U.S. Navy sailors carved a replica of an F-35C Lightning II for their entry in the 75th annual Sapporo Snow Festival on Japan’s northernmost main island.

U.S. Navy ships transiting the Panama Canal aren’t entitled to a free ride just yet despite the State Department’s announcement this week saying they would transit the waterway without paying fees, according to the canal’s governing authority.

A flotilla of about 10 warships, including the USS Carl Vinson and the French aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle, are set to train together in the Philippine Sea, the U.S. 7th Fleet said.

In the report, the U.S. Center for Countermeasures notes the action for using the laser was for the “evaluation of aircraft-based countermeasures, evaluation of counter-unmanned aircraft systems and development and evaluation of directed energy weapons” among other initiatives.

Next month Navy officials will host a conference in Serbia for businesses to learn about upcoming contracting opportunities. The goodwill created by such projects is an inexpensive way to reach countries that might not be immediately important but collectively would be significant if the U.S. was dealing with a crisis.

Several U.S. Navy aircraft were diverted to other airfields in Japan after an E/A-18G Growler made a precautionary arrested landing at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, the Marine Corps said.

The first military flights to deport migrants from the United States to Naval Base Guantanamo Bay were slated to take off Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

The crew of the USS Fort Worth gathered Monday to celebrate the milestone birthday of Elsie “Kitty” Rippin, a World War II Navy veteran, who turned 101 years old Friday.

The Navy wants to hear recommendations from sailors and their families regarding unaccompanied and family housing, fleet and family support centers, child and youth programs, and morale, welfare, and recreation facilities and activities.

The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and its strike group recently steamed out of Thailand, where two of the carrier’s escorts scraped hulls.

William Henry Pratt, who survived both the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and a series of dangerous patrols aboard a submarine during World War II, died last week in Fresno, Calif. He was 103.

A Navy ship in service for 53 years that has been a symbol of NATO strength for nearly two decades has a new commander.

U.S. government agencies and private contractors have used facilities at Guantánamo Bay to detain asylum seekers and refugees for several decades, rights groups say. In 1994 under President Bill Clinton, for instance, the facility’s migrant population totaled 45,000.

A preliminary hearing is set for Thursday for a Navy sailor charged with negligent homicide in the death of a fellow sailor, service officials said.

The U.S. Navy says internal correspondence about the use of generative AI has been misinterpreted as a specific ban against DeepSeek AI Assistant.

At least three U.S. Navy ships and four Marine Corps Ospreys will join an annual amphibious exercise by Marines, sailors and Japanese troops next month, according to Japan’s military.

The Navy is moving forward with demolition plans for a 130,000-square foot building at Naval Support Activity Naples, as the installation faces a burgeoning need for office and operational space.

Projections by Navy leaders that the U.S. could be at war with the Chinese by 2027 is driving the sea service to revamp how it repairs and upgrades ships and train crews so more of the fleet is ready for a potential fight.

The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) on Monday began its final deployment after more than 35 years in service.