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Retired Navy Admiral Robert Burke charged over alleged bribery scheme

Retired Navy Admiral Robert Burke was arrested Friday on charges of accepting bribes in exchange for steering government contracts to companies that promised easy jobs, according to the Department of Justice. Burke served as vice chief of naval operations during the Trump administration, the second-highest ranking Navy official, for several months before being implicated in […]

Felony convictions dismissed for US Navy officers who shared military secrets

Leonard Glenn Francis, better known as “Fat Leonard,” is a 6-foot-3, 350-pound former Malaysian defense contractor who bribed hundreds of naval officers for classified information over two decades. He ultimately defrauded the U.S. government and U.S. taxpayers of at least $35 million before being arrested in a sting operation in 2013. After Francis’ arrest, nearly […]

MORGAN MURPHY: Double America’s Navy

China’s newest aircraft carrier “Fujian” I’m at sea. The world’s largest navy currently has three aircraft carriers. This week, China’s Ministry of Defense proudly released new images of its newest aircraft carrier undergoing sea trials. Like nearly every aspect of China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army Navy is growing at an astonishing pace. It was […]

Australian Navy Helicopter in Near Miss with Chinese Fighter Jet

A Royal Australian Navy helicopter pilot was forced to take evasive action after a Chinese fighter jet detonated a flare near his aircraft’s path while flying in international waters near South Korea. Canberra has described the actions of a Chinese Air Force J-10 aircraft as “unsafe and unprofessional” following an incident in the Yellow Sea […]