USS Harry S. Truman Operating in Mediterranean Sea
Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) is now operating in the Mediterranean Sea as it heads home following a nearly eight-month deployment.…
Opinion: USS Lassen’s Transit of Subi Reef Was Not So ‘Innocent’
Much has been made about the recent transit of the USS Lassen (DDG-82) within 12 nautical miles of Subi Reef…
Navy: Half the Carrier Fleet Tied Up In Maintenance, Other 5 Strained To Meet Demands
The Navy has run its 10 aircraft carriers hard since USS Enterprise (CVN-65) decommissioned in December 2012 and is now…
Navy’s Expeditionary Fast Transport Brunswick Completes Acceptance Trials
The Navy’s 6th Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) has completed its last set of trials ahead of delivery to Military Sealift…
Navy Finds Lost U.S. Merchant Ship El Faro
A Navy team sent to the Bahamas has found the missing U.S. merchant ship SS El Faro, officials have confirmed.…
U.S. Destroyer Made an ‘Innocent Passage’ Near Chinese South China Sea Artificial Island in Recent Mission
Last week’s South China Sea freedom of navigation mission — in which a U.S. guided missile destroyer came within 12…
Opinion: U.N. Ruling is Turning Point for Overlapping South China Sea Claims
The United Nations Permanent Court of Arbitration handed out a decision on Thursday that the Republic of the Philippines’ case…
Vice Adm. Kurt Tidd Tapped to Lead U.S. Southern Command
The current assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and career surface warfare officer Vice Adm. Kurt…
U.S., Chinese Navy Leaders Discuss U.S. Freedom of Navigation, South China Sea Operations
The military leaders of the U.S. and Chinese navies held a video teleconference on Thursday to discuss South China Sea…
Document: Congressional Budget Office Report on Navy’s 2016 Shipbuilding Plan
The following is the Congressional Budget Office’s Analysis of the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2016 Shipbuilding Plan, released on Oct. 29,…
Pair of Russian Surveillance Planes Came Within A Mile of Carrier USS Ronald Reagan, Ship Scrambled Fighters
Two Russian surveillance aircraft came within one nautical mile of the U.S. forward deployed carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) prompting…