USS Abraham Lincoln to return home after 320 days
The USS Abraham Lincoln will return to its California homeport after a 320-day deployment that raised concerns over degrading sailor morale and mental health. The ship left Naval Station San Diego on Nov. 21, 2025, and joined military operations in the Middle East after the U.S. launched the Iran war alongside Israel on Feb. 28. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will greet sailors when they set foot ...[Read More]
US military orders 2-day pause on Okinawa following Marine’s arrest for alleged murder
U.S. officials directed all military personnel on Okinawa, Japan, to cease operations for 48 hours to allow leaders to conduct standards training after a Marine lance corporal was arrested for allegedly murdering and robbing a local woman. The operation pause comes just days after local police arrested Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard, assigned to the III Marine Expeditionary Force head...[Read More]
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower returns to port after aircraft mishap
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower returned home Monday after an aviation accident left eight sailors injured. The ship pulled into Norfolk, Virginia, a week after naval aviators landing an E/A-18G Growler were forced to eject when the plane’s arresting gear failed. The cause of the mishap is under investigation. Search-and-rescue personnel from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadr...[Read More]
Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Malik Hasan to die by US Army firing squad
Nidal Malik Hasan, a former Army officer and psychiatrist who killed 13 people and injured 32 others during a mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, will be executed by a U.S. Army firing squad, the Pentagon announced Monday. “Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended — and President Donald J. Trump has approved — death by U.S. Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan, ...[Read More]
Has the Pentagon given up on AI polygraph analysis of trustworthiness?
As of July, the Pentagon had been prepping artificial intelligence tools that analyze text, voices and faces to estimate trustworthiness, according to declassified presentation slides and prior Defense Department statements. Now, Pentagon officials say that some of that AI is not part of the current revamp of the polygraph interview process, after Defense News asked for a response to concerns abou...[Read More]
“Today, Ted Stevens is the fleet”: Secretary of the Navy commissions USS Ted Stevens
WHITTIER, Alaska (Oct. 3, 2026) — The U.S. Navy placed its newest Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128), into active commission today during a formal ceremony in Whittier, Alaska.
Aboard the USS George Washington, young sailors adjust to war with Iran
An emergency alert blares from a loudspeaker, and Damon Dennard and other sailors on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington are scrambling. Dennard, 23, is readying bombs for loading onto aircraft as his crewmates race to their positions. “It has been eventful,” says Dennard, an aviation ordnanceman airman apprentice. Once the alert ends, he takes a breath, sits on one of the bombs...[Read More]
US Marine Corps anti-ship weaponry to see exercise action on remote Japan island near Taiwan
MANILA, Philippines — The U.S. Marine Corps will deploy its ground-based anti-ship and air-defense systems to Japan’s southwesternmost island for exercise Keen Sword, placing new U.S.-Japan capabilities on an island sitting just 110 kilometers from Taiwan. Keen Sword, the largest U.S.-Japan biennial joint drill, will feature two key systems of the Marine Corps’ littoral force: the anti-ship NMESIS...[Read More]
George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group arrives in Thailand
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 10, and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) arrived in Phuket for a scheduled port visit, Oct. 4, 2026.
USS Roosevelt Departs Cyprus
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) departed Limassol, Cyprus, after a scheduled port visit Oct. 03, 2026.
Naval Special Warfare Command failed to identify, treat TBI in service members: Watchdog
The Navy failed to identify and treat special warfare personnel who exhibited symptoms of a traumatic brain injury, a government watchdog found. The Defense Department Inspector General published a report Wednesday that criticized Naval Special Warfare Command for relying on an evaluation system that fell prey to a lack of oversight and compliance. “The Naval Special Warfare Command did not consis...[Read More]
2 veterans battle in court and online over defamation, for-profit claims processing
A county government official and U.S. Navy veteran in Illinois is suing a for-profit company and its founder, a U.S. Army veteran, for alleged defamation of character in connection with issues related to veterans’ disability claims. Andrew Tangen, attorney and superintendent of the Veterans Assistance Commission of Lake County, Illinois, alleges that Lukas Simianer and his company, VetClaims.ai, p...[Read More]