Over the next decade, power demand in Virginia is going to increase, so having a diverse source of power is necessary for Naval Weapons Station Yorktown to continue providing weapons support to other military installations across the East Coast.

A Navy man who police say fired at least five shots from a handgun into the air in downtown New London, Conn., last year is now charged in connection with a similar incident in the village of Mystic. He is assigned to the Virginia-class submarine USS California and remains on active duty. No victims are associated with the shootings.

In 2023 the Biden administration’s Defense Department announced a future John Lewis-class oiler would be named in honor of Harriet Tubman. The department is reportedly now recommending the ship to be renamed. While Tubman is best known for escaping from slavery, she is also the first woman to lead a military operation in U.S. history.

Seaman Angelina Petra Resendiz, 21, was last seen at about 10 a.m. on May 29 at the Miller Hall barracks at Naval Station Norfolk, Va. Her disappearance has prompted a Virginia-wide critically missing adult alert.

The USS Sampson will operate with a Coast Guard law enforcement detachment on board. It is replacing the littoral combat ship USS Charleston, which operated with a similar team on board during its roughly two-week tour.

The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Columbia returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii following a seven-month deployment.

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island said its search and rescue team got to the climbers by air within about 20 minutes because they had been doing a training exercise at the time.

The remains of Seaman Apprentice Aristan Johnson, of Round Rock, Texas, have been transferred to a Navy carry team at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Johnson, 21, was killed Saturday in a single-vehicle accident at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.

Vice Adm. Charles “Brad” Cooper II was nominated to lead CENTCOM, which oversees U.S. forces and operations across the Middle East and central Asia. Air Force Lt. Gen. Dagvin R.M. Anderson was nominated to helm U.S. Africa Command.

U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa led a naval history symposium and a NAVEUR-AF band concert, featuring a newly commissioned composition memorializing this year’s D-Day observance.