Sailor in iconic V-J Day Times Square kiss photo dies at 95
George Mendonsa was 95.
Iran unveils new ‘Conqueror’ submarine
The Fateh has subsurface-to-surface missiles with a range of about 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles), capable of reaching Israel and U.S. military bases in the region.
Navy welcomes newest warship
The vessel is an Independence-class combat ship. It’s the eighth ship of its kind in the Navy’s fleet.
Fifth Fleet’s Malloy: ‘still things going into Yemen that I need to stop’
The war has pushed Yemen to the brink of famine and killed more than 60,000 people since 2016, according to the U.S.-based Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, or ACLED, which tracks the conflict.
Navy clobbers Army, Midshipmen avenge January loss
John Carter Jr. had a season-high 26 points as Navy topped Army 79-68 on Saturday.
CNO defends hiding scathing internal report on Fitzgerald collision from public
While a secret report offered new insight into the problems plaguing the Fitz before the warship's 2017 collision, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said much of it overlapped with what service leaders already released.
In this handout image provided by the Ministry of Defence, Royal Navy Commander, Nathan Gray lands his F-35B on board the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth on September 26 in Portsmouth, England. Two F-35B Lightning II fighter jets have successfully landed onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time, laying the foundations for the next 50 years of fixed wing aviation in support of the UKs Carrier Strike Capability. (LPhot Kyle Heller/Ministry of Defence via Getty Images)

Tensions continue to simmer in the South China Sea

The top American military commander in the Indo-Pacific region says the U.S. will maintain the recent pace of freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea aimed at challenging China’s territorial claims.
Florida veteran plans his burial inside old boat
He plans to be laid to his eternal rest in the bow of the now nearly century-old vessel, probably in a body bag encased in fiberglass inside a sealed concrete vault.
Trump demands Europe take ISIS prisoners, America’s latest ask in Syria
Trump’s message comes as the U.S. wants allies to stabilize Syria.
Troops do not view immigration as a ‘national emergency.’ Not even close.
Both immigration and Mexico itself were perceived as relatively small threats compared to more pressing concerns like cyberterrorism, Russia and China.
Presidents’ Day pause: How ‘Uncle Sam’s Web-feet’ helped swing an election for Abe Lincoln
The U.S. Navy's triumph at Mobile Bay, combined with victorious Federal ground campaigns in Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia, helped reelect Abraham Lincoln and doomed the Confederacy to defeat.
Born a slave, this Navy petty officer founded a community of ‘race pioneers’ to stand against bigotry
Meet the remarkable Allen Allensworth, the slave who became a sailor, then a soldier and then an inspiration to a country divided by racial injustice.
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A sailor embraces with family members after graduating from Recruit Training Command on Feb. 8, 2019, at Great Lakes, Ill. More than 30,000 recruits graduate annually from the Navy's only boot camp. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Spencer Fling/Navy)

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Midshipman 1st Class Kylie Johnson, 22nd company, celebrates after choosing the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) as her first duty assignment on Jan. 31, 2019. Two hundred fifty-nine future surface warfare officers selected their first duty assignments during the U.S. Naval Academy's ship selection in Alumni Hall. (Kenneth D. Aston Jr./Navy)

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Students from the Pilot Training Next Program conduct drag training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 29, 2019. (Airman 1st Class Pedro Tenorio/Air Force)

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U.S. soldiers and soldiers with the Kuwait Land Forces fire their High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (U.S.) and BM-30 Smerch rocket systems (Kuwait) during a joint live-fire exercise on Jan. 8, 2019, near Camp Buehring, Kuwait. (Sgt. James Lefty Larimer/Army)

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Commands have various events to launch their local Combined Federal Campaign pledge drives, held at various times between now and Jan. 11. Here, a tug-of-war tournament helped kick off the local 2017 Combined Federal Campaign charity pledge drive at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Oct. 13, 2017. (Cpl. Jason Jimenez/Marine Corps)

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