Navy

More Than A Dozen Navy SEALs May Get Caught Up In War Crimes Investigation

November 16, 2018 Carl Prince, Navytimes.com Educate! Investigation, Murder, Navy, State Violence

Military officials are prepared to call nearly a dozen past and present Navy SEALs to testify in the case of one elite Navy commando accused of fatally stabbing an Islamic State detainee in Iraq last year, according to documents obtained by Navy Times. The records related to the Naval Criminal Investigation Service’s probe offer new insight into the probe that will be aired publicly when the case against Special Operations Chief Edward “Eddie” Gallagher goes to an Article 32 hearing Wednesday morning in San Diego. The documents suggest that military officials have obtained cellphone text conversations showing Gallagher allegedly sought to cover up the fatal stabbing.

US Navy Proposes A “Global Show Of Military Force” As A Warning To China

October 6, 2018 By Tyler Durden, Mintpressnews.com Educate! China, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Navy, Russia, United States

As we reported on Monday, Chinese ships came to actively confronting the USS Decatur while the US ship was carrying out yet another in a series of “freedom of navigation” operations – or “freeops” – in the South China Sea. The Navy destroyer had to maneuver to avoid colliding with the Chinese destroyer Luyang that came within 45 yards of its bow while the Decatur was sailing through the Spratley Islands on Sunday in what was the closest direct confrontation between US and Chinese ships since Trump’s inauguration (after which the Navy began conducting these freeops with increasing frequency). On Tuesday, China accused the US of violating its “indisputable sovereignty” over the Spratley islands...

U.S. To Deploy 3rd Carrier Group To Deter North Korea

May 29, 2017 Kenji Minemura, www.asahi.com Educate! Navy, North Korea, US Imperialism

By Kenji Minemura for The Asahi Shimbun - WASHINGTON--The U.S. Navy has decided to deploy the USS Nimitz as a third carrier-led strike force to the western Pacific to increase pressure on North Korea to rein in its arms programs. Nimitz, one of the world's largest warships, will join the USS Carl Vinson and USS Ronald Reagan there, sources close to the U.S. military said May 26. It is rare for the U.S. Navy to deploy three aircraft carriers to the same region at the same time. This latest decision means that three of the U.S. Navy’s 11 aircraft carriers will be deployed in the western Pacific. The Trump administration deployed the strike force to put pressure on Pyongyang to refrain from more nuclear and missile tests amid mounting concern that it will soon acquire the capability to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Vincent Stewart, director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, has said that Pyongyang will ultimately succeed in acquiring the technology to equip its ICBMs with nuclear warheads and threaten the U.S. mainland. According to the sources, the Nimitz strike group, which is part of the U.S. Third Fleet, was originally scheduled to be deployed to the Middle East region.

Donald Trump’s Turn Towards China Curtails Navy Patrols In South China Sea

May 23, 2017 Staff, www.straitstimes.com Educate! China, Donald Trump, Navy

By Staff of Straits Times - WASHINGTON • More than 100 days into the Donald Trump presidency, no US Navy ship has gone within 12 nautical miles of any of the disputed islands in the South China Sea, Pentagon officials said. A request by the United States Pacific Command six weeks ago for a warship to sail within 12 nautical miles of Scarborough Shoal, a reef claimed by China and the Philippines, was turned down. The decision not to challenge China's territorial claims shows a remarkable deference towards Beijing from an administration that is increasingly turning towards Chinese President Xi Jinping for help amid the escalating crisis in the Korean peninsula. It remained unclear whether it was Defence Secretary James Mattis, General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or one of their deputies who turned down the request and two others by the Navy in February. Defence officials said the White House was not involved. Mr Robert Daly, director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the US at the Wilson Centre, said: "All of the language, combined with the fact that the Republican foreign policy establishment had been critical of (Barack) Obama for not carrying out enough Fonops (freedom of navigation operations), means there was a wide expectation that Trump would put down a marker early. And that hasn't happened."

SEAL Team That Took Out Osama Bin Laden Joins Drills In Korea

March 15, 2017 Lee Chul-Jae and Lee Sung-Eun, www.koreajoongangdaily.joins.com Educate! Navy, South Korea, US military

By Lee Chul-Jae and Lee Sung-Eun for Korea Joongang Daily - Navy’s Special Warfare Development Group, better known as the SEAL Team 6, will arrive in South Korea soon for joint military drills and take part in an exercise simulating the removal of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, according to the Ministry of National Defense Monday. The counterterrorism unit is best known for its removal of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in May 2011, known as Operation Neptune Spear. It will be the team’s first time participating in the annual Foal Eagle and Key Resolve exercises, which will run through late April. The ministry did not say when the SEAL Team 6 will arrive.

Navy’s Use Of Depleted Uranium In Coastal Waters Threatens Humans, Wildlife

November 1, 2016 Dahr Jamail, www.truth-out.org Educate! Navy, Oceans, Uranium

By Dahr Jamail for Truthout - Earlier this month, Truthout reported that the US Navy is knowingly introducing toxic metals and chemicals into the environment during its war game exercises. Sheila Murray with the Navy Region Northwest's public affairs office, when asked what the Navy was doing to mitigate environmental contamination from the large numbers of Depleted Uranium (DU) rounds it left on the seabed off the Pacific Northwest Coast claimed current research "does not suggest short- or long-term effects" from the release of DU to the environment that could result in its uptake by marine organisms."

