US Navy

Defense 19 hours ago

Here's how many US service members are spending the holidays away from home deployed overseas

As millions of Americans gather together with loved ones to celebrate the Christmas holiday and ring in the new year, hundreds of thousands more will mark the holidays away from family.

World December 11

US Navy defeats Houthi attacks in Gulf of Aden for second time in weeks

U.S. Navy destroyers USS Stockdale (DDG 106) and USS O’Kane (DDG 77) successfully defeated a range of Houthi-launched weapons while transiting the Gulf of Aden for the second time.

Opinion December 2

America’s nuclear submarine crisis on a collision course with China

Our nuclear submarine fleet is in big trouble. Production and repairs are backlogged. We can't even manufacture two per year and China is catching up. Trump team has to move fast.

US Navy December 1

Navy putting first shipborne hypersonic weapon on vessel once seen as 'costly blunder'

The US is deploying a shipborn hypersonic missile battery to the USS Zumwalt, a destroyer once thought a major mistake.

MILITARY November 13

US forces target Houthi weapons storage facilities in Yemen over the weekend: CENTCOM

U.S. military assets conducted strikes on Houthi-controlled weapon storage facilities in Yemen over the weekend, using the F-35C for the first time in combat.

US November 8

'Fat Leonard' mastermind behind largest corruption scandal in US military history sentenced to 15 years

Former military defense contractor Leonard Glenn Francis, aka "Fat Leonard," was sentenced for masterminding one of the biggest bribery and corruption scandals in U.S. military history.

Crime October 28

Naval officer sentenced in Afghan SIV bribery scheme amid scrutiny of visa program after terror plot exposed

A naval officer accused in an Afghan bribery scheme was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Monday for his role, the Justice Department said.

Lifestyle October 25

On this day in history, October 25, 1944, first kamikaze suicide pilots attack US Navy in World War II

Imperial Japan sent its first wave of kamikaze suicide planes to the U.S. Navy off the coast of the Philippines on Oct. 25, 1944. Thousands were killed in the attacks by war's end.

OPINION October 23

US Navy: Projecting strength and building the fleet of tomorrow

Americans must face a hard truth: our military budgets are inconsistent with the threats we face. This is especially the case with the budget of the Department of the Navy. 

Washington October 22

Navy identifies 2 crew members killed in Washington state jet crash

The U.S. Navy identified the two pilots who died in a jet crash near Mount Rainier in Washington as Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans and Lt. Serena N. Wileman, both from California.