In late July, few noticed when a catastrophic wildfire swept over more than 13,000 acres of the San Clemente island outpost. Between July 24 and July 30, the blaze scorched more than a third of the island, damaging more than nine miles of high-voltage power lines, including more than 160 utility lines and a transformer, according to Navy documents.

Obesity was the leading cause for disqualification among hopeful military recruit applicants and the top driver of separations among active-duty troops in 2023. Researchers suggested the Pentagon take a more proactive approach.

A U.S. Navy sailor has been detained in Venezuela after traveling there unauthorized on personal business, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The enlisted sailor was detained last week by Venezuelan law enforcement, two defense officials said

Russian aggression in Europe has energized a Cold War-like sensibility among NATO nations in defending not only the Continent but also the Arctic.

The U.S. ambassador to Japan appeared at Yokosuka Primary School on Wednesday to mark the first day of the Department of Defense Education Activity’s new universal prekindergarten program.

The Navy-owned property once provided milk to future naval officers and is currently leased to Anne Arundel County. The Navy is seeking proposals for a mixed-use energy generation project on the land.

The Navy should rethink its protocols for analyzing groundwater samples near the defunct Red Hill underground fuel storage facility in Honolulu in response to questions over testing methods and a chemical plume in the aquifer, a municipal engineer said recently.

Two U.S. Marines from an amphibious assault ship visiting a city in western Turkey are safe after they were assaulted Monday by a group of protesters who have attacked American military personnel in previous years.

The USS Laboon returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Va. on Sunday after a challenging nine-month deployment to hostile waters providing deterrence and defense to U.S. partners in the Arabian Gulf, Red Sea, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

The record number of flooding events on the Yard this year alone poses an “existential threat” to the waterfront grounds, said Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Yvette Davids.