The USS Iowa (SSN 797) was commissioned in a ceremony on Saturday at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn. It is the Navy’s first submarine to be named after the state of Iowa.

The OA-1K Skyraider II, now fully modified for military use, is an inexpensive but capable light attack aircraft to provide eyes in the sky for special operations forces on the ground.

The show, scheduled for Saturday, was to feature aerial demonstrations from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, and pararescuemen from the Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron.

The USS Shiloh returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii on Friday after a three-month deployment patrolling the South Pacific in support of Oceania Maritime Security Initiative 2025.

Culinary sailors from across the East Coast traded feeding hundreds from their galleys for fine dining with local chefs at the 15th Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Culinary Competition this week.

Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U.S. Naval Academy’s library this week.

A Honolulu man was sentenced to 12 years in federal court Thursday for illegal drug dealing linked to the death of a Hawaii-based Marine.

The Navy will begin installing security cameras in passageways of 100 civilian-run ships in June to deter sexual assault and harassment following multiple accusations of rape at sea. 

Sophia Pinero, a junior at Ramstein High School in Germany, was named Operation Homefront’s Air Force military child of the year for 2025.

A contingent of international military officers joined U.S. sailors Friday as command of the Navy’s largest destroyer squadron passed to its deputy commodore.