
2 Sailors Included in Great Lakes Death Investigation Died by Apparent Suicide
Two sailors who are subjects in an overarching investigation into the three deaths of senior personnel assigned to Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill., died…

Adm. Kevin Lunday Set to Lead Coast Guard, Outline of New Force Design Released
Adm. Kevin Lunday will be nominated to serve as the 28th commandant of the Coast Guard, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Wednesday at…

Navy Sends Littoral Combat Ship USS Charleston to Support Southern Border Mission
USS Charleston (LCS-18) is on its way to support the Trump administration’s ongoing border mission, U.S. Fleet Forces announced on Wednesday.…

U.S. Marines Extend Reach Through Exercises in the Philippines
MANILA, PHILIPPINES—The Marines will practice Corps-level command and control, 21st-century foraging and air assault in a projection into the first island chain during an…

Report to Congress Hypersonic Missile Defense
The following is the May 15, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Hypersonic Missile Defense: Issues for Congress.…

Former VCNO Burke Convicted of 4 Charges in Federal Bribery Trial
This post has been updated to remove a reference from the published trial brief from the prosecution that was not part of the trial.…

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.…

USS Nimitz Operating Near Malacca Strait, Chinese Amphibious Group in Philippine Sea
The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is now sailing in the Malacca Strait meanwhile, fixed-wing aircraft squadrons of Carrier Air Wing 5, assigned to aircraft…

Electric Boat, Sub Workers Union Agree to Tentative Contract Ahead of Strike Deadline
General Dynamics Electric Boat and the leadership of the shipyard’s approximately 2,500-member white-collar draftsman union came to a tentative agreement Sunday night, preventing a…

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 19, 2025
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of May 19,…

2 Crew Dead, 20 Injured After Mexican Navy Ship Hits Brooklyn Bridge, Officials Say
Two crew members assigned to a Mexican Navy training ship were killed and 20 aboard were injured following a late Saturday collision between the…

UPDATED: Admiral Investigating Deaths of 3 Sailors Assigned to Navy Boot Camp
Three sailors assigned to Recruit Training Command Great Lakes have died over the past month, the Naval Education and Training Command told USNI News.…