This photo illustration shows the guided-missile destroyer USS Preble, the only U.S. Navy warship equipped with a HELIOS weapons platform.

Navy’s only laser-equipped destroyer en route to Japan for homeport shift

The U.S. Navy’s only guided-missile destroyer equipped with a directed energy weapon is on its way to join the U.S. 7th Fleet in Japan.

Under new regulations, no U.S. service member in Japan is permitted inside an off-base bar or “drinking establishment” between the hours of 1 a.m. and 5 a.m.

New liberty rules ban Japan-based troops from off-base drinking establishments after 1 a.m.

A new liberty order, promised two months ago by the top U.S. commander in Japan following alleged cases of sexual assault and attempted sexual assault by U.S. troops, takes effect Tuesday.

Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey wave to the Japanese destroyer JS Ariake in the Timor Sea, Sept. 24, 2024.

Multinational training keeps US Navy destroyers busy in Indo-Pacific

A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer took part in a joint exercise alongside Australian, Japanese, New Zealand and Philippine forces in the South China Sea over the weekend.

The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam is decommissioned.

Navy decommissions cruiser USS Antietam, celebrates its 37 years of service

The Navy celebrated the USS Antietam’s 37 years of service during a decommissioning ceremony Friday at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.

Cmdr. Stacey O’Neal was the commander of Navy Talent Acquisition Group, San Antonio

Navy fires commander of recruiting group in San Antonio, Texas

The commanding officer of Navy Talent Acquisition Group, San Antonio, was relieved of her duties last week because of a loss of confidence in her abilities to command.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Aug. 31, 2024) Secretary of the Navy The Honorable Carlos Del Toro and U.S. Naval Academy Vice Adm. Yvette Davids participate in the coin toss to kick off the first home football game of the 2024 season against Bucknell University at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. As the undergraduate college of our country’s naval service, the Naval Academy prepares young men and women to become professional officers of competence, character, and compassion in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. (U.S. Navy photo by Stacy Godfrey)

Horvath throws for 2 long TDs and Navy improves to 4-0 with 41-18 win over UAB

Blake Horvath threw two long touchdown passes and led Navy’s potent ground game with 84 yards rushing in a 41-18 victory over UAB on Saturday.

The Arleigh Burke-class, guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance sails alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.

Navy ships shoot down ‘complex’ barrage of Houthi missiles and drones in Red Sea, Pentagon says

Navy ships intercepted a Houthi barrage of missiles and drones launched from Yemen at the shipping lanes of the Red Sea, the Pentagon confirmed Friday, while also denying reports that any ships were hit in the attack.

220119-N-XN177-1022 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 19, 2022) -- An F-35B Lightning II attached to Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1 idles on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7) during night flight operations Jan, 19. Tripoli is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter Burghart)

Oregon company shipped substandard parts for F-35 fighter planes, whistleblowers say

Two ex-employees allege government contractors returned many faulty parts to Selmet Inc., but the company would “sneak” them back into the production line with false paperwork. They believe that many substandard parts were installed in F-35s.

A sailor welds metal to the deck of an aircraft carrier.

Report says East Coast shipbuilder discovered faulty welds on subs, aircraft carriers

Newport News Shipbuilding has notified the Navy and Department of Justice that welding done on some submarines and aircraft carriers at its shipyard was defective, according to a report by USNI News.

A hypersonic glide body launches from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, March 19, 2020, during a Department of Defense flight experiment.

Navy seeks to substantially increase training, testing at Hawaii missile range

The Navy intends to significantly increase the level of training on Kauai and an uninhabited island that would exponentially step up the tempo of missile and rocket launches, amphibious and drone operations and airport use by helicopters by the joint force.