The Hague Ruling: A Dangerous Step Toward War

July 19, 2016 Staff, www.wsws.org Educate! Asia, China, Navy, US military, Wars and Militarism

By Staff of WSWS - In the wake of the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s sweeping ruling on Tuesday in The Hague, negating all Chinese maritime claims in the South China Sea, there has been a chorus of US-led condemnations of China’s “illegal activities,” demands that Beijing abide by the court decision and calls for US diplomatic and military action to enforce the verdict. A New York Times editorial entitled “Testing the Rule of Law in the South China Sea” declared that “the signs are troubling” that “Beijing has defiantly rejected an international arbitration court’s jurisdiction” and will not accept the “path-breaking judgment.”

Federal Court Bans US Navy From Using Sonar That Harms Marine Mammals

July 18, 2016 Randa Morris, www.addictinginfo.org Resist! Environment, Navy, US military

By Randa Morris for Addicting Info - On Friday a federal appeals court overturned a 2012 ruling which allowed the U.S. Navy to use sonar for training, testing and routine operations. The low-frequency sonar employed by the Navy has been shown to harm dolphins, whales and other marine mammals. Friday’s decision came in response to a lawsuit filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council, which was later joined by environmental groups. The suit alleged that the lower court’s decision to allow the use of sonar was a direct violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

Jeju Navy Base Resistance Continues

June 4, 2016 Bruce K. Gagnon, www.space4peace.blogspot.co.uk Resist! Navy, Protests, US military

By Bruce K. Gagnon for Space 4 Peace - Despite the Navy base on Jeju Island, South Korea now being 'officially' opened, the more than eight years of protests in Gangjeong village still continue. Village leaders, including Jeju Catholic Bishop Kang, have been repeatedly saying that the protests are needed now more than ever. We must work hard to make sure the Navy base is never used in a war, they say.

Navy Tries To Kill Gangjeong Village On Jeju

April 1, 2016 Bruce K. Gagnon, www.space4peace.blogspot.com Create! Land Rights, Navy, South Korea, State Violence

By Bruce K. Gagnon for Space 4 Peace - The South Korean Navy is demanding damages from local groups and residents in Jeju Island for “taxpayer losses” incurred by their opposition to the construction of a new naval base. The groups targeted include the village association of Gangjeong in the city of Seogwipo. “On Mar. 28, we filed a suit with Seoul Central District Court for the exercise of indemnity rights for the Jeju multi-purpose port complex,” the Navy announced in a press release on Mar. 29.

U.S. Sent A Carrier Strike Group To Confront China

March 5, 2016 David Larter, www.navytimes.com Educate! China, Navy, United States, US military

By David Larter for Navy Times - The U.S. Navy has dispatched a small armada to the South China Sea. The carrier John C. Stennis, two destroyers, two cruisers and the 7th Fleet flagship have sailed into the disputed waters in recent days, according to military officials. The carrier strike group is the latest show of force in the tense region, with the U.S. asserting that China is militarizing the region to guard its excessive territorial claims. Stennis is joined in the region by the cruisers Antietam and Mobile Bay, and the destroyers Chung-Hoon and Stockdale.

Electromagnetic War Games Over National Park

November 11, 2014 Dahr Jamail, www.truth-out.org Educate! Environment, Navy, Wars and Militarism

Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest in Washington State are two of the most beautiful wilderness areas in the United States. Majestic glacier-clad peaks rise above temperate rainforest-covered hills. Gorgeous rivers tumble down from the heights and the areas are home to several types of plants and animal species that exist nowhere else on earth. These protected national commons are also the areas in and near where the US Navy aims to conduct its Northwest Electromagnetic Radiation Warfare training program, wherein it will fly 36 of its EA-18G "Growler" supersonic jet warplanes down to 1,200 feet above the ground in some areas in order to conduct war games with 14 mobile towers. Enough electromagnetic radiation will be emitted so as to be capable of melting human eye tissue, and causing breast cancer, childhood leukemia and damage to human fetuses, let alone impacting wildlife in the area.

Navy Nurse Refuses To Force-Feed Guantánamo Captive

July 16, 2014 Carol Rosenberg, www.miamiherald.com Resist! Guantanamo, Law, Navy, Prison, Torture

In the first known rebellion against Guantánamo’s force-feeding policy, a Navy medical officer recently refused to continue managing tube-feedings of prison hunger strikers and was reassigned to “alternative duties.” A prison camp spokesman, Navy Capt. Tom Gresback, would not provide precise details but said Monday night that the episode had “no impact to medical support operations at the base.” “There was a recent instance of a medical provider not willing to carry out the enteral feeding of a detainee,” he said in an email. “The matter is in the hands of the individual’s leadership.” Word of the refusal reached the outside world last week in a call from prisoner Abu Wael Dhiab to attorney Cori Crider of the London-based legal defense group Reprieve. Dhiab, a hunger striker, described how a nurse in the Navy medical corps abruptly refused to “force-feed us” sometime before the Fourth of July — and disappeared from detention center duty.

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