KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — John Brooks was set to be drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War, but he had his sights set on becoming a Navy Frogman. A Navy Frogman is commonly known now as a Navy ...
Well before Taylor Swift fans co-opted the term, there was another group of “Swifties” — Navy veterans who operated highly dangerous Swift Boat missions in Vietnam. When someone talks about Swifties ...
Standing with a dozen Vietnam crewmates, all fiercely loyal to John Kerry, former Special Forces officer Jim Rassmann told the nation how Kerry saved his life in 1969. Rassmann’s story of his dramatic ...
The fifth of the six Kilo-class submarines that Vietnam purchased from Russia has arrived at Cam Ranh Bay, Thanh Nien news reported. The submarine, which was delivered by a Dutch-registered cargo ship ...
A version of this article appears in the July 21 edition of Aviation Week & Space Technology. The Vietnamese navy is close to completing its first fleet of fixed-wing aircraft with the delivery of the ...
The USS Ronald Reagan and two escort ships steamed into Da Nang Bay on Sunday, marking the third visit of a U.S. aircraft carrier to Vietnam since hostilities ended and the first since the COVID-19 ...
Vietnam’s modern frigate, Tran Hung Dao, has arrived at Japan’s Kure Naval Base. The visit signals a high-stakes maritime engagement in the Western Pacific. This deployment also includes stops in ...
On April 29, 1975, as South Vietnam was falling to Communist forces, a small U.S. Navy ship, the USS Kirk, took on a big role in rescuing... Forgotten Ship: A Daring Rescue As Saigon Fell First of ...
ULYSSES, Kan. (KSNW) — A Vietnam veteran says his time in the Navy made him a better physical education teacher. “I went to boot camp in October of 1965, and there was kind of a rush to push us ...
BISON, Kan. (KSNW) – A veteran from central Kansas said he knew he wanted to enlist in the United States Navy while still in high school. Thomas Humburg enlisted in the Navy in 1968, which became the ...
Vietnam has revved up South China Sea land reclamation efforts this year, beginning construction on eight previously untouched Spratly Islands features.