US civilian dies following motorcycle collision near Navy base in Japan

A U.S. Navy civilian employee died Monday evening following a traffic accident near the home of the U.S. 7th Fleet, an installation spokesman said.

Navy Blue Angels select officers for 2025 air show season

The Blue Angels have selected five new officers to join the team for the 2025 air show season. The squadron selected two F/A-18E/F Super Hornet pilots, a C-130J Super Hercules pilot, an events coordinator and a flight surgeon.

Cleveland National Air Show celebrates 60 years with Blue Angels and more Labor Day weekend

The U.S. Navy Blue Angels Jet Demonstration Team, U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II and the U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II are among the highlights of the 60th Cleveland National Air Show over Labor Day weekend.

F-35Cs, Ospreys to replace Super Hornets and Greyhounds at Marine base in Japan

The Navy said Monday it is replacing squadrons of F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters and C-2A Greyhound transports with next-generation stealth fighters and tiltrotors at this base south of Hiroshima.

‘Sailors never flinched’: Eisenhower strike group welcomed home after deployment spent battling Houthi attacks

The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and about 5,000 sailors returned from what senior U.S. officials are calling a “deployment of firsts” following nine months at sea, seven of which were in a combat zone.

‘Very much a Navy fight’: Eisenhower air wing returns from months in the Red Sea fighting off Houthi attacks

The squadrons returned to the U.S. after nearly nine months on deployment with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Most of the time was spent in and near the Red Sea defending commercial and military vessels against Houthi drones and missiles launched from Yemen.

USS Wasp pulls into Greece ahead of mission to deter broader Middle East conflict

The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp made its first port call in Europe this week to allow sailors and Marines some rest ahead of a busy deployment, as the Pentagon works to deter a wider conflict in the Middle East.

Suicides in Air Force, Navy and Marines in first quarter of 2024 top pandemic-era rates, DOD data shows

Suicide rates among troops in the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps for the first quarter of 2024 topped pandemic-era rates while the Army saw a significant dip, according to new data released by the Defense Department.

US Navy missile defense site in Poland is mission-ready, NATO says

A U.S. Navy ballistic missile defense site in Redzikowo, Poland, that’s been in the works for more than a decade has finally been declared mission-ready by NATO.

Amphibious transport to swap namesake US homeport for another in Japan

The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego will be replacing USS Green Bay at Sasebo Naval Base, Japan, the Navy announced recently.