On September 4, 1974, in one of the Cold War’s most secretive and somber moments, the United States Navy held a burial at sea for the remains of Soviet sailors recovered from the sunken submarine K-129. The submarine had mysteriously disappeared in March 1968, northwest of Hawaii, with all 98 crew members aboard. Years later, the U.S. covertly recovered part of the wreck during the highly classified Project Azorian, an ambitious operation carried out by the CIA using the specially constructed ship Glomar Explorer.
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YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — A contingent of international military officers joined U.S. sailors Friday as command of the Navy’s largest destroyer squadron passed to its deputy commodore.
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SUFFOLK, Va. — Vice Admiral Mike Vernazza, commander, Naval Information Forces (NAVIFOR) / IBoss, announces the winners of the inaugural NAVIFOR sponsored information warfare (IW) Big Ideas Challenge:
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On March 28, 2025, Friday night, Jim Reeb passed away. His biography follows:
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“He kept fighting despite his painful wounds, continuing to repel the attack until his position was overrun. When last seen he was fighting ferociously against an overwhelming number of enemy soldiers,” according to his Medal of Honor citation.
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