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The U.S. Navy commissioned a new submarine on Saturday, the first vessel in its fleet designed to fully integrate male and female sailors. The USS New Jersey, a fast-attack Virginia-class ...

New Jersey's Sandy Hook Bay witnessed the commissioning of the most complex warfare machine ever built in the country — the USS New Jersey, now dubbed as the fastest submarine in the U.S. fleet ...

The USS New Jersey, a fast-attack Virginia-class submarine, was commissioned during a ceremony at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Middletown, New Jersey. "You operate the most complex platform on ...

17, during a ceremony aboard the USS Battleship Iowa at the Port of Los Angeles. Appropriately, it also was Constitution Day, marking the historic signing of that document on Sept. 17, 1787.

After the Sept. 9 committee meeting at which a motion to make the People's Flag the official City of Milwaukee narrowly ...

"It's the land of the free," said immigrant Dee Chow who took her oath of U.S. citizenship on Tuesday, Sept. 17.

No matter who you ask, everyone has an opinion on the American flag. The United States flag has a nearly 250-year history as ...

Majorities of likely Iowa voters choose Donald Trump over Kamala Harris to better handle immigration, inflation, foreign policy issues and housing prices. A majority say Harris would do a better ...

The Sharp brothers and their childhood friend Larry represent three military branches: Marines, Navy and Army.

Memorials and monuments come in different shapes and sizes, but their messages are similar, said Richard Ryba, commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 11355 in Council Bluffs.