US Navy Flagship Carrier USS Ronald Reagan Leaves Its Japan Home Port After Nearly 9 Years The departure of USS Ronald Reagan — one of America’s largest warships and a nuclear-powered Nimitz-class aircraft carrier —...
US Calls on Iran to Halt Unprecedented Weapons Transfers to Yemen's Houthis for Attacks on Ships The United States called on Iran to halt its transfer of an “unprecedented” amount of weaponry to Yemen’s Houthi rebels...
Investigation Finds Navy Supply Ship Ran Aground After Captain Left to Eat Dinner The Alan Shepard was launched in 2006 and has space for a crew of more than 120, all of whom are typically civilian mariners...
Navy Hopes to Have Beleaguered USS Boxer Deploy This Summer After Fixes The USS Boxer deployed at the start of April for a deployment that was set to start late last year after suffering months of...
Navy's Newest Warship Named for Fierce Marine Corps Campaign in Afghanistan The top leader of the Navy announced Thursday that the service's future amphibious ship, a landing helicopter assault vessel...
US Military Ships Are Working to Build a Pier for Gaza Aid. It's Going to Cost at Least $320 Million A U.S. Navy ship and several Army vessels involved in an American-led effort to bring more aid into the besieged Gaza Strip...
US Coalition Warship Shoots Down Missile Fired by Yemen's Houthi Rebels over the Gulf of Aden The Houthis claimed the assault, which comes after a period of relatively few rebel attacks on shipping in the region over...
$520 Million in Construction at Norfolk Naval Shipyard Aims to Meet Needs of High-Tech Warships Norfolk Naval Shipyard, with roots dating back to 1767, is about five years into a modernization process to better support...
Navy Review Highlights Challenges Behind Yearslong Shipbuilding Delays in Virginia and Nationwide A Navy review is shining a light on major shipbuilding delays, including at the Newport News shipyard, but defense experts...
Navy Ship Slated to Help Build Gaza Aid Pier Forced to Return to Port as Experts Warn of Other Delays The USNS 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo "experienced a fire in the engine room while in transit to the eastern Mediterranean Sea" on...
How Marines Took an Airfield in the Philippines in a Show Against China On April 30, three combined littoral reconnaissance teams made up of roughly 30 U.S. and Philippine Marines each, flown by...
Army Eliminates Online Training Requirement for Noncommissioned Officers, Saying It's Too Burdensome The Army has eliminated a significant part of its online training for enlisted troops -- a learning program that has drawn...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Air Force Pilot Who Died After Aircraft Ejection Seat Misfire Identified by the Service Capt. John Robertson, an instructor pilot from the 80th Operations Support Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, was injured...
Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...