The USS Abraham Lincoln pulled into Port Klang over the weekend, marking the first U.S. aircraft carrier visit to Malaysia in more than a decade following a high-profile bribery scandal involving a Malaysian contractor.

The USS Beloit is named for the city of Beloit, Wis., which was a center for heavy industry in the early 20th century. Officials used the event to praise the U.S. defense industrial base and new littoral combat ships, despite the LCS program’s controversy.

A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon surveillance plane flew over the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, the first such transit over the 110-mile-wide channel that separates mainland China from Taiwan since mid-September.

The White House asked Congress to provide about $5.7 billion in additional funds to cover cost overruns for three Virginia-class submarines, as well as for shipyard enhancements and higher wages to attract welders, pipefitters and engineers.

The unnamed sailor, who was charged in the death of 22-year-old Petty Officer Third Class Lyndon Joel Cosgriff-Flax, is also facing additional charges of making a false official statement and dereliction of duty.

The Navy’s issuance on Friday of a final environmental assessment that found no significant impact clears the way for a project that will “improve energy security, strategic flexibility, and energy resiliency at JBPHH and the island of Oahu,” the service said in a news release that day.

The USS Boxer and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit returned to their respective homeports in San Diego and Camp Pendleton, Calif., after a deployment to the U.S. 7th and 3rd Fleet areas of operations. More than 2,500 sailors and Marines participated in joint and combined exercises in the Indo-Pacific.

The USS Hampton arrived at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, on Thursday for scheduled maintenance and system upgrades to ensure Navy mission-readiness before returning to the fleet.

Cmdr. Charles Diehl has been relieved of his duties as commander of Airborne Command and Control Squadron VAW-115,an E-2 Hawkeye squadron, because of a loss of confidence in his ability to lead.

Between 2012 and 2022, the GAO found more than 3,600 noncombat accidents involving special operators, with an average of 258 reported training accidents per year with at least minor injuries or more than $20,000 of military equipment damage.

A Navy Osprey made a precautionary landing Thursday at a commercial airport on an island north of Okinawa, a week after a Marine Corps tiltrotor made a similar landing there.

Hundreds of sailors stood in dress blues as the aircraft carrier USS George Washington pulled into Tokyo Bay on Friday morning for the first time in nearly a decade.

The command’s efforts to attract and retain workers in the next two years will focus on keeping consistent work and time-off schedules to ensure mariners have a work-life balance. The command is also seeking reforms to pay caps to offer higher wages that will attract more mariners.

Leonard Glenn Francis, the Malaysian contractor known as “Fat Leonard” at the center of the U.S. Navy’s worst-ever bribery and corruption scandal, will appeal the 15-year prison sentence imposed earlier this month. In a related case, a retired Navy captain who pleaded guilty to taking bribes from Francis and recently spent two years in prison filed a motion indicating he will seek to have his felony conviction reduced to a misdemeanor.

The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson has departed from San Diego without fanfare for a scheduled deployment to the Indo-Pacific region.

A Honolulu jury on Friday found Dixie Denise Villa, 46, guilty of manslaughter in the 2019 death of an infant at the unlicensed day care she operated out of her home in military housing, according to court records.

A “Monkey Warning” was posted Monday by Naval Air Facility Atsugi near Tokyo, advising sailors and civilians to keep their distance from a wild monkey spotted prowling nearby.

The Bush’s on-time delivery comes as the sea service strives to overcome a history of maintenance delays, which can have a domino effect on shipyards’ tight schedules.

Divers examining the wreckage of the B-24 bomber “Heaven Can Wait” recovered bones of 2nd Lt. Thomas V. Kelly Jr., and his Army Air Forces ring.