NEWS

June 9, 2009 - With baby boomers growing older, lawmakers say it will cost $1 trillion to fix America's healthcare system. But according to former Navy SEAL Phil Black, there's a much simpler solution -- seniors should just stay healthy.

FORT PIERCE — When the Space Shuttle Endeavour blasts off June 13, a former Navy SEAL will be carrying a memento from the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum on North Hutchinson Island.

The crew for Space shuttle Endeavour, which is scheduled to launch on Saturday, plan to pack in five spacewalks and complicated robotic arm work to complete the International Space Station's Japanese Kibo laboratory.

Mickey Rourke gives voice to "Demo Dick" in Rogue Warrior, a first-person shooting game.

Mickey Rourke adds another tough guy to his repertoire, ex-Navy SEAL and author Richard Marcinko, in Rogue Warrior, a video game this fall from Bethesda Softworks for PS3, Xbox 360 and PCs.

Are you a native speaker of Hausa, Sinhala or Pushtu? Are you an expert in some obscure corner of the north Caucasus or southern Sudan? U.S. Special Operations Command may have a job for you.

KATHMANDU, June 1 - Everest this spring saw more than 200 climbers making it to the summit. Many went up the mountain eyeing new records. For others it was just another day up in the mountain.

May 28, 2009: Syria's elite units are falling apart. The total number of elite troops in Syria exceeds 15,000 personnel. This in line with their Soviet era doctrine and tactics that insist on special units in massive numbers.

On March 27th, U.S. President Barack Obama announced a new strategy in the war against extremists in Afghanistan and Pakistan:

Hampton Roads' tight-knit Navy SEAL community gathered Tuesday to pay tribute to one of its own, a "gentle giant" who never walked away from a fight.

Michael Kobold, a watchmaker from Robinson, and Sir Ranulph Fiennes have scaled Mount Everest, reaching the summit last night according to Mr. Kobold's assistant, Josh Vandergrift.