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Announcing the "Canteen's very own"USS Tarawa LHA 1National Geographic Documentary! WARSHIP Premieres on MSNBCThis Sunday night March 2, 20038 and 11 PM EST Brian reports he is not the star, in fact he wasn't even interviewed. :)That's okay.I am here to remind bkwells he will always be the Star of the Canteen!It's true that the Senior Chief is our special FRiend and indeed we pray for and support the entire Tarawa GroupSo grab the popcorn and whatever your drinking and enjoy the show! PREMIERE AIRS SUNDAY ON Click below for more about the show

PORT SAID, Egypt: Seven US warships crossed the Suez Canal on Tuesday heading to the Gulf to join the US military buildup in preparation for a possible attack on Iraq. The seven amphibious ships, based in Norfolk, Virginia, carry more than 4,750 sailors and 7,000 Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade. They are the USS Kearsarge, Bataan, Saipan, Ponce, Gunston Hall, Ashland and Portland. In Washington, defence officials said on Monday that the USS Abraham Lincoln, one of the Navy's latest Nimitz-class carriers with more than 5,000 sailors and naval aviators aboard, had re-entered the Arabian Sea over the...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some U.S. bombers, fighter jets and warships have been alerted for possible deployment to the western Pacific to deter any aggression by North Korea in case of a war in Iraq, U.S. defense officials said on Monday. The officials told Reuters that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had not issued any final orders to move B-52 bombers, F-16 fighter jets or naval units closer to the tense Korean peninsula, now gripped in a nuclear crisis. The additional forces have been requested by Adm. Thomas Fargo, based in Hawaii as head of U.S. forces in the Pacific and Asia...

Russian warships to head to Gulf 13/01/2003 - 9:36:16 am Russia’s Pacific Fleet is reportedly sending two warships to the Persian Gulf next month ahead of possible US military action against Iraq. Two anti-submarine ships and a tanker are due to leave in the second half of February, a navy official told the Interfax-Military News Agency today. He said ships from other Russian fleets could also take part in the deployment. The ships will be given the task of "protecting Russia’s national interests in the region in the event of the escalation of an armed conflict between the United...

Russian warships on standby to sail to Gulf Nick Paton Walsh in Moscow Friday January 10, 2003 The Guardian Russia has put three warships on standby to go to the Persian Gulf within the next month to protect its "national interests" in the event of an American invasion of Iraq. Russia's Pacific fleet has been ordered by the central command to prepare two cruisers and a fuel tanker for immediate deployment to the Gulf. The move will heighten tension between Moscow and Washington, who both have interests in Iraq's oilfields. The Marshal Shaposhnikov and the Admiral Panteleyev cruisers would be...

Warships hunt for bin Laden's shadowy fleet By David Rennie (Filed: 01/01/2003) American intelligence agencies have identified 15 cargo ships used by al-Qa'eda to transport explosives and fighters around the world, it was reported yesterday. The discovery has triggered a global hunt for the ships, which constantly change their names and even hull colours. Intelligence agencies, backed by dozens of American and allied warships, are on non-stop patrol in the Arabian Sea seeking Osama bin Laden's shadowy navy, officials told The Washington Post. The search is now one of the largest naval hunts since the Second World War. America is...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's navy announced on Tuesday that it is negotiating with China to buy an unspecified number of F-22 frigates, warships the military said would help fend off "a treacherous enemy". A brief navy statement about the deal did not provide details about the ships or say how many vessels would be purchased and at what price. A navy spokesman declined to give further information. But the statement said, "The government has accorded approval to carry out negotiations, which are underway, and very soon these latest state-of-the-art ships will be flying the Pakistani flag." The navy would not say when...

<p>Arab states don't have the option of cutting off oil supplies to support the Palestinians in their conflict with Israel, because doing so would cut off oil revenue needed to fund any resistance, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said Tuesday in an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde.</p>