Japanese prosecutors asked for a 2½-year prison term for a US sailor who admitted running drunkenly into a group of Japanese pedestrians, seriously injuring four, at a beach in 2022.

The amphibious assault ship USS America stopped in South Korea last week, its first-ever visit to the country in the ship’s nearly 10-year history, the Navy said. 

Military police at a U.S. Navy base next to Naples International Airport in Italy stopped a driver who attempted to enter the installation Monday without an identification check, according to officials.

The amphibious transport dock USS Richard M. McCool, Jr. (LPD 29) was commissioned aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola on Saturday.

Authorities have not been able to recover the body of a dead man left aboard a sailboat drifting near Hawaii that was the scene of a perilous rescue of a mother and her child by a U.S. Navy destroyer last week.

The Defense Department is overhauling SkillBridge, its job training program for transitioning service members, with tougher requirements for employers, the creation of a centralized tracking system to measure outcomes and a greater focus on moving participants into full-time work after an internship.

Four men are suspected of the shooting, police said. The men, wearing mostly dark clothing, were spotted running in the area of the shooting.

Two weeks of military drills in Indonesia involving 5,500 troops from 10 nations wrapped up Friday as the Southeast Asian democracy balances security against a strong trading relationship with China.

The future USS New Jersey, a fast-attack submarine, is the 23rd Virginia-class submarine, but it is the first of its kind — designed from the keel up with specific modifications for gender integration.

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.

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.

Yaste assumed command of the USS John S. McCain in October 2023. His removal was attributed to a “loss of confidence.”