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Naval units participating in exercise Cutlass Fury off the coast of Canada deviate from the exercise to save a 24-year-old fisherman.

Photo: JTF Atlantic
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The Indian Navy has agreed to hand over its aircraft carrier INS Viraat to the Andhra Pradesh state government after the ship is decommissioned later this year.

Photo: Indian Navy
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The U.S. Navy has identified VFA-147 as the first squadron to transition to the F-35C in 2018. The announcement was made on Sept. 10 at the annual Tailhook Association convention in Reno, Nevada.
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By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Kelly M. Agee [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Navy took its newest weapon, the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1, to this year’s iteration of Exercise Valiant Shield.
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