A pair of U.S. Navy ships took advantage of a rare chance to train alongside a Dutch vessel this week in the South China Sea, according to U.S. 7th Fleet.

The House Armed Services Committee advanced a defense policy bill that would give a nearly 20% pay raise to junior enlisted service members and pour investments into improving the quality of life of all troops.

Tuesday marked the 80th anniversary of a deadly — and often forgotten — disaster in Hawaii that prompted major reforms in the U.S. military.

Parades, fireworks and music livened the normally quiet streets of this coastal city over the weekend as throngs of people celebrated 171 years of history between the Japan and the United States.

The guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf returned Friday to Naval Station Norfolk for the last time as the Navy prepares to decommission the warship later this year.

Forty ships from nearly 30 nations are slated to participate in this summer’s Rim of the Pacific exercise in and around the Hawaiian islands, the Navy said in a news release.

The documentary, coming to Amazon Prime Video May 23, offers unprecedented helicopter footage of the squadron from airspace where no civilian aircraft has been allowed before.

The USS Greeneville on Monday was added to the stable of Los Angeles-class, fast-attack submarines that are homeported in San Diego Bay as part of Submarine Squadron 11.

The crew aboard the USS Woody Williams faces many challenges as one of the few U.S. military vessels to almost continually transit African waters, as part of collective U.S. government efforts to build and sustain partnerships in a region America considers vital to its national security interests.

USS Carney deployed from Mayport on Sept. 27 and moved into the Red Sea on Oct. 18. After the Houthis launched an attack one day later, the Carney would spend the rest of its seven-month deployment on a war footing, constantly prepared to shoot down enemy munitions.

A pattern of prosecutorial misconduct in the Fat Leonard investigation has caused several cases to unravel so far and is threatening to undermine more.

The USS Carney is home at last after nearly eight months deployed to the Middle East. On arrival in Mayport, Fla., Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro awarded the Carney the Navy Unit Commendation.

The U.S. Navy christened the future USS Pierre (LCS 38) as the newest, and final, Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship on Saturday in a ceremony at Mobile, Ala. 

The Navy is on track to homeport four Independence-class littoral combat ships in Bahrain next year as part of a new mine countermeasures force in the Middle East, service officials said.

Navy leaders on Thursday said they are pushing for more access to high schools as the service faces another recruiting shortfall this year and recruiters across the military complain of limited admission to campuses.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III will deliver the keynote speech during the 2024 U.S. Naval Academy graduation and commissioning ceremony, the academy announced Wednesday.

A northern Michigan marine dock is suing the defense contractor Lockheed Martin, alleging that a 388-foot combat ship caused more than $2.5 million in damages to the facility’s seawall, dock and the surrounding lakebed.

The USS Harry S. Truman will soon lead a Navy strike group into the volatile Red Sea, where U.S. sailors have fought almost daily for months to down drones and missiles launched by Houthi rebels from Yemen.

Nearly 400 sailors in their dress whites manned the USS Ronald Reagan’s rails Thursday morning as the aircraft carrier steamed out of Tokyo Bay on its final deployment from Japan, concluding nearly a decade of Navy history in the Indo-Pacific region.