Navy

What does the defense budget already have covered?

The Navy is giving submarine crews very expensive tablets that let sailors read pre-loaded books.

Across-the-board budget cuts that would slash the number of ships in the Merchant Marine would end up costing the Navy -- perhaps billions of dollars.

For 150 years, the official Navy communications system only allowed FOR ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.

President Obama goes to a shipyard next week where the USS Abraham Lincoln is awaiting refitting. An aircraft carrier is a great background for everything from presidents to Cher.

The Navy is offering sailors hundreds of extra dollars a month if they agree to go back out to sea sooner than expected.

The Department of Defense, a huge consumer of petroleum, is trying to develop biofuels on a large scale as an alternative. Republicans in Congress have voted the program out of an authorization bill, saying oil and even coal can meet the military's needs.