For the average individual, getting up close to the mind-blowing advancements in military tech doesn’t happen all the time. So when images of high-tech military equipment and gears circulate on the Internet, it’s just impossible not to even take a glance at them and be in awe. Here are some of them, as recently featured [...]

The diving that U.S. Navy divers do are a far cry from what the average Joe might do when going on a holiday in Palau. Therefore, it is but fitting that they don only the best of the best, in terms of diving suits. Wet Suit. This is the suit that the U.S. Navy diver [...]

The USS Mississippi is the 9th Virginia-class attack submarine of the United States Navy and was commissioned in a ceremony in Pascagoula, Mississippi on June 2. The USS Mississippi is the fastest Virginia-class submarine delivered to the U.S. Navy, at just over 62 months. It was built under a unique teaming agreement between General Dynamics [...]

The Navy shared that there was minor flooding on the littoral combat ship (LCS) Freedom, while it was underway off Southern California. Lt. Jan Shultis, a spokesperson for the Naval Surface Forces command in San Diego, said that the ship had “suffered a failure of the port shaft mechanical seal,” although “the flooding was quickly [...]

Military personnel – both active-duty and Reserve, as well as new recruits – who need to wear prescription glasses may now say goodbye to what has come to be known as BCGs, or “Birth Control Glasses.” BCGs were standard-issue specs called S9s, which have become infamous for being “unattractive.” The Naval Medical Logistics Command has [...]

The newest submarine of the United States Navy was bathed in champagne at its christening on Saturday, and now shares a name with the state of Mississippi. It is the latest addition to a new generation of attack submarines, which have been hailed as the most complex pieces of machinery in the world. The christening [...]