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The Navy is continuing to show signs of improving integration of autonomous warfighting capabilities as this year’s Baltic Operations exercise draws to a close. The exercise, which ran in the Baltic Sea region from June 5-20, featured about 9,000 personnel, over 40 vessels and 25 aircraft, and was aimed at preparing for an array of cutting-edge maritime fighting scenarios. Included in the BALTOPS ...[Read More]

A U.S. Navy jet crashed Wednesday morning off the coast of San Diego and the two crew members were rescued, authorities said. The two occupants of the EA-18G Growler were first picked up by a fishing vessel called Premiere, then transferred to a nearby Customs and Border Protection vessel, said Coast Guard spokesperson Petty Officer Christopher Sappey. Navy IDs two aviators who died in October EA-...[Read More]

Navy leaders are looking for brand-new types of munitions to ensure they have enough firepower for future conflicts. During testimony before the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, Acting Chief of Naval Operations Adm. James Kilby acknowledged recent operations in the Red Sea “have highlighted the strain on our munitions industrial base.” Officials are working to close that gap, but curre...[Read More]

Navy officials on Tuesday began to open up about the lessons they are learning from the months of sustained combat in the Red Sea against Houthi forces in Yemen, including how the service shot down its own jet last month.

U.S. leaders should invest at least $40 billion every year to grow and maintain the country’s fleet of battle force ships in preparation for long-term and large-scale wars, the nonprofit Navy League urged in a policy statement unveiled Thursday. The statement also called on Congress to increase funding for a Navy plan to revitalize public shipyards, add to the Coast Guard’s fleet of polar icebreak...[Read More]

The Navy Midshipmen football team brought home its first winning season since 2019, earning a spot in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl on Dec. 27 against the Oklahoma. But before Navy (8-3) takes on the Sooners, the Midshipmen must first set their sights on a rival Army team making its own bit of history. The U.S. Military Academy at West Point cadets won the service academy’s first conferenc...[Read More]

This incident marks the second Super Hornet that the Truman has lost while deployed to the Red Sea, and it is the third major mishap that has occurred aboard the aircraft carrier in the last several months.

In both cases, Harper is now charged with illegal discharge of a firearm, first-degree reckless endangerment and carrying a pistol without a permit.

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