December 11, 2024 US Navy defeats Houthi attacks in Gulf of Aden for second time in weeks U.S. Navy destroyers USS Stockdale (DDG 106) and USS O’Kane (DDG 77) successfully defeated a range of Houthi-launched weapons while transiting the Gulf of Aden for the second time.
December 2, 2024 America’s nuclear submarine crisis on a collision course with China Our nuclear submarine fleet is in big trouble. Production and repairs are backlogged. We can't even manufacture two per year and China is catching up. Trump team has to move fast.
December 1, 2024 Navy putting first shipborne hypersonic weapon on vessel once seen as 'costly blunder' The US is deploying a shipborn hypersonic missile battery to the USS Zumwalt, a destroyer once thought a major mistake.
November 13, 2024 US forces target Houthi weapons storage facilities in Yemen over the weekend: CENTCOM U.S. military assets conducted strikes on Houthi-controlled weapon storage facilities in Yemen over the weekend, using the F-35C for the first time in combat.
November 8, 2024 'Fat Leonard' mastermind behind largest corruption scandal in US military history sentenced to 15 years Former military defense contractor Leonard Glenn Francis, aka "Fat Leonard," was sentenced for masterminding one of the biggest bribery and corruption scandals in U.S. military history.
October 28, 2024 Naval officer sentenced in Afghan SIV bribery scheme amid scrutiny of visa program after terror plot exposed A naval officer accused in an Afghan bribery scheme was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Monday for his role, the Justice Department said.
October 25, 2024 On this day in history, October 25, 1944, first kamikaze suicide pilots attack US Navy in World War II Imperial Japan sent its first wave of kamikaze suicide planes to the U.S. Navy off the coast of the Philippines on Oct. 25, 1944. Thousands were killed in the attacks by war's end.
October 23, 2024 US Navy: Projecting strength and building the fleet of tomorrow Americans must face a hard truth: our military budgets are inconsistent with the threats we face. This is especially the case with the budget of the Department of the Navy.Â
October 22, 2024 Navy identifies 2 crew members killed in Washington state jet crash The U.S. Navy identified the two pilots who died in a jet crash near Mount Rainier in Washington as Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans and Lt. Serena N. Wileman, both from California.
October 21, 2024 Pentagon lacks counter-drone procedure leading to incursions like at Langley, experts say New reporting about over a dozen unidentified drones that were allowed to fly over Langley Air Force Base has prompted fresh calls for change to a threat that experts say will only become more prevalent.