'Codename Nemo': How a WWII Aircraft Carrier Became the First Ship to Capture an Enemy at Sea Since the War of 1812 By June 1944, Capt. Daniel Gallery and the escort carrier USS Guadalcanal were in the middle of their second hunter-killer...
A Look at Where the Navy's 11 Aircraft Carriers Are Now The Navy has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Generally, they are getting ready to deploy, are deployed or have come off...
Pentagon Confident It Can Still Defend Against Houthi Attacks Without a Carrier in the Region The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower strike group, which has been deployed for more than seven months after two extensions, has left...
US Aircraft Carrier Arrives in South Korea as a Show of Force Against Nuclear-Armed North Korea Following a meeting between their defense chiefs in Singapore, the United States, South Korea and Japan announced the Freedom...
New Parking to Alleviate Tough Sailor Commutes at Newport News Shipyard After Spate of Suicides In the wake of a spate of suicides aboard an aircraft carrier in 2022, the Navy and Newport News Shipbuilding announced they...
US Aircraft Carrier Counters False Houthi Claims with 'Taco Tuesdays' as Deployment Stretches On The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower may be one of the oldest aircraft carriers in the U.S. Navy, but it's still fighting — despite...
US Military Targets Houthi Radar Sites in Yemen After a Merchant Sailor Goes Missing The U.S. separately destroyed two bomb-laden drone boats in the Red Sea.
Pentagon Chief Extends Deployment of Aircraft Carrier, Ships in the Red Sea as Houthi Attacks Go On U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin signed the order last week to extend the four ships' deployment for a second time, rather...
US Navy Flagship Carrier USS Ronald Reagan Leaves Its Japan Home Port After Nearly 9 Years The departure of USS Ronald Reagan — one of America’s largest warships and a nuclear-powered Nimitz-class aircraft carrier —...
USS George Washington Heads to Japan, Ending Troubled Shipyard Stay That Included String of Suicides The aircraft carrier USS George Washington is finally underway to its new homeport in Japan, following six arduous years in a...
VA Warns Congress that Benefits Payments Are at Risk Due to Projected $15 Billion Budget Shortfall The VA said it is working with the White House and Congress to address the budget shortfalls in a way that doesn't harm...
National Guard Chief Warns of 'Unintended Consequences' of Transferring Air Guard Units to Space Force Gen. Daniel Hokanson, the outgoing chief of the National Guard Bureau, said a proposal to transfer certain Air National Guard...
A Bribery Scheme Abusing a Program for Afghan Allies Ends with a Conviction for a Navy Commander Cmdr. Jeromy Pittmann was convicted by a jury in New Hampshire on four charges that included bribery and concealing a money...
JD Vance's Marine Corps Service Would Set Him Apart from Most Vice Presidents Vance, 39, is the first post-9/11 veteran to find a spot on a major party ticket and, if elected, would likely be the first...
VA's Threat to Withhold Disability Checks over Decades-Old Separation Pay Surprises Vets Some veterans who received bonuses from the Defense Department to leave the service are learning they have to pay back the...