The United States and its Allies and Partners protect global maritime commerce through an integrated framework of naval ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Capt. Jon O’Connor renders a salute during an assumption of command ceremony for IWRON Two in Norfolk, Virginia. (Robert Fluegel/U ...

Few military units in history have transformed as dramatically — or as deliberately — as the U.S. Navy SEALs. What began as a band of bare-chested swimmers disabling beach obstacles ahead of D-Day ...

When most people think of U.S. Navy special operations, their minds immediately go to SEALs — the warriors who trained for 18 months, endured Hell Week, and carried out missions like the raid that ...

Understanding the distribution of friendly, enemy, and neutral forces and facilities and the nature and significance of the environment they occupy is key to what the Joint Chiefs of Staff described ...

Concerns are growing as the People’s Republic of China steams ahead on its remarkably quick naval power buildup. By 2030—in just four years—China will have 130 more battle force ships than the United ...

Last week, Donald Trump announced a new class of U.S. Navy battleships, which will be named after him. The Navy said that the new warship type “will be the most lethal surface combatant ever ...

There's no denying the impact drones have had on the world's military operations in the 21st century, as the future of warfare is drone warfare. Military drones come in all shapes and sizes, including ...

Ukraine’s drone campaign has shown that by striking Russian naval logistics, unmanned systems can level the forces of a larger naval power. Three years ago, Ukraine stunned naval strategists by using ...

Since the early 20th century, the United States has been a nation with global responsibility for maritime commerce and power projection. Today the United States is recognized as the sole superpower, ...

The evolution of maritime warfare has largely moved in expanding the form of conflict and the direction of it. Originating from largely surface ...