Topic - United States Navy

• Opposition leader confirms contact with Bahraini government

  The leader of Bahrain's largest opposition party Wednesday confirmed that senior officials had engaged in informal contacts with the government, following a Washington Times report about a secret meeting.

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  Trial opens for top suspect in 2002 Bali bombings

  The Muslim militant suspected of building the bombs used in the 2002 Bali attack went on trial Monday on terrorism charges, a year after he was captured in the same Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden was hiding.

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  EDITORIAL: Obama hijacks the Navy

  Navy Secretary Ray Mabus is back again using a U.S. Navy warship as a vessel of political pandering. At a hurriedly convened Pentagon ceremony Friday, Mr. Mabus announced that the next littoral combat ship, LCS-10, would be named for former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona Democrat.

• Inside China

  The Chinese Communist Party's Propaganda Department issued an order two weeks ago establishing party control units for all of China's booming microblogging Internet service providers. The committees were directed to exercise direct state and party control and censorship, the Taiwan-based United Daily News reported Jan. 6.

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  Inside the Beltway

  Now on sale through President Obama's re-election campaign, 18 designer garments which are part of the campaign's new "Runway to Win" collection from 23 top designers. The GOP has its own suggestion for an addition — super PAC flipflops.

• Pats, Giants kickers wandered onto Super Bowl path

  Call them accidental Superheroes in the making. Or, if they miss, Super-something-elses.

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  SEALs rescue two from Somali pirates

  The same U.S. Navy SEAL unit that killed Osama bin Laden parachuted into Somalia under cover of darkness early Wednesday and crept up to an outdoor camp where an American woman and Danish man were being held hostage.

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  U.S. military raid in Somalia frees American, Dane

  The same U.S. Navy SEAL unit that killed Osama bin Laden parachuted into Somalia under cover of darkness early Wednesday and crept up to an outdoor camp where an American woman and Danish man were being held hostage. Soon, nine kidnappers were dead and both hostages were freed.

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  LYONS: Countering Iranian threats

  A recent 10-day naval exercise by Iran was intended to display a capability to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz should further sanctions be imposed that would affect Iran's oil industry. The exercise was accompanied with the usual bluster, even threatening some unspecified action should the attack carrier USS John C. Stennis return to the Persian Gulf.

• SGT. SHAFT: Vet's wife wants to return found dog tags to owner

  Dear Sgt. Shaft: I have been searching the Web for some information and found your site. I thought possibly you could help me. We lived in New Jersey for 30 years, and my husband found much pleasure digging with his metal detector at a lake near our home when the dam broke. Among many of the items he found was a dog tag for: William Thomas McClain — 713-07-82 — T644TYPE-O USNR/C. I would like to return his dog tags to him and wonder if you could give me any info as how I could find info on his whereabouts.

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  BOOK REVIEW: 'American Sniper'

  ''One shot, one kill" is the creed of military snipers. For those in elite warfare units such asthe U.S. Navy SEALs, the additional skill of being able to quietly infiltrate an enemy's area undetected in order to deliver precision fire is mandatory. Working in proximity to where adversaries are operating, and being expected to survive in order to be deployed to additional firefights, is a given.

• Inside China

  The U.S. government recently sold the Chinese a highly sophisticated imaging device used on space telescopes that can be used by China's military for high-tech spying, according to a report in a Chinese newspaper.

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  Gitmo closure hopes fade as prison turns 10

  Open for 10 years on Wednesday, the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, seems more established than ever.

• Admiral: Pivot to Asia won't hurt Mideast presence

  The top U.S. Navy officer on Tuesday said the United States will not be "taking its eye off the ball" in the Middle East as it looks to strengthen its military presence in the Asian Pacific.

• U.S. Navy rescues Iranian fishing boat from pirates

  Just days after Iranian leaders warned the U.S. to keeps its aircraft carriers out of the Persian Gulf, a U.S. Navy ship that had just finished operations in the Gulf rescued an Iranian fishing boat that had been commandeered by suspected Somali pirates.

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