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With more than half its ships and submarines being repaired, modernized or in a reduced state of readiness, the Royal Canadian Navy is acknowledging that it has hit the low point in availability of its vessels.

This undated photo released by the U.S. Navy shows USS Scranton submarine Cmdr. Seth Burton.

The Kirishima was one of five Kongo-class guided missile destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force gathered at Yokusuka in preparation for a crucial mission April 18, 2014 One key mission of a group of 15 Maritime Self-Defense Force warships, including four of the nation's six state-of-the-art Aegis destroyersgather Saturday at the MSDF ... (more)

In this Thursday, April 17, 2014 photo provided by the Australian Defense Force, Commander James Lybrand, Mission Commander ADV Ocean Shield, left, and Chris "Sharkie" Moore, Phoenix team leader, watch the launching of the Phoenix International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Artemis as it is craned over the side of Australian Defense Vessel Ocean ... (more)

A robotic submarine looking for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet is expected to finish searching a patch of the Indian Ocean seabed within a week after so far coming up empty, and the search area may be expanded after that, officials said Saturday.

Investigators on Saturday arrested the captain accused of abandoning the South Korean ferry that capsized three days ago with 476 people on board, as divers finally accessed the submerged vessel and spotted bodies inside.

The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine West Virginia. It is unclear whether female enlisted sailors might serve on ballistic-missile subs as well as attack boats.

The Labor Department has pulled back - at least temporarily - from new minimum wage rules that had led several fast-food restaurants to end their contracts on military installations and prompted others to possibly follow suit.

"Slowly over the years Paul has sparingly relinquished information about his experiences in Vietnam," said Pat Watters about her husband, who was an UH-1 pilot with the Navy Seawolves in Vietnam.

Australian officials supervising the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 said on Saturday that an underwater search for the black box recorder based on "pings" possibly from the device could be completed in five to seven days.

For the next seven days, America's Navy is celebrating Dallas-Fort Worth Navy Week to demonstrate and explain how the service, "The Global Force for Good," impacts your life every day.

Two of Maori Television's many Anzac Day documentaries focus on the war in the Pacific during WWII.

The captain of the sunken ferry in South Korea was formally charged and is in custody, state-run media reported early Saturday, citing prosecutors and police.

The Navy says a California-based officer has been relieved of duty because of unspecified alleged misconduct while he was commanding officer of the Blue Angels precision flying team.

New information has come to light about the path taken by Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 before it disappeared from radar screens on March 8. The plane deviated from its planned route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing by turning leftward over water while it was still inside Vietnamese airspace, a senior Malaysian aviation source told CNN's Nic Robertson.

Vice Admiral Sir Anthony Dymock and Second Sea Lord Vice Admiral David Steel will abseil down the 170m tower Members of the Royal Navy will abseil down Portsmouth's landmark Spinnaker Tower later to raise money for a project charting the service's history over the past 100 years.

U.S. Fleet Forces announced late Monday that USS Hue City would return to her homeport of Mayport, Fla.

A fourth U.S. Navy official has been charged in a complaint unsealed today with accepting cash, luxury travel and consumer electronics from a foreign defense contractor in exchange for classified and internal U.S. Navy information.

11 accused conspirator Khalid Sheikh Mohammad confers with defense attorney Cheryl Bormann, in black abaya prior to hearing at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. .

Don Arias stormed out of the meeting with the defense lawyers at this U.S. Navy base after less than 15 minutes.