It’s a bright November morning in the Solomon Sea. Aboard the Japanese heavy cruiser Chokai, Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa surveys his regrouping fleet with confidence. The destroyers glide ahead in ...

In the heat of battle during World War II, a Japanese bomber, or Kamikaze, was hit before reaching the English heavy cruiser HMS Sussex and impacted the vessel’s toughest spot: its belt armor. The ...

National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds. The IJN Teruzuki fought fiercely in the first and second naval battles of ...

A high-ranking officer who has served more than three decades and has deployed to all Navy theaters of operation worldwide recently took the helm of one of the service’s most active combat regions.

Ensign Kendall Hill, from Beaumont, Texas, speaks with sailors from the Japan Coast Guard during a tour aboard the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73), while ...

A newly released satellite photo has revealed a U.S. Navy strike group operating in the Caribbean, heightening tensions with Venezuela as Washington’s military footprint in the region grows more ...

FILE PHOTO: A Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is launched from the guided missile cruiser USS Cape St. George, arch 23, 2003. REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Intelligence Specialist 1st Class Kenneth Moll/File ...

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Jesus Madrigal, right, administers an influenza vaccine to Seaman Laura Gutierrez in the sickbay aboard USS Tripoli (LHA-7), Sep. 25, 2025. US Navy photo Amphibious warship ...

Kyiv has asked the U.S. to supply the long-range cruise missile. LONDON -- A supply of U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine could help "push Russia back," Margus Tsahkna -- the foreign minister of ...

As a life-long lover of sci-fi battle scenes, it is always a joy to order a fleet of dozens of starships of all shapes and sizes to hyper-jump to a neighboring planet, then zoom in and watch as they ...

In an interview with Euronews, the former United States Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker said Trump's impatience with Putin could prompt him to agree to provide Kyiv with ...

The United States continues to modernize its naval fleet by introducing new advanced destroyers to replace aging cruisers as its chief adversary, China, builds more warships.