In this photo taken Monday, April 30, 2009, an Iraqi coast guard boat patrols in the Gulf near Basra, 550 kilometers south of Baghdad, Iraq.

I stood on the deck of a ship and saluted as "Taps" was rendered in honor of 174 men who died when their ship, S.S. Coamo, was sunk Dec.

Officials are worried that talk of defense cuts could affect the future of new jets destined for a base on the South Carolina coast.

South Korean protesters stage a rally denouncing Ulchi Freedom Guardian, a joint military exercise between South Korea and the U.S., in front of the South Korean and United States' War Command Center TANGO, Theater Air Navy Ground Operation, in Seongnam, South Korea, Monday, Aug.

In another sign of the ties between the Turkish organization IHH and Hamas, a representative of the group that organized the aid flotilla blocked by the Israel Navy on May 31 made a congratulatory video address at a recent ceremony marking the establishment of a new terrorist group in the Gaza Strip.

Gunmen robbed four commercial ships anchored near the southern oil hub of Basra in a rare attack off the Iraqi coast, the U.S. Navy said Sunday.