NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — One of the key measures of effectiveness for any warfighting organization is materiel readiness – the ability to maintain ships, aircraft, vehicles and weapons systems, keeping them in the fight. Ensuring materiel readiness has posed a challenge for military forces...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.  — The Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) returned home to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, April 11, following Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s largest exercise in decades...

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. – You’re a Sailor or Marine protecting American interests and the freedoms of our partners and ally nations and you’re out conducting distributed maritime operations (DMO), and you’re miles from the nearest base or operations hub. Suddenly you find...

NORFOLK, Va. — Engaged leadership, adherence to the Navy’s Safety Management System and commitment to Get Real, Get Better principles were all commonalities among the Chief of Naval Operations’ fiscal 2023 Shore Safety award recipients...

SAN DIEGO — On April 10, Navy Judge Advocate General Vice Adm. Darse E. "Del" Crandall Jr., visited the combined Defense Health Agency (DHA) and Navy legal staff at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) to express his appreciation for their collective efforts and the legal services...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — To empower U.S. Sailors and Marines to operate amid today’s security, economic and geopolitical challenges, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro released the 2024 Naval Science and Technology (S&T) Strategy. ...

PALERMO, Italy — After a safe Suez Canal transit, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) transited the Straits of Messina and arrived in Palermo, Italy, for a regularly scheduled port visit, April 9, 2024...

SOUTH CHINA SEA — The U.S. Navy, Royal Australian Navy (RAN), and French Navy (FN) joined forces to conduct trilateral operations in the South China Sea, April 9...

WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, DC – USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) undocked from drydock April 8, completing a significant milestone during its multi-year Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) at HII-Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) in Newport News, Virginia...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md - The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) are joining forces in a cooperative endeavor to accelerate adoption of commercial dual-use technology solutions, while enhancing the advanced education of defense leaders necessary to employ them...