For the last 25 years the Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. has hosted the annual "Blessing of the Fleets."The centuries old tradition has been passed down through the generations and celebrated by navies around the globe. The blessing is believed to keep the crews safe and guard ships from the...

What if a wall of sea mines halts international commerce across the Arabian Gulf, and the waterways throughout the Middle East? What if hostile forces attack international ports and sink ships carrying essential cargo?...

Divers from five nations are training together to identify and neutralize mines and other threats in order to ensure the waterways in the Middle East remain safe for commercial shipping...

Sailors aboard USS Sentry (MCM 3) successfully piloted an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) mounted with live explosives to destroy a training mine as part of International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) April 14...

Sailors kicked off the campaign for Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month aboard guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence, April 3...

The clock strikes 1700 and in an instant, pans are being heated, seasonings are being prepped, and meat is on the grill, with the expectation that there will be a complete, single-plate meal in front of a panel of judges within 45 minutes...

Amid booming fireworks, steely skies and blustery winds-and the joyful cheers from a large crowd of well-wishers-the brand-new research vessel Neil Armstrong recently arrived at its new home at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, officials announced April 14...

Sixty former South Vietnamese naval officers who graduated from the Newport Officer Candidate School Program from 1970-1971 and later returned to their homeland to serve in the joint American-South Vietnamese 'brown water navy' visited Naval Station Newport, April 11...

For some members of the crew aboard guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61), being underway with the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group means late-night watchstanding while everyone else sleeps, especially during the ongoing composite training unit exercise...

The latest iteration of the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) is about more than mine hunting, said the commander of U.S. naval forces in the Middle East as he met with reporters April 9, to discuss the exercise...