During a U.S. naval test off the California coast last month, which was designed to showcase the Pentagon’s top autonomous drone boats, one vessel stalled unexpectedly.
As officials scrambled to fix a software glitch, another drone vessel smashed into the idling boat’s starboard side, vaulted over the deck, and crashed back into the water – an incident captured in videos obtained by Reuters.
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By Carmine “Nuchie” Carnevale
I wasn’t “Red’s” favorite CT when we served in the Azores. Our ideologies and philosophies were very diverse in nature due primarily from our background. Red came from Illinois and joined the Navy as a teenager. He was serious; a World War II veteran and a Navy career man. I was 21 years old living in Brooklyn, New York, when I joined the Navy during the Korean War and served the last 11 months of a 4 year enlistment in the Azores with “Red.”
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China is expected to officially reveal four new missiles designed to sink enemy warships during an upcoming military parade, as part of its efforts to challenge the United States’ naval dominance.
The Pentagon declined to comment when reached by Newsweek.
Newsweek has also contacted China’s Foreign Ministry for comment via email.
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59 years ago today, the Navy Communication Training Center (NCTC) Detachment was established at Goodfellow on August 19, 1966 under the command and support of the Chief of Naval Personnel.
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U.S. Fleet Cyber Command (FCC), U.S. Navy Space Command and U.S. 10th Fleet established a new command on Aug. 14, Cyber Group-One (CG-1), located in Wahiawa, Hawaii. CG-1 will assume oversight of Cyber Mission Forces (CMF) in the Indo-Pacific region; responsibilities previously managed by Navy Information Operations Command Pacific (NIOC PAC).
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By Norman Klar
I was ordered to Taiwan as the Officer-in-Charge of the U.S. Naval Security Group Activity. I had additional duty (ADDU) as the Cryptologic Advisor to USTDC (Taiwan Defense Command) and technical advisor to, as well as a member of, the J2( Intelligence) Staff Indications Center. I received four separate unclassified Fitness Reports throughout the tour with duties listed as follows: 1) USTDC-To help in combined and/or joint operations to assist U.S. and GRC forces defend Taiwan and the Penghus, and if directed assisting in defending the GRC held offshore islands. 2) Headquarters Support Activity (HSA) – Our administrative command. 3) CINCPACFLT -To perform Naval Security Group functions as directed by CNO and by CINCPACFLT 4) DIRNAVSECGU – For performing NavSecGru functions.
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