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USS Oscar Austin readying for a move to Spain in fall 2024
The homeport shift is part of the Navy’s broader plan to bolster its destroyer presence in Europe from four to six vessels.
By Diana Stancy
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USS Paul Ignatius returns to Rota from 6th Fleet patrol
The patrol was its first as a Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Europe ship.
By Diana Stancy
Kearsarge ARG’s unusual cruise is over
The three warships left Norfolk on Dec. 17 but their tour really became three separate cruises.
By Mark D. Faram
What you need to know about the upcoming homeport shifts
Commands in Spain, Virginia, Florida and California will be involved in the swaps.
By Mark D. Faram
NCIS probing death on amphib
In a written statement emailed to Navy Times, U.S. 6th Fleet spokesman Cmdr. Kyle Raines said that she “was found unresponsive and pronounced deceased on the ship” on Tuesday.
By Navy Times staff
Why another US destroyer is prowling the Black Sea
The patrol comes amid rising tensions with Russia across the region.
By Mark D. Faram
VCNO on the go: Moran stops in Norfolk to eye surface warfare reforms
Adm. Bill Moran's visit is part of a larger Navy effort to fix the surface warfare fleet after a pair of fatal collisions with commercial vessels in 2017.
By Mark D. Faram
A tale of two tours — both now in the books
After spending 209 days deployed, The Sullivans arrived at Florida’s Naval Station Mayport. Sister destroyer Jason Dunham was gone 202 days before pulling into Naval Station Norfolk.
By Mark D. Faram
Think you’re tough? Need a change from the Navy grind? Try one of these squadrons!
Want a change that won’t hurt your career and might even help it? Think you’re tough enough and can master small arms, crew-served weapons and high-throttle tactics in dangerous waters? Want to quit following and start leading from the front?
By Mark D. Faram
Amphibious warship Ashland, Marines, toil to save Tinian
The amphibious dock landing ship Ashland is ferrying heavy equipment to Tinian, part of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, in the wake of the devastating Super Typhoon Yutu.
By Carl Prine
Military forces from Hawaii to Guam pitch in to save Saipan, Tinian in the wake of super typhoon
Tinian was battered by sustained winds clocked at 178 miles per hour, making it the most powerful cyclone on record to ever wallop U.S. soil, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
By Carl Prine
Overshadowed by Florence, Navy and Marines race to save typhoon-ravaged Rota
Packing winds higher than 201 miles per hour and driving waves 50-feet high, the eye of Super Typhoon Mangkhut is now about 500 miles west of Manila on a trek to tear apart the northern Philippines, destroying rice crops and pancaking houses in a rural region that’s home to 10 million residents.
By Carl Prine