One lawmaker called Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro’s answers to recruiting questions “a lot of hot air.” A bipartisan group of 120 lawmakers asks defense appropriators to ignore the Navy budget proposal and procure two Virginia-class attack submarines. It's the second fleet-wide stand-down of the Navy's trainer aircraft fleet since 2022. Researchers tracked nearly 460,000 veterans and found increased risk of several respiratory and heart issues among individuals who deployed near burn pits. The high court will consider whether VA officials are properly reviewing benefits decisions that deny veterans medical help. The commissary director aims to bring more customers in to take advantage of commissary savings. The aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower has been operating in the Middle Eastern waters of U.S. Central Command since November. The Navy will use the T-54A aircraft to train aviators flying the P-8A Poseidon, E-2D Hawkeye and C-130 Hercules. A new letter urges defense leaders to do more to prevent, identify and treat obesity in the ranks. The move is a nod to the near-daily battles that Navy destroyers have fought with Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen since October. Load More