Navy Fires Commander of USS Howard -- Just 6 Months After Relieving Predecessor for Soft Grounding The Navy "relieved the commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard, Cmdr. Cameron...
Danger for Sailors Grows as Houthi Missile Gets Within 1 Mile of Destroyer USS Gravely The Gravely shot down the missile using its Close-In Weapon System, or CIWS -- a gatling gun system that is one of this ship...
The Navy's Naming of its Newest Destroyer Is the Latest Attempt to Honor a Forgotten Black WWII Hero In a daring feat of strength and endurance following an enemy attack that sank the USS Gregory on Sept. 5, 1942, Charles...
USS Georgia Submarine Commander Arrested in Georgia and Relieved of Duty Due to 'Loss of Confidence' The commanding officer of the USS Georgia sub's blue crew -- Capt. Geoffry Patterson -- was relieved by Rear Adm. Thomas...
Airstrikes Pound Houthis in Yemen as US and UK Retaliate for Red Sea Attacks on Shipping The U.S. and U.K. conducted strikes that were launched from aircraft, ships and submarines, destroying multiple targets in...
A New Navy Destroyer Is Already Flying a 'Badass' Pirate-Inspired Battle Flag The Navy destroyer USS Carl M. Levin arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii for its homecoming with a brand-new...
Why This Navy Destroyer Flies This World War II-Era Battle Flag In honor of its namesake, the USS O'Kane doesn't just fly any old battle flag, but a replica of the "Battle Cat" flag that...
Navy Destroyer Crew Receives Combat Award for Shooting Down Drones as Houthi Attacks Intensify in Red Sea Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, the commander of the Navy's forces in the Middle East, visited the ship and presented five awards to...
That Time a Navy Destroyer Landed Atop a German Sub in WWII The USS Borie landed on the German submarine U-405's foredeck during World War II, locking the ships together for an...
Navy Destroyer Again Shoots Down Yemen Drone as Pentagon Denies Incidents Signal Regional Conflict The drone came from Yemen and was heading in the direction of the USS Thomas Hudner destroyer, which was in international...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
![aircraft carrier eisenhower arabian gulf houthi rebels](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-01/eisenhower-3000.jpg?itok=1XDuZU3e "The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, dry cargo ship USNS Alan Shepard, guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely and an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to the "Dusty Dogs" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 7, conduct a replenishment-at-sea in the Arabian Gulf on Dec. 8, 2023. (Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Merissa Daley)")
