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The USS Abraham Lincoln transits through the Arabian Sea in April 2012 in this photo courtesy of the US Navy
Gunnar the seal, pictured in 2007
South Korea and the US staged a major three-day naval drill in the Yellow Sea
Norway agreed in 2008 to buy 52 F-35A Lightning II warplanes for $10 billion
Norway agreed in 2008 to buy 52 F-35A Lightning II warplanes for $10 billion
A Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle lands in 2003
The US plans to deploy 60% of its naval fleet in the Pacific Ocean
The US Navy currently has a fleet of 285 ships
The US plans to deploy 60% of its naval fleet in the Pacific Ocean
The US Navy currently has a fleet of 285 ships, with about half of those vessels deployed or assigned to the Pacific
The US Navy currently has a fleet of 285 ships, with about half of those vessels deployed or assigned to the Pacific
This US Navy Photo shows The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Miami in March
US Navy personnel descend from the USS Monterey, equipped with the AEGIS air defense system, in Romania
Bahrain serves as the headquarters for the US Navy's Fifth Fleet
The Royal Navy will now use the short-range jump-jet F-35B model
The Royal Navy will now use the short-range jump-jet F-35B model
The Royal Navy will now use the short-range jump-jet F-35B model
Image released by the US Navy Visual News Service in 2011 shows an F-35B
Image released by the US Navy Visual News Service in 2011 shows an F-35B
A Florida-based P-3 detected the two vessels on April 20 off the east coast of Panama
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Malian female army leader is 'no GI Jane'

by Stephane Jourdain  AFP Global Edition
Mar 15, 2013 10:12 EDT
Dressed in sunglasses and a beige headscarf during a tour of the war-torn northern city of Gao, the Malian army's "iron fist" would not welcome the inevitable comparisons with GI Jane.
 

Obama to Israel: no plans to free spy Pollard 'immediately'

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 14, 2013 15:04 EDT
US President Barack Obama on Thursday said he had no plans for "immediately" releasing an Israeli jailed for spying who has been in prison since 1985, saying he was guilty of "a very serious crime."
 

Activists fault WHO report on Fukushima radiation

by John Biers  AFP Global Edition
Mar 11, 2013 18:02 EDT
Activist physicians on Monday accused the World Health Organization of downplaying the health impact of nuclear fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
 

Netanyahu, Peres to lobby Obama on jailed Israeli spy

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 04, 2013 13:47 EST
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday pledged to ask President Barack Obama to free an Israeli spy jailed since 1985 when the US leader visits Jerusalem later this month.
 

Netanyahu says to lobby Obama to free jailed Israeli spy

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 04, 2013 11:47 EST
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday pledged to ask President Barack Obama to free an Israeli spy jailed since 1985 when the US leader visits Jerusalem later this month.
 

US Defense Secretary Hagel scolds budget cuts

by Mathieu Rabechault  AFP Global Edition
Mar 01, 2013 21:27 EST
Major budget cuts will endanger the US military's ability to conduct its missions, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel warned.
 

US budget cuts threaten military missions: Hagel

By Staff Reporter  AFP American Edition
Mar 01, 2013 16:43 EST
Looming budget cuts that will hit the US Defense Department from Friday will endanger the military's ability to conduct its missions, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel warned.
 

Jailed spy's backers plan protests before Obama visit

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Feb 28, 2013 09:50 EST
Israeli supporters of Jonathan Pollard, the American jailed as an Israeli spy, plan protests calling for his release ahead of President Barack Obama's visit next month an organiser said on Thursday.
 

Salvage crews break up US Navy ship in Philippines

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Feb 27, 2013 09:53 EST
Salvage teams have begun cutting up a US Navy ship stranded on a UN World Heritage-listed coral reef in the Philippines in a process that could take almost month, the coastguard said on Wednesday.
 

Funnel removed from US Navy ship stuck on coral reef

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Feb 26, 2013 23:53 EST
Salvage teams have removed the funnel from a US Navy ship stranded on a UN World Heritage-listed coral reef in the Philippines after bad weather caused weeks of delays, the coastguard said on Wednesday.
 

US leaders squabble despite warnings on budget cuts

by Tangi Quemener and Michael Mathes  AFP Global Edition
Feb 26, 2013 23:03 EST
President Barack Obama on Tuesday warned of potential devastation from looming spending cuts, but the bickering in Washington suggested lawmakers are too far apart to strike a timely compromise.
 

US leaders squabble despite Bernanke cuts warning

by Tangi Quemener  AFP Global Edition
Feb 26, 2013 14:49 EST
US political leaders Tuesday traded blame rather than fixing a row threatening the fragile economy.
 

US leaders squabble despite dire cuts warning

by Tangi Quemener  AFP Global Edition
Feb 26, 2013 13:04 EST
US political leaders Tuesday traded blame rather than fixing a row threatening the fragile economy.
 

Obama to highlight cuts impact in shipyard

by Stephen Collinson  AFP American Edition
Feb 26, 2013 07:51 EST
President Barack Obama will Tuesday paint a devastating picture of looming government budget cuts, at a fabled shipbuilding yard in Virginia that provides the US Navy's nuclear powered aircraft carriers.
 

BAE Systems eyes 3,500 US job cuts as profits drop

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Feb 21, 2013 11:02 EST
British arms maker BAE Systems said Thursday that stretched defence budgets weighed on the group's profits in 2012 and warned that fresh cutbacks could force it to axe 3,500 jobs at US shipyard operations.
 

Somali pirates 'appeal Japan jail sentence'

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Feb 15, 2013 07:50 EST
Two men who attempted to hijack a Japanese tanker off the coast of Oman have appealed against their 10 year jail sentence, reports said Friday.
 

US able to eavesdrop on 9/11 suspects in court

by Chantal Valery  AFP American Edition
Feb 12, 2013 15:55 EST
The United States was capable of eavesdropping on what were thought to be private conversations in court between the suspected plotters of 9/11 and their lawyers, a witness testified Tuesday.
 

US able to eavesdrop on 9/11 suspects' in court

by Chantal Valery  AFP American Edition
Feb 12, 2013 15:09 EST
The United States was capable of eavesdropping on what were thought to be private conversations in court between the suspected plotters of 9/11 and their lawyers, a witness testified Tuesday.
 

US able to eavesdrop on 9/11 suspects' conversations

By Staff Reporter  AFP American Edition
Feb 12, 2013 13:11 EST
The US government was capable of eavesdropping on whispered conversations between the suspected plotters of 9/11 and their lawyers in court at Guantanamo Bay, a witness testified Tuesday.
 

Drone kills top Qaeda cleric in Yemen: source

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Feb 12, 2013 11:59 EST
A drone strike in the eastern Yemeni province of Shabwa last month killed the top religious cleric for Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a source close to AQAP said on Tuesday.
 
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