US Navy Battle Flags: A Visual Guide The Navy's tradition of flying battle flags is as old as America itself. Here's an (incomplete) guide to the service's best...
Lawmakers Launch Investigation of Reported Faulty Welds on Navy Subs and Aircraft Carriers Reports that welds on Navy submarines and aircraft carriers being built at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia may have...
US Navy Oiler Reportedly Runs Aground Near Oman The ship supports underway replenishment operations to the Navy's 5th Fleet.
US Warplanes, Ships and Troops Ready in the Middle East if the Conflict Expands The U.S. has kept an increased military presence in the Middle East throughout much of the past year.
Navy Boss Lays Out Ambitious Goals on Ships and Recruiting But Dodges on Accountability The Navy's chief of naval operations, Adm. Lisa Franchetti, rolled out a document this week laying out her vision for the...
Sailor Shortage Is Undermining Navy’s Ability to Keep Ships Combat-Ready, Watchdog Says The Navy doesn’t have enough skilled sailors to keep its warships combat-ready, according to the latest in a series of...
US Aircraft Carrier in the Middle East Is Heading Home The Pentagon's rare move to keep two Navy aircraft carriers in the Middle East over the past several weeks has now finished...
Cambodia Says China Gifting 2 Warships as It Finishes Work Expanding Strategically Important Port Cambodia’s Defense Ministry said China is giving its navy two warships of the type it has had docked for months at a...
US Forces Ready with a 'Range of Options' to Deal with South China Sea Aggression, US Admiral Says American forces are ready with a “range of options” to deal with increasing acts of aggression in the disputed South China...
US Navy Shipbuilder Austal USA Agrees to Pay $24 Million to Settle Accounting Fraud Probe Austal USA, an Alabama-based shipbuilder that makes vessels for the U.S. Navy, has admitted wrongdoing and agreed to pay a...
Marine Raiders Ordered to Stop Wearing Multicam Uniforms to Align Elite Unit with Broader Service The special operations Marines will abandon the pattern worn by units such as Army Special Forces on Jan. 1, a spokesman said...
Navy Confirms Just One More Chief, Officer Punished for Illicit Wi-Fi Network on Warship Between the investigation and Fields' update, the publicly acknowledged sum total of punishments meted out for the Wi-Fi...
Shaw Air Force Base Dining Halls Are Closed Until 2026. Relatives Worry Young Airmen Aren't Getting Healthy Meals. Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina has not had an operating dining hall for airmen in nearly a year and a half, leaving...
Air Force Uses B-2 Bomber for First Time in Combat Since 2017, Sending Message to Iran The bombers conducted airstrikes on five underground weapons facilities, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said, and the...
Investigation of SEALs Drowning Also Uncovers Allegations of Performance-Enhancing Drug Use, Secret Surgery The Navy investigation stressed that "the allegations raised in the complaint were not root causes" of the decision to...