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USS Porter says adios to Rota, Spain
Porter is the last of four Spain-based U.S. destroyers to cycle out of the forward-deployed homeport.
Coast Guard picks homeport for new icebreaker fleet
The Polar Security-class vessels will be designed to conduct search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, environmental response and national defense patrols missions in areas often covered in heavy ice.
By Navy Times staff
What’s next for the carrier John C. Stennis?
After a seven-month cruise and homeport change, the aircraft carrier John C. Stennis is back in Norfolk for the first time in 21 years.
By Mark D. Faram
Why Stennis is coming to Norfolk
Other warships in the carrier strike group will return to homeports in California and Hawaii.
By Mark D. Faram
Homeport shifts for four warships
Two vessels are returning to the United States for extended maintenance sessions.
Why the US Navy has 10 ships, 130 aircraft and 9,000 personnel in the Mediterranean
Only twice before in the past two decades have two U.S. aircraft carriers operated together in the Mediterranean Sea at the same time.
By Mark D. Faram
Why the Abraham Lincoln is waging a (virtual) war at sea
The Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group is now at sea, proving the newly refit aircraft carrier and her strike group are ready for a deployment that will end later this year in San Diego.
By Mark D. Faram
Three carriers, two destroyers and a gator to shift homeports
Navy Personnel Command has started filling in the details on the moves.
By Mark D. Faram
Why a Spanish frigate will help protect an American flattop
The Spanish frigate Méndez Núñez arrived in Norfolk on Monday to train alongside the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group.
By Mark D. Faram
The 19 things you need to watch in 2019
More money and more personnel but also new challenges from rising rivals in the Western Pacific, Europe and the Persian Gulf. More changes to your leadership at the Pentagon. And more innovations that promise to transform the ways your Navy recruits, trains and retains its sailors.
By Geoff Ziezulewicz, Mark D. Faram, Natalie Gross, Tara Copp, AP, Leo Shane III, Carl Prine and David Larter, Defense News
Guess who’s coming back to Norfolk?
The Wasp likely will be replaced by the revolutionary amphibious warship America in May.
By Mark D. Faram