The surface force will net a total of seven Littoral Combat Ships after the Navy shelved plans to decommission the hulls ahead of their expected service lives, USNI News has learned. Service officials speaking earlier this month at the Surface Navy Association said the Navy had reversed plans to decommission five Freedom-class and two Independence-class LCS.

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The US Navys top commander visited Japan Tuesday to meet with the grieving families of seven sailors killed in a weekend accident, as investigators continue their probe into the cause of the collision with a container ship. Admiral John Richardson arrived ...

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Jan. 26, 2026, based on Navy and public data. In cases in which a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations,

A top US Navy admiral ordered a second round of strikes on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat, the White House has confirmed. The "double tap" strike on 2 September has drawn bipartisan scrutiny among US lawmakers. The Washington Post recently reported that ...

The commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard has warned that his forces are "more ready than ever" as U.S. warships move toward the Middle East.

The carrier's presence gives the White House greater options to authorize strikes deep within Iranian territory while reducing the potential risk of regional blowback.

In the race for a newly redrawn Texas congressional district, one challenger for the Democratic primary believes he's the non-career politician with experience in Washington that the voters need.

President Trump’s plan for new American battleships appears to be going for a “bigger-is-better” mantra — perhaps a nod to the commander-in-chief whose name they will carry. The Trump-class vessels will be the largest surface combatants in the ...

US Navy has removed Capt. Douglas Whimpey, commodore of First Naval Construction Regiment, citing a 'loss of confidence'. Whimpey, a reservist who led the regiment since February 2023, was relieved by Capt.