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Coast Guard to stand up special forces command

The U.S. Coast Guard is standing up a new Special Missions Command to consolidate its elite maritime response forces under a singular structure as the...[Read More]

Pentagon assures safe passage through Strait of Hormuz despite presence of mines

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters Tuesday in the Pentagon that vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz currently have access to a secure l...[Read More]

A Symbol of Sacrifice: Honoring Our Gold Star Families This May

While Memorial Day is a vital day of remembrance, the Navy Gold Star program dedicates the entire month of May to Gold Star Awareness. The program wor...[Read More]

Refusing evacuation, this Marine packed dirt into his wound and continued to fight

Conducted from March 19 to April 19, 1967, Operation Prairie III was one of a series of movements by the 3rd Marine Division aimed at engaging and eli...[Read More]

Defense Department proposes splitting military health system budget

The Defense Department wants to change how it pays for the military health system, splitting the account into two programs to safeguard funds for prov...[Read More]

Pentagon says Iran ceasefire holds despite exchanges in Strait of Hormuz

The recent exchange of fire between U.S. and Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz does not constitute a breach of the fragile four-week ceasefire, G...[Read More]

USS Wichita Returns to Naval Station Mayport

MAYPORT, Fla. – The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13), operating under U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) in the Gulf of Ameri...[Read More]

US, Iran launch new attacks as they wrestle for control of Gulf waters

A fragile truce in the Middle East was under strain on Tuesday after the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire in the Gulf as they wrestled for control of the ...[Read More]

Navy Recruiting Reserve Command Conducts a Change of Command Ceremony [Image 2 of 5]

20260501-N-WX119-1293 Capt. James Prouty, incoming commodore of Navy Recruiting Reserve Command, delivers remarks during the NRRC change of command at...[Read More]

Career submariner selected to perform duties of under secretary of the Navy

Retired Navy Capt. William Toti, career submariner and former advisor to Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg, is filling in as the Navy’s No. 2 ci...[Read More]

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Navy awards $76.6 billion for Virginia, Columbia-class submarines

The U.S. Navy announced that it is awarding contracts for another round of ballistic missile and fast-attack submarines. The Defense Department is gra...

Average VA disability payments rose nearly 40% in past 14 years, study finds

An analysis of Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation since 2010 found that the average annual payments to veterans climbed by nearly ...

USS George Washington arrives in Vietnam amid China-Philippines strain

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington arrived Thursday in Da Nang, Vietnam, for a scheduled port visit, the service announced. The s...

C-2A Greyhound’s Six Decades of Service Ends with Landing at NAS Pensacola

PENSACOLA, Fla. – A C-2A Greyhound attached to the “Rawhides” of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 40 landed at Naval Air Station (NA...

NAVSUP FLC Norfolk Supports Navy’s 250th Birthday Celebration

Contracting specialists from the NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk Contracting Department (Code 200) provided husbanding and contracting support f...

Space food for soldiers: Advanced military rations promoted in NDAA

The House version of next year’s defense budget bill revives a push to use emerging technology to make military rations lighter and more portable. Whi...

USS Minnesota Completes First Deployment as Navy’s First Forward-Deployed Virginia-Class Submarine

NAVAL BASE GUAM (July 29, 2026) — Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) returned to its homeport at Naval Base Guam on July 29,...

George Washington arrives in Da Nang, highlighting enduring U.S.-Vietnam partnership

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, Ticonderoga-class gu...

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