A government watchdog for the Department of Defense found that Navy SEAL candidates frequently train in sewage-tainted waters where pollution from Tijuana regularly fouls San Diego shorelines, resulting in hundreds of cases of acute gastrointestinal illnesses.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth referred to Fort Liberty, N.C., and Fort Moore, Ga., as Fort Bragg and Fort Benning, respectively, on his first day as defense secretary. But the children of Army Lt. Gen. Hal and Julie Moore urged Hegseth to consider their parents’ legacy before removing their name from the post.

The Pentagon has estimated its southern border operations will cost almost $1 billion in the next eight months and does not yet have an estimate for new operations at Guantanamo, where the government pays contractors over $272,000 per detention bed compared to $57,000 for a bed at a detention facility, according to the letter.

Investigators say the crew of the Army helicopter that collided in midair with an American Airlines jet near Ronald Reagan National Airport may have had inaccurate altitude readings in the moments before the crash, and also may not have heard key instructions from air traffic controllers to move behind the plane.

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman remains in the eastern Mediterranean Sea as its crew assesses damage from a late-night collision this week with a cargo ship near the Suez Canal.

Potential U.S. adversaries will take note of unprecedented air power drills underway over Guam by 33 American, Australian and Japanese fifth-generation fighters, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general said Friday.

The amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli will relieve its sister ship USS America as the lead ship of an amphibious ready group at Sasebo Naval Base, Japan, the Navy announced Friday in a news release.

The Marine Corps may finish runway repair work in the fall at an offshore airfield at the center of a dispute with Okinawa prefecture over parachute training at Kadena Air Base.

The United States and its allies face an “emerging axis of autocracy” with China, Russia and North Korea assisting each other in their military ambitions, the top U.S. military commander in the Indo-Pacific said Thursday.

CEO Dave Limp said much of the workforce reduction is aimed at trimming management to focus on manufacturing and launch cadence. That would include more buildup of its New Glenn rockets that launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex 36, but also its smaller suborbital New Shepard rocket from Texas.

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and a merchant ship collided Wednesday while operating near Egypt’s Port Said, according to a Navy official.

Navy Seabees rescued two elderly people from a submerged vehicle that crashed last week outside of New Orleans.

Decorated U.S. Army veteran Jose Barco, who served 15 years in prison, was taken into custody last month by U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement officers because his citizenship papers, which were supposed to be processed while he was in the Army, were lost.

The scams usually begin with a generic message. If someone responds, the scammer gradually builds trust. Fraudsters posing as military personnel, often using stolen photos and information from real veterans or active-duty service members, have been a persistent problem.

The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) celebrated 30 years of service and history.

Japanese police on Wednesday recommended a charge of negligent driving causing death against a sailor involved in a fatal collision outside the home of the U.S. 7th Fleet.

The Army on Wednesday referred five charges, including murder and killing an unborn child, against a Hawaii-based soldier in connection with his pregnant wife’s disappearance last year.

A pair of U.S. Navy ships made a rare, two-day trip through the Taiwan Strait this week, marking the first transit of the contentious waterway under the Trump administration.

Nearly 500 Valentine’s Day cards were delivered to soldiers near the DMZ this week, marking the first time a Washington congresswoman’s annual program has reached overseas.