Explosion Triggered Near New US Navy Aircraft Carrier During Shock Trials Registered as 3.9 Magnitude Earthquake The shock trials involving the Ford are the first aircraft carrier trials since 1987.
How COVID-19 Prepared the Military for Future Biological Warfare During the pandemic, the military has relearned old skills that could come in handy in a future conflict if chemical or...
The Navy Doesn't Need Another Carrier Right Now, Admiral Nominated to Lead Pacific Ops Says The 11 aircraft carriers in the military's arsenal -- as currently required by law -- are what the force needs, Adm. John...
Navy Reports 3 New COVID-19 Cases on Carrier that Had Massive 2020 Outbreak There are new coronavirus cases aboard the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt.
In Reversal, Carrier Nimitz Ordered to Stay in Mideast Amid Iranian Threats of Revenge Tensions are increasing as Iran marks the anniversary of the U.S. drone strike that killed Quds Force commander Maj. Gen...
Why Navy 'Shooters' Launch Their Boots Off of Flight Decks There are a lot of Navy traditions, but this one is very specific and much more personal.
Missing Carrier Roosevelt Sailor Has a Huge Heart and Loves Service, Family Says A 20-year-old sailor believed to have fallen overboard from a Navy aircraft carrier was last seen at morning quarters on...
Carrier Nimitz Returns to Gulf as Iran Makes Threats The return of the Nimitz is to provide security for the drawdown of troops from Afghanistan and Iraq.
Here's Why Sailors on the Carrier Ford Will Eat Better Than Anyone Else in the Fleet The new facilities keep food fresh longer and offer higher levels of quality control.
Long Hair and Empty Mess Decks: COVID-19 Upends Sailors' Routines on Carrier Ford Life on the USS Ford: Barbershops, gyms and mess decks are secured to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-40-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...
![](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2020-11/mil%20navy%20shooter%20catapult%20officer%201200.jpg?itok=7U9iZVaC "The Catapult Officer "Shooter," gives the signal to launch an F/A-18 Hornet from the flight deck aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). (U.S. Navy/Photographer's Mate Airman Craig R. Spiering)")
![Aviation Electronics Technician Airman Ariana Chapa collects FOD from USS Ford flight deck](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2020-11/ford-fod-3000.jpg?itok=NH_3Ccc3 "Aviation Electronics Technician Airman Ariana Chapa, from Camdenton, Missouri, assigned to the "Tridents" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 9, collects foreign object debris from the USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) flight deck prior to flight operations Nov. 6, 2020. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan Seelbach)")
