New phone app at Navy base in Italy puts info at service members’ fingertips

A new app aims to be a one-stop source for U.S. sailors and their families in Naples seeking information on base services and instructions on what to do in the event of a natural disaster.

US Navy trying experimental tech to help secure Guam

The U.S. Navy has turned to experimental technology to protect remote but critical networks against Chinese hackers, signing a contract with a small mobile carrier to provide cybersecurity for telecommunication companies based on the island of Guam.

Senators propose pilot program to partner military child care with civilian providers

A persistent deficit of affordable and available early child care for military families could be improved under a new bill that seeks to establish partnerships between the military and civilian child care providers.

First shipboard USO center in 7th Fleet opens ahead of carrier’s expected departure

Sailors aboard the USS Ronald Reagan gathered deep inside the aircraft carrier on Wednesday to celebrate the opening of the U.S. 7th Fleet’s first shipboard USO center.

Army’s rapid development office tasked with fast-tracking Guam missile defense

The Army branch responsible for bringing new technology quickly into the U.S. arsenal is now tasked with creating an integrated missile defense system on Guam, a need the Indo-Pacific commander classified as paramount.

China scrambles fighters after Navy spy plane passes over Taiwan Strait

Chinese fighters tracked a U.S. Navy surveillance plane making a flight over the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, a day after the U.S. defense chief talked for the first time to his Chinese counterpart.

Navy leaders try to boost support for frigate program dogged by years of delays

Top Navy officials rallied around the service’s delay-plagued new frigate program last week by focusing on the symbolic welding of the first plate of the keel on the first of the Constellation-class, guided-missile ships.

Body found on beach at Little Creek Navy base

The body of a male has been found at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service and Virginia Beach Police Department responded to the scene.

Navy seeks urgent replenishment of $1B in munitions spent countering Iran-led attacks in Middle East

The Navy urgently needs Congress to pass a stalled national security spending plan to replenish the nearly $1 billion in munitions spent to counter attacks by Iran and its proxies in the Middle East in the past six months, the Navy secretary said.

Costs for Navy’s newest amphibious landing ships could reach nearly $8 billion

The Navy amphibious ship program critical to a U.S. Marine Corps plan to adapt the service for future warfare could cost billions more than expected, the Congressional Budget Office says.