A Navy proposal to put more than a dozen support ships out of service to ease a crippling shortage of qualified civilian mariners could damage U.S. efforts to counter its competitors in Africa and the Middle East, naval analysts say.

Labor Day weekend in these parts is synonymous with the Cleveland Air Show and 2024 is no exception. Headlined by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, the aerial extravaganza returns for a three-day engagement Saturday, August 31 – Monday, September 2 at Burke Lakefront Airport.

The Middle East deployment of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt has been extended following a weekend of Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah trading heavy fire, the Pentagon said Monday.

The Navy spent nearly $4 million more than it should have to repair radars on its F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets. The DOD inspector general found that Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support failed to obtain fair pricing for 53% of over 200 parts examined.

The Marine Corps has deployed MQ-9A Reaper drones to Kadena Air Base to support surveillance training in southern Japan, according to the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing and Okinawa prefecture.

A U.S. Navy fast-attack submarine has docked in Western Australia as a training platform as the Australian navy prepares to maintain its own fleet of nuclear-powered boats.

The Blue Angels took flight on a steamy Saturday on the first day of the Frontiers in Flight Air Show at McConnell Air Force Base. Severe weather and storm damage, however, forced the show to cancel the Sunday portion.

The USS Kingsville, one of the last Independence-class littoral combat ships built for the Navy, was christened Saturday in Corpus Christi, Texas.

The MQ-25 Stingray warfare center was installed aboard the USS George H.W. Bush, which is based at Naval Station Norfolk, Va. The MQ-25 Stingray is a tanker drone designed to refuel manned fighter jets in midair.

The amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego is on its way to Japan, where it will take the place of its sister ship USS Green Bay.

A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer steamed through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, the Navy’s first transit of the waterway in months and the fourth this year. 

Four years after the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the United States, a Navy research lab is recruiting active-duty volunteers at two bases in Japan for a follow-up study on vaccines.

Sailors in their dress whites manned the rails of the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge as it steamed into Tokyo Bay on Tuesday, concluding its longest deployment in five years.

An American submarine tender recently arrived in Western Australia, where sailors are training to service U.S. and British nuclear-powered fast-attack boats under a mutual defense pact.

Graham’s products include cryogenic pumps, condensers, heat-exchangers and other turbomachinery, and they are used by the Navy’s supply chain for its Virginia- and Columbia-class submarines and Ford-class aircraft carriers.

The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer steamed into Tokyo Bay for a stop on its first deployment in five years.

The Navy is preparing to award a $11.5 billion deal for four new warships next month in an effort to have at least 31 amphibious ships ready to respond to a crisis, the service’s top civilian leader wrote to a House lawmaker.

The USS Carl Vinson welcomed aboard the friends and family of the crew on Saturday as it set sail off the coast of Southern California. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier also welcomed 15 new sailors, who took the oath of enlistment on the flight deck.

Hit hard, hit fast, hit often — motto of the USS Halsey — represents the fighting spirit of the ship’s sailors who returned to Naval Base San Diego on Friday after a seven-month deployment.