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Welcome, Harrisburg
Ship’s sponsors Alexandra Curry and Jennifer Dlaz christened the Harrisburg (LPD 30) af HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding. Pictured from left is Rear Adm. Thomas Anderson, United States Navy, program...
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Gunfighter!
Sailors work on NP-441 (BuNo 147011), a Vought F-8C Crusader (originally F8U), aboard the Essex-class carrier USS Hancock (CVA 19) during the ship’s 1965 West Pac deployment to Vietnam. Note the open...
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Can the next SECNAV please just get the names right?
Just going to drop this little gem from DOD here: The Department of Defense is honored by the Navy’s naming of two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers as the future USS William J. Clinton...
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Warship Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025: Go Long
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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5-inchers got a Lot more use than you’d expect in the Red Sea (and an LCS got...
As detailed by the head of Naval Surface Forces, VADM Brendan McLane, during the annual Surface Navy Association conference this week, warships expended some 400 pieces of ordnance in defense against...
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Brown Water C-rat Can Assist
Official caption: “Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam. US Navy Gunner’s Mate Third Class Barry Johnson returns enemy fire with the M-60 machine gun on board his US Navy River Patrol Boat (PBR). The...
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Warship Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025: The 80 Eightballs
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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2025 SOF Fact Book
The new 40-page 2025 SOF Fact Book is available online. “Learn about the mission, priorities, and Joint Forces that make up your U.S. Special Operations Command.” You can view and download the (free)...
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Warship Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025: Gallant Gussi
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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Unmanned Surface Vessels Double in 4th Fleet
230913-N-N3764-1004 NAVAL STATION KEY WEST, Fl. – (Sept. 13, 2023) — Commercial operators deploy Saildrone Voyager Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) out to sea in the initial steps of U.S. 4th Fleet’s...
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Fuzzy ‘Phib math
140910-N-UD469-180 PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 10, 2014) Marines, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU), depart the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42)...
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T-AGSEs Surface
An interesting addition to the Bollinger-built 87-foot Marine Protector class patrol boats for the Coast Guard in 2008 was four units– paid for wholly by the Navy– that would serve in two special...
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Marianas Lightning Storm
Exercise Cope North 2025 has seen at least four different F-35 fifth-gen fighter operators conducting combined operations from Guam. These include U.S. Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force No. 75...
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Warship Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025: Scary Freddy
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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Brown Water C-rat Can Assist
Official caption: “Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam. US Navy Gunner’s Mate Third Class Barry Johnson returns enemy fire with the M-60 machine gun on board his US Navy River Patrol Boat (PBR). The...
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Warship Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025: The 80 Eightballs
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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2025 SOF Fact Book
The new 40-page 2025 SOF Fact Book is available online. “Learn about the mission, priorities, and Joint Forces that make up your U.S. Special Operations Command.” You can view and download the (free)...
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Warship Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025: Gallant Gussi
Here at LSOZI, we take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1954 period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own,...
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Unmanned Surface Vessels Double in 4th Fleet
230913-N-N3764-1004 NAVAL STATION KEY WEST, Fl. – (Sept. 13, 2023) — Commercial operators deploy Saildrone Voyager Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) out to sea in the initial steps of U.S. 4th Fleet’s...
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Fuzzy ‘Phib math
140910-N-UD469-180 PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 10, 2014) Marines, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU), depart the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42)...
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