A US Navy destroyer operating in the Red Sea last year used its five-inch deck gun to shoot a Houthi drone out of the sky, a top commander revealed this week. The American destroyer, USS Stockdale, was sailing from the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden in November when the attack unfolded,
After more than 80 years hidden beneath the waves off Rio de Janeiro, the location of a Brazilian troop transport ship torpedoed and sunk by Nazi Germany was definitively confirmed by Brazil’s navy this week.
Tufts workout instructor lacked expertise to lead group
As it battled Houthi threats around the Red Sea last year, the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) also served as a testbed for vastly increasing the level of internet connectivity aboard the Navy’s deployed ships.
On Tuesday, Jan. 28, students at Western High School in Anaheim got some sense of what they could experience in the Navy through Strike Team, a virtual reality program in which they could “navigate” a Navy ship through obstacles and then jump into the water on a diving mission.
The following is the Jan. 23, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress. From the report Names for Navy ships traditionally have been chosen and announced by the Secretary of the Navy,
“Technical debt is eating our lunch every day,” said Deputy CIO Barry Tanner, speaking at WEST 2025 in San Diego on Tuesday. “So, modernizing and developing modern service delivery capabilities to move forward is still a huge priority within the armed forces.”
The amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney at its homeport in Gaeta, Italy, on Jan. 31, 2025. The flagship of U.S. 6th Fleet, Mount Whitney was commissioned in 1971 and is the fourth-oldest commissioned active ship in the Navy. (Alison Bath/Stars and Stripes)
An independent review says a third-party instructor who led a strenuous training session that led to the hospitalization of lacrosse players at Tufts University appeared to lack credentials to supervise group exercise.
A new watchdog report says from fiscal years 2011 through 2021, "surface ships faced persistent and worsening sustainment challenges."
The Navy and Virginia Beach barges are currently heading to D.C. to assist with recovery efforts from Wednesday's deadly plane crash at Regan National Airport.
As Washington threatens and Panama refusing to back down, a struggle to control this key trade, security and immigration chokepoint appears certain. Prepare now!