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USS George H.W. Bush Gets Underway Starting Deployment from Norfolk

Published Mar 31, 2026 2:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

The carrier USS George H. W. Bush departed Naval Station Norfolk (Virginia) on Tuesday morning, March 31. The official Navy statem...

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French Court Sentences Shadow Fleet Tanker's Captain to One Year in Prison

Published Mar 30, 2026 5:55 PM by The Maritime Executive

A court in France has sentenced the Chinese captain of a shadow fleet tanker to a year-long prison sentence for disobeying instruc...

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Op-Ed: Where Have All the Daniel Inouyes Gone?

Published Mar 30, 2026 2:09 PM by Benjamin Miner

Regardless of your political leanings, it's hard to argue that the late Senator Daniel Inouye's life reads like a work of fiction....

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Diego Garcia is Proving its Value and is Key to Future Operations

Published Mar 29, 2026 6:59 PM by The Maritime Executive

The United Kingdom has come in for a lot of criticism in recent days from the U.S. Administration for its unwillingness to conduct...

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US Supercarrier Ford on the Move After Four Days of Repairs

Published Mar 28, 2026 2:41 PM by The Maritime Executive

US Naval Forces Europe confirmed that the carrier USS Gerald R. Ford is back on the move after its short stay at the naval base in...

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Video: Philippines Calls “Close Encounter” With Chinese Navy an Escalation

Published Mar 27, 2026 4:21 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Armed Forces of the Philippines released a new video reporting its second “close encounter” this month with a Chinese vessel i...

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Iran Fails to Pressure the Houthis into Resuming Red Sea Attacks

Published Mar 27, 2026 9:14 AM by The Maritime Executive

While most of the world's attention has been focused on the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz, lurking in the background has been a...

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Indian Navy is Quietly Guiding the Country’s Ships Through Strait of Hormuz

Published Mar 26, 2026 8:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

Indian government officials confirmed in media reports that the country continues to quietly guide its ships out of the Persian Gu...

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Trump Delays Attack on Iranian Energy Citing “Gift” of Tankers and Progress

Published Mar 26, 2026 6:17 PM by The Maritime Executive

During a freewheeling cabinet meeting, Donald Trump revealed that the “present” the Iranians had given as a sign of legitimacy in...

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Israel Eliminates IRGC Navy Leadership in Strike on Bandar Abbas

Published Mar 26, 2026 2:44 PM by The Maritime Executive

Israel announced on March 26 that it had killed the leader of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) Navy, Rear Admiral Alireza Ta...

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