The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Coxswain Layton T. Banks, 20, of Dallas, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Oct. 8, 2019.On Dec. 7, 1941, Banks was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Fireman 1st Class Frank E. Nicoles, 24, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, killed during World War II, was accounted for on May 5, 2016.On Dec. 7, 1941, Nicoles was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island,

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Fire Controlman 2nd Class George Gilbert, 20, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Aug. 24, 2020.On Dec. 7, 1941, Gilbert was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor,

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Seaman 1st Class Carl S. Johnson, 20, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Aug. 19, 2019.On Dec. 7, 1941, Johnson was assigned to the battleship USS West Virginia, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit Aug. 18 local time.

Ten nations, 22 surface ships, one submarine, multiple aircraft, and approximately 5,300 personnel will participate in an at-sea-only iteration of the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise scheduled Aug. 17-31, in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands.

On Aug. 4, 2020, Deputy Secretary of Defense David L. Norquist approved the establishment of an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Task Force (UAPTF).  The Department of the Navy, under the cognizance of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, will lead the

Coalition Task Force (CTF) Sentinel, the operational arm of the International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC) monitored an incident involving Iranian forces who boarded a tanker in the international waters of the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, Aug 12.

The U.S. Navy and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration have signed a new agreement to jointly expand the development and operations of unmanned maritime systems in the nation’s coastal and world’s ocean waters. This will enable NOAA to leverage the Navy’s expertise, infrastructure, best

U.S. 2nd Fleet, in coordination with Canadian Forces, Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT), and U.S. Coast Guard’s Atlantic Area Command (USCG LANT), will host a virtual media availability 04 Aug at 1300 EST to discuss the upcoming Operation (Op) NANOOK-TUUGAALIK 2020 being held 4-24 Aug.Op NANOOK is