US Carrier Still Thousands of Miles from Korean Waters That show of force off Korea by the aircraft carrier Vinson touted by the Trump administration last week never happened.
'Sword Stands Ready' Against North Korea, Pence Tells Troops in Japan Vice President Mike Pence paid a visit to the Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier in Japan Tuesday.
North Korea Threatens to Sink US Aircraft Carrier North Korean media reported the country's military is ready to sink "a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier" with a single strike...
Full Senate Heads to Rare Classified Meeting at White House on NKorea In an unusual move, all 100 senators were invited to attend a classified meeting at the White House to discuss North Korea.
PACOM Commander Takes Blame for Carrier Carl Vinson Confusion Adm. Harry Harris took full responsibility for the flap and said poor communication was to blame.
Carrier Will Not Be Sunk By North Korean Missiles, Four-Star Says Adm. Harris countered recent reports f that the Vinson and its escort ships were not equipped to fend off a North Korean...
PACOM Chief: 'Matter of When' North Korea Will Have a Nuke The four-star commander of all U.S. forces in the Pacific warned members of the Senate not to underestimate Kim Jong-Un.
North Korea Test Fires Another Missile In Defiance of US, China A spokesman for U.S. Pacific Command appeared to back up the South Korean estimate that the launch was a failure.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
![The Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transits the Pacific Ocean on Jan. 18. As it approaches the Korean peninsula, North Korea has threatened to sink it as a demonstration of its "military prowess." (US Navy photo/Nathan Serpico)](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/media/equipment/2017/04/vinsonatsea042317.jpg?itok=4UXh1GFu "The Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transits the Pacific Ocean on Jan. 18. As it approaches the Korean peninsula, North Korea has threatened to sink it as a demonstration of its "military prowess." (US Navy photo/Nathan Serpico)")
