The Navy annually recognizes one aircraft carrier and one amphibious ship with its attached air wing (CVW) and Marine expeditionary unit (MEU), respectively, with the Admiral Flatley Memorial Award for Aviation Safety. This year’s recipients are USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) with CVW 9 and USS Boxer...

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) carrier strike group returned home to Norfolk Naval Station Aug. 9 after seven months operating in 5th and 6th Fleet...

The U.S. Navy commissioned Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS St. Louis (LCS 19), August 8.Due to public health safety concerns and restrictions of large public gatherings related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Navy commissioned St. Louis at a private event...

Vice Adm. John B. Mustin relieved Vice Adm. Luke M. McCollum as Chief of Navy Reserve and Commander, Navy Reserve Force, during a change of command ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard, Aug. 7...

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) completed its 11th independent steaming event (ISE 11) Aug. 5, and is now more than half way through her post-delivery test and trials (PDT&T) phase of operations...

Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) held a groundbreaking ceremony Aug. 5, at the Washington Navy Yard to mark the start of the construction of a new Operational Archives and Repository Complex...

The guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) joins the U.S. Coast Guard and several allied navies in the maritime component of Operation NANOOK-TUUGAALIK 2020...

A research physicist at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory invented a new method to create and optically measure gases with particles smaller than a wavelength of light...

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) held a closed change of command, July 31.Capt. Eric J. Anduze relieved Capt. Carlos Sardiello to become Theodore Roosevelt’s 17th commanding officer.“It was a privilege to lead the Rough Riders a second time weathering the storm that engulfed and...

Active and reserve Sailors now have an extra month to complete their Professional Military Knowledge Eligibility Exam (PMK-EE) ahead of the fall advancement exam cycle, as the Navy has extended the deadline for completion from Aug. 1 to Aug. 31...