July 28, 2012 The USS Somerset was christened today at the Avondale Shipyard. She's the last of three Naval vessels to be named for, and incorporate steel from sites of the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks.
The Pentagon has released the names of 30 American troops who were killed when a rocket-propelled grenade downed their Chinook helicopter in Afghanistan last weekend
The attack represented the biggest single day loss of military personnel America has suffered during the nearly ten-year Afghanistan war. Overall, 1648 Americans have died in the conflict.
January 3, 2011 The commander of the USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is under investigation.
