Merchant Marine Captain Richard Phillips received the Salvation Army’s “Others” Award on this day in 2009. Phillips was taken ...

Pirates vow revenge for the deaths of 3 pirates at the hands of the U.S. Navy. April 13, 2009 — -- The wife of Capt. Richard Phillips tearfully thanked the Navy crew that rescued her husband and ...

He’s eternally anchored in gratitude. Nearly two decades after Capt. Rich Phillips endured a near-death ordeal at the hands of Somali Pirates off the East African coast, he is still constantly showing ...

April 12 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1861, the Civil War began when Confederate troops opened fire on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. In 1945, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the longest-serving ...

Chief mate faked radio conversation with U.S. Navy to scare pirates off ship. April 6, 2010— -- When pirates attacked Capt. Richard Phillips' ship last April, he tried to fend them off by firing ...

When the movie “Captain Phillips” opens in theatres nationwide on October 11, Virginians can be on the lookout for scenes filmed in Hampton Roads. The film stars actor Tom Hanks as Capt. Richard ...

Some hard facts: There is no Santa Claus or Easter Bunny, and the Navy SEALs are not all-powerful. We learned that much from last weekend’s aborted SEAL raid on an al Shabab terrorist’s compound in ...

FRANKENMUTH, MI — The real-life captain whose high-seas ordeal became a Hollywood blockbuster is coming to Frankenmuth. Richard Phillips, the former cargo ship captain who was held hostage by Somali ...

NORFOLK In the final hours before dawn, a flotilla of eight small boats left a Norfolk dock and moved out to sea to prepare for the day’s work. There were about 20 people in each boat, most of them ...

An autopsy revealed that the two former NAVY Seals found dead last week onboard the Maersk Alabama—the container ship that inspired the movie Captain Phillips—died of respiratory failure and suspected ...