NAWCAD Brings Hyper-Realistic Flight Test and Training Simulators to Navy, Air Force
A pilot sits in an F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter cockpit, scanning for cruise missiles fired by an adversary.…
Destroyer USS John McCain Transits Taiwan Strait While Chinese Warships Watched
Guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) transited the Taiwan Strait on Thursday with Chinese warships following the transit, USNI…
Navy Submariner Dies of COVID-19 Complications After Hospitalization in NAS Jacksonville
This post has been updated to include additional information from Submarine Group 10. A submariner died today of complications from…
F-35s, 3 Amphib Warships, 2,500 Marines Operating Closer to Iran; Nimitz Reaches Edge of the South China Sea
The three-ship Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, the 2,500 Marines of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and F-35B Lightning II…
Navy Releases Latest Round of USS Thresher Documents
This week, the Navy released the fifth set of documents related to the April 10, 1963 loss of USS Thresher…
Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth Will Drill with Japanese in Pacific During Deployment
The Royal Navy’s flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) is set to drill with Japanese maritime forces in the Pacific during…
Task Force One Navy Issues More than 50 Recommendations to Improve Diversity in the Service
The task force designated to find improvements in how the Navy thinks about diversity rolled out more than 50 recommendations…
Kathleen Hicks: Current Navy Shipbuilding Plan Needs ‘Future Analysis’
The nominee for the number-two civilian job in the Pentagon told a Senate panel on Tuesday the Navy’s proposed long-term…
USS Nimitz Heading to West Coast After SECDEF Orders Strike Group Home
This post was updated to include additional details from U.S. Pacific Fleet. Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is headed to…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Feb. 1, 2021
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world…
Latest Surface Navy Sleep Policy Aims for Better-Rested, More Alert, Healthier Crews
The Navy’s surface fleet has a new set of orders that updates a sleep policy to give sailors on watch…