Hegseth Beefs Up Warship Presence in the Middle East and Will Have 2 Aircraft Carriers in the Region Hegseth has ordered the USS Carl Vinson, which has been operating in the Pacific, to begin steaming toward the Middle East...
US and Iran-Backed Houthis Both Vow Escalation After US Airstrikes Target Rebels in Yemen The United States and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are both vowing escalation after the U.S. launched airstrikes to...
Kim's Sister Threatens a Response to a US Carrier's Deployment in South Korea The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to launch high-profile provocations in response to the...
USS Truman Commander Fired After Collision with Merchant Ship near Suez Canal Capt. Dave Snowden was relieved for "loss of confidence in his ability to command" by Rear Adm. Sean Bailey, the commander of...
USS Truman's Nuclear Propulsion System Safe After Ship Collision Off Egypt Coast, Navy Says The Navy's Sixth Fleet said in a statement that the carrier collided with the merchant vessel Besiktas-M just before midnight...
2 New Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers Will Be Named After Former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush While the White House publicized the decision, the responsibility and authority to name ships lies squarely in the hands of...
2 Sailor Deaths and Alcohol Restrictions Mark the Arrival of Navy Aircraft Carrier to Japan Home Port The USS George Washington aircraft carrier arrived in Japan as part of its home port shift less than two weeks ago, but its...
Navy Says 26 Ships Affected by Faulty Welds at Newport News Shipyard in Virginia Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said that poor welds were found on the aircraft carrier USS George Washington as well as the...
Lawmakers Launch Investigation of Reported Faulty Welds on Navy Subs and Aircraft Carriers Reports that welds on Navy submarines and aircraft carriers being built at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia may have...
As Tensions Simmer in the Middle East, Pentagon Redirects Carrier Strike Group to the Area On Friday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced that he had ordered "adjustments" to the U.S. military presence in the...
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
Hegseth Wants 'Male Standard' for Combat Roles. Many Female Veterans Say That's Already the Case Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an address to the military’s top leaders waded back into a topic that nearly derailed his...
The Forgotten Military Vehicles of ‘M*A*S*H’ Between all the martini-fueled hijinx and medical drama, “M*A*S*H” featured some pretty special military vehicles.
Hegseth's Decision on Wounded Knee Medals Sparks Outrage in Native American Communities Native American communities that had long wanted the removal of military honors for the soldiers involved in the 1890 Wounded...
Airman Confronts and Shoots Armed Neighbor on Deadly Rampage, Iowa Officials Say Harrison Friar, a senior airman, was with his wife and children at their home in Glenwood on the evening of Aug. 6 when they...
![Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/ApNewsroom_Hegseth_Mississippi_61363.jpg?itok=2kSBLn7n "Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, center, walks with Scott Burns, left, as they enter "A Southern Salute to the Troops" fund raiser put on by the non-profit 7 Days for the Troops Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Tupelo Miss. (Thomas Wells /The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP)")
