Latest "Hampton Roads" stories

NATO stands up Joint Force Command Norfolk to boost readiness in the Atlantic

The command is designed to reinforce NATO readiness in the Atlantic and bolster communications between Europe and North America.

By Diana Stancy Correll

2 years ago

Second Fleet ends hurricane sortie

The aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower is expected to be first vessel in port on Saturday evening.

By Navy Times staff

3 years ago

That time a hurricane stranded 80 Uruguayan sailors in Norfolk

El Capitán Miranda, we hope you enjoyed the Mermaid City.

By Gordon Rago, The Virginian-Pilot

3 years ago

As Dorian nears Hampton Roads, Navy preps for storm

All residents of the Sandbridge section of Virginia Beach and the Dam Neck Annex were ordered to evacuate.

By Navy Times staff

3 years ago

Before there was our Navy, a forest grew

And Virginia's 'Founding Forest' is coming back, one fire at a time.

By Peter Coutu, The Virginian-Pilot

3 years ago

Undefended shore: American antisubmarine operations in 1942

In 1942 American merchant ships up and down the Atlantic Coast were being relentlessly attacked by German U-boats. Why did the U.S. Navy secretly decide to leave them unprotected?

By Ed Offley, MHQ — The Quarterly Journal of Military History

4 years ago