The USS Cole returned to Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia on Monday after a seven-month combat deployment that took the crew into the tense conflicts of the Middle East.

Two Navy aviators were rescued after the fighter jet they were flying was shot down this week in an apparent “friendly fire” incident were responding to incoming one-way aerial attack drones and anti-ship cruise missiles threatening U.S. forces in the Red Sea.

More than a hundred sailors assigned to this rural outpost in the Polish countryside help protect Europe against ballistic missile threats much the same as if they were at sea.

Lt. Cmdr. Adam Sandifer was relieved of his duties as commanding officer of Navy Reserve Center in Shreveport, La., on Friday by Rear Adm. Michael Steffen, the commander of Navy Reserve Forces Command, due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command.

The USS Virginia returned to Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn., on Friday after a six-month deployment.

Cmdr. Daniel Ropp is exercising his artistic side with contributions to the Navy and local Japanese communities around Naval Air Facility Atsugi, finding joy in the impact his work has on others.

An Australian naval officer recently became the first of his countryman to earn the U.S. Navy Submarine Warfare Device, often referred to as “dolphins.”

Since 2015, the Navy has spent about $3.7 billion modernizing seven Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruisers. But only three will be delivered back to fleet, and none will gain five service life years as intended, according to a federal watchdog.

A future constellation-class guided missile frigate (FFG 69) will be named USS Joy Bright Hancock, a tribute to one of the first female officers to serve in the U.S. Navy, according to a Navy news release.

A US airstrike on a hub for coordinating Houthi operations came on the heels of USS Truman’s entrance into the Red Sea.