taken another step towards allowing oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by issuing a draft environmental impact statement for the l...

The Combat Cutter Pickering

By William H. Thiesen

December 14, 2018

After refitting late in the summer of 1800, the master and crew of revenue cutter USS Pickering boarded their vessel at Newcastle, Delaware, for their next Caribbean war patrol. It would be the last t...

Bath Iron Works Launches Last Zumwalt-Class Destroyer

By The Maritime Executive

December 10, 2018

The future USS Lyndon B. Johnson, the third and last of the futuristic Zumwalt-class destroyers, launched Sunday at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works. Delivery is set for 2020. The Zumwalt's design...

Norfolk Naval Shipyard Tests Exoskeleton for Heavy Lifting

By The Maritime Executive

December 10, 2018

Norfolk Naval Shipyard is trialing an exoskeleton suit for heavy-lifting jobs as a way to improve productivity and lower the risk of injury. The Levitate Airframe exoskeleton is already used on the as...

USNS Comfort Provides Medical Care for Venezuelan Refugees

By The Maritime Executive

November 28, 2018

Medical personnel from the hospital ship USNS Comfort have gone ashore at Riohacha, Colombia to provide assistance for Venezuelan refugees and Colombian citizens. Screenings began on November 24, and...

HMS Dragon Makes Major Drug Bust on "Hash Highway"

By The Maritime Executive

November 26, 2018

The Royal Navy warship HMS Dragon has seized three tonnes of hashish in one of the most significant drugs busts in the Persian Gulf this year, dealing a blow to the funding of terrorism. The Portsm...

Waesche: The U.S. Coast Guard’s Second Founding Father

By William Thiesen

November 23, 2018

“Adm. Waesche was largely responsible for the consistent development of the United States Coast Guard from a peacetime organization of approximately 15,000 to a wartime force of more than 170,000 offi...

Royal Navy Reveals Name of New Submarine Hunters

By The Maritime Executive

November 23, 2018

U.K. Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has announced that the Royal Navy's new submarine hunter will be named HMS Sheffield. The ship will be the fourth ship to carry the name and will be Britain’s fifth...

Royal Navy Honors Those Going Beyond the Call of Duty

By The Maritime Executive

November 23, 2018

Eight Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel have been singled out for going above and beyond the normal call of duty in the U.K. and abroad in the latest series of Operational Honours announced by th...

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