The second day of Senate hearings regarding a "Don't Ask Don't Tell" repeal went better for shameless filibuster-leader John McCain. But that's only because he fully embarrassed himself yesterday. But are the individual service chiefs really against repeal?

[Retired Navy Cmdr. Bob Coolbaugh pilots a replica Curtis Pusher Biplane on the flight deck of the USS George H.W. Bush, marking 100 years since the first plane took off from the deck of a ship. Image via AP]

[This is the HMS Triumph, one of the United Kingdom's nuclear submarines, surfacing near the River Clyde in Scotland following a training exercise performed jointly between 13 countries. Photo via AP.]

Earlier this month a US Navy Fire Scout unmanned killer robot drone went haywire and flew on its own around DC for 23 miles before operators could regain control. The Navy blames a "software issue." How comforting. [NYT]

[Russian Naval Infantry marines "perform" during the Navy Day parade in Sevastopol, Ukraine. "Perform," by, like, throwing knives all over the damn place, apparently. Pic via AP.]

British newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi reports that a U.S. Naval fleet passed through the Suez Canal.

Along with giant flower broaches and nauseating cupcakes, another thing Carrie Bradshaw made famous was Fleet Week, the annual onslaught of horny sailors into Manhattan. Want to go about getting a man in uniform of your very own? Here's how!

South Korea officially thinks North Korea sank their ship. It's "a return to 'normal' behavior."

Women will likely be allowed to serve (but not to smoke) on submarines starting in April. That joke—"What's long and hard and full of seamen?"—now goes, "What's long and hard and full of seamen and women?" [LAT]

The Navy has banned smoking aboard all U.S. submarines. They will provide nicotine patches to help sailors quit. Which makes sense, because imagine if you're a mile underwater in a tiny metal tube and... damn. I need a cigarette.[AP]

Peter Clarke, former shipmate of ex-Rep Eric Massa, told the world about Massa's "snorkeling" expedition. He's been telling anyone who'd listen about Massa for years. All he wants in return? To warn future victims. And to be on Howard Stern.

Navy Cmdr. Jeffrey Gordon said he was "abused worse than the [Guantanamo] detainees" by Miami Herald reporter Carol Rosenberg's "harsh invective" questioning his masculinity. But the Herald's investigation has cleared her. Suck it, Navy bitch! That's what she said. [MH]

NBC News is reporting that three pirates simultaneously popped their heads out of their lifeboat and were taken out by Navy sharpshooters from the U.S.S. Bainbridge.