Sailor arrested for allegedly making false bomb threat on plane
John Stea allegedly told a flight attendant that the passenger next to him had explosives on a Hawaiian Airlines flight departing San Diego on Tuesday.
By Riley Ceder
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Navy leaders look to expand munitions options as supplies run low
Operations against Houthi militants in the Red Sea have drawn down missile supplies potentially needed for future operations.
Cindy McCain accepts warship’s commissioning pennant
Monday marked the 25th anniversary of the destroyer’s commissioning.
By Diana Stancy
Bombs bursting everywhere: PODCAST
Defense Nerds podcast for July 1, 2019: Senate NDAA, Iran tensions, Democratic primary debate #1, July 4th controversies.
Meet America’s daring frigate captains
In the War of 1812, Britain’s powerful Royal Navy met its match in a determined band of U.S. Navy warship commanders.
By Cmdr. Benjamin "B.J." Armstrong
A wedding ring in a muddy pond
More than 50 years after being shot down, a Navy pilot is honored for his sacrifice.
By Thomas R. Messick, Vietnam Magazine
Op-ed: What does the Trump administration want from Iran?
President Donald J. Trump told U.K. television host Piers Morgan that military options are on the table but, “I’d much rather talk.”
By Noah Weisbord, Queen's University, Ontario
Veteran organizations to hand out USS McCain shirts during Trump’s Fourth of July celebration
McCain has drawn the scorn of the president — in life and in death — following a long-running feud that dates back to Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
By J.D. Simkins
Next rescue ship dubbed ‘Cherokee Nation’
Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer announced Friday that Gulf Island Shipyards has been awarded a $64.8 million contract to build the vessel, scheduled for completion by 2021.
Dead by their own hands: Why the Germans scuttled a fleet
Just a few fathoms below Scapa Flow’s dark surface lie the remains of a navy — four battleships and four light cruisers of the Imperial German High Seas Fleet, scuttled by their own crews in 1919 in the largest act of self-destruction in naval history.
By Mark T. Simmons, Military History
‘Hell, this is like an old-fashioned turkey shoot.’
One of the greatest aircraft battles of all time devolved into a one-sided slaughter.
By John W. Lambert, Aviation History Magazine