This Veterans Day, the Department of the Navy commemorates 250 years of American seapower with “Above, Below, and Beyond,” a two-hour Presidential special airing Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, on Fox Nation. ...

Rear Adm. Matthew A. Hawkins, a native of Jacksonville, Florida, graduated in 1996 from the University of California at Berkeley where he earned a degree in biology and his commission through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps. He also holds a Master of Engineering Management degree from Old...

A native of San Pedro, California, Rear Adm. Frank J. Brajevic earned a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Irvine in 1986, and a Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Dentistry in 1990. He completed postdoctoral...

Rear Adm. Thornton is a native of Pacifica, Calif. where he began his maritime career as a U.S. Naval Sea Cadet. He graduated Boot Camp as Navy League’s Outstanding Recruit in San Diego before completing Hospital Corpsmen “A” School at Balboa Naval Hospital. His first duty assignment was Naval...

NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. - USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21), a Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), returned to Naval Station Mayport, concluding its maiden deployment to the U.S. Fourth Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR)...