Navy launches first information warfare squadron
The U.S. Navy has activated its first information warfare squadron in an effort to leverage intelligence and cyber expertise for carrier strike group commanders. Dubbed Information Warfare Squadron Two, it is one of two squadrons approved to be set up within a 48-month pilot program approved by the service in June, which will see information squadrons formed on the east and west coasts and evaluat...[Read More]
Navy pays homage to USS Constitution for this year’s Army-Navy uniform
The U.S. Naval Academy’s uniform for Saturday’s Army-Navy game pay homage to the U.S. Navy’s original six frigates from the service’s 250-year history. The Under Armour-made football jerseys and helmets include elements that honor the USS Chesapeake, USS Congress, USS Constellation, USS President, USS United States and USS Constitution, the only remaining frigate of them all and the world’s oldest...[Read More]
Army uniform honors 250th birthday for this year’s Army-Navy clash
On the eve of America’s semiquincentennial, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point is honoring its forefathers as it prepares to face off against the U.S. Naval Academy on Saturday. In its 10th season collaborating with Nike, the Army football program alongside the U.S. Military Academy’s Department of History and War Studies have unveiled its latest specialty uniform, 1775, for the Army-Navy gam...[Read More]
Congressional Lawmakers Hear From Retiring Navy Admiral Overseeing Boat Strikes
The U.S. Navy admiral who is retiring early from command of the campaign to destroy vessels allegedly carrying drugs near Venezuela is speaking to key lawmakers.
Navy Lays Keel for Future USS Barb
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Senior Navy leaders and shipbuilders gathered at HII-Newport News Shipbuilding
Navy report on Truman crash cites fatigue, poor seamanship as factors
The U.S. Navy last week released a redacted version of its report on the USS Harry S. Truman’s Feb. 12 collision with a merchant vessel. The public version of the March 19 report, now on the Navy’s Freedom of Information Act Reading Room site, identifies errors it says led to the collision and makes recommendations for how they might be avoided in the future. Vice Adm. Jeffrey T. Anderson, command...[Read More]
Pentagon taps Google Gemini, launches new site to boost AI use
The Defense Department on Tuesday launched a major push to get military personnel, civilian employees and contractors to use generative artificial intelligence capabilities, located on its own website. Google Cloud’s Gemini for Government is the first AI capability to be launched on GenAI.mil, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a video posted on social media Tuesday. “The future of American wa...[Read More]
Fiscal year 2025 Recruiter of the Year awardees observe the Recruiting Operations Center brief
251204-N-TL932-1040 Master Chief Navy Counselor Kevin Kikawa, National Chief Recruiter at Navy Recruiting Command, explains portions of the Recruiting Operations Center brief to the fiscal year 2025 Recruiter of the Year awardees in Washington, D.C., Dec. 4, 2025. The ROY awards program recognizes the nation’s top Navy recruiters for their talent acquisition expertise, positive impact on local com...[Read More]
Is carrier Wi-Fi distracting sailors? Jet mishap probe raises concerns
A package of investigations released this week about the carrier Harry S. Truman’s loss of three F/A-18 Super Hornets and collision with a merchant vessel in four separate mishaps on its last deployment to the Middle East is raising grave concerns about training gaps and sailors’ lack of focus and professionalism when fulfilling their duties. Among the culprits, according to the investigations, we...[Read More]
The Japanese Submariner Who Became America’s First WWII Prisoner After Pearl Harbor
Sergeant David Akui walked along Waimanalo Beach on the morning of Dec. 8, 1941, and spotted what he thought was a sea turtle emerging from the surf. Akui quickly realized he had found something far more significant—a Japanese naval officer from the previous day’s Pearl Harbor attack. Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki became Prisoner of War No. 1 for the United States, the first of only approximately 50...[Read More]
Leaders of WWII Namesake Submarines Carry Legacy Forward
This year’s Pearl Harbor Day observance marks the 84th anniversary of the surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet by Japanese forces. The commemoration honors and remembers the more than 2,400 service members and civilians who died on Dec. 7, 1941, and plunged the U.S. into World War II.
U.S., Japan naval forces complete Mine Warfare Exercise 3JA 2025
The U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) completed Mine Warfare Exercise (MINEX) 3JA 2025 off the coast of Southern Japan near Aburatsu, Nov. 12-26.