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What Led to Navy Secretary John Phelan Losing His Job? What We Know

Phelan, a big GOP donor in 2024, is out and becomes the first top military official to depart the Trump administration.

US Marine Corps, Navy join forces to combat insufficient amphibious fleet size

The U.S. Marine Corps and Navy are collaborating to boost the nation’s current inadequate amphibious fleet size, according to the top-ranked U.S. Mari...[Read More]

‘Military Child of the Year’ Awards Honor Seven Teens from Seven Services

Lila Morgan is 18 years old but has written a book, started a nonprofit, and is graduating college soon. She credits her military father for inspiring...[Read More]

USS Blue Ridge conducts consecutive combined maritime operations with allies in Western Pacific Ocean

U.S. 7th Fleet flagship Blue Ridge-class amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) conducted a

Used as an ‘individual target’ by the Germans, this Medal of Honor recipient kept up the fight

On Nov. 8, 1942, the United States opened a new front against Germany, Italy and Vichy France when its forces landed in Morocco and Algeria. At the sa...[Read More]

Push to identify remains of POWS who endured Bataan Death March, hell ships

More than 80 years later, the remains of U.S. POWs buried as “unknowns,” or entombed in the holds of Japanese “hell ships” sunk by U.S. warplanes and ...[Read More]

John Phelan out as Navy secretary, Pentagon says

John Phelan is out as the secretary of the Navy, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. Phelan, who this week attended the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Spa...[Read More]

Navy Veteran Charged in Series of Atlanta-Area Shootings Dies in Jail

Authorities say a man charged in a string of shootings near Atlanta that left three people dead has died in jail.

The Spanish Flu — a deadly postscript to WWI — started at a US military base

In the spring of 1918, as American soldiers prepared to go “over the top” for the first time during World War I, a handful of army physicians began no...[Read More]

US in talks to resettle 1,100 Afghans in Congo

The Trump administration is in talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo to resettle 1,100 Afghans who have been stranded in Qatar awaiting U.S. vis...[Read More]

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Virginia-class submarine USS Minnesota completes first deployment

The nuclear-powered fast attack submarine USS Minnesota returned to Naval Base Guam on July 29, completing its first deployment as the Navy’s first fo...

Just one in three Americans back Iran war, most unsure of Trump’s goals, poll finds

Just one in three Americans support the war on Iran, the lowest reading in a Reuters/Ipsos poll since the five-month-old conflict’s early days, with m...

USS Truxtun Returns to Naval Station Norfolk from Deployment to U.S. 4th, 5th, and 6th Fleets

NORFOLK, Virginia – Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103) returned to Naval Station Norfolk on July 31, concluding an alm...

‘Good Samaritans’ beware: Scammers ramp up targeting of troops’ goodwill

The father of a sailor is out to warn others in the military community about a “Good Samaritan” scam that cost his son thousands of dollars. On July 2...

Senate Democrats press Pentagon over medical care for troops wounded in Kuwait drone strike

Senate Democrats are pressing the Pentagon for answers about medical care provided to service members wounded in the March 1 drone strike at Port Shua...

Navy offering up to $150,000 retention bonuses for select aviation billets

The U.S. Navy is rolling out retention bonuses for select active-duty aviation billets in an effort to retain skilled personnel in certain mission-cri...

Story Tellers of RIMPAC

HONOLULU – Hai moʻolelo, the Hawaiian term for telling stories, is foundational to sharing history, genealogy and traditions with each generatio...

CARAT Sri Lanka 2026 concludes, strengthening maritime partnerships in region

TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka –The sixth iteration of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Sri Lanka concluded July 31, 2026, in Trincomalee, fo...

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