After the ceremony, the combat ship will be deployed at Mayport in Florida where it will support maritime security missions.

The Navy plans to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on shipbuilding over the next few years as it works to amass a larger ...

On April 24, 2026, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle signed a formal memorandum directing that only Surface Warfare Officers (SWOs) will be eligible to command U.S. Navy amphibious warships.

An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter prepares to take off from the flight deck of America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli on April 17, 2026. (U.S. Navy) Surface warfare officers will soon assume ...

The U.S. Navy recently rebooted the SSL-TM, a 150-kilowatt laser weapon aboard the USS Portland. This returned effort could signify just how valuable lasers are against the growing drone threat—and ...

The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp sails in the Philippine Sea on Aug. 26, 2018, during a passing exercise with the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force. (MCS3 Taylor King/U.S. Navy) The U.S. Navy and ...

The discussion on amphibious warfare ships comes as the Corps plans to continuously deploy three Marine Expeditionary Units.

Somewhere in the Atlantic, the flight deck of the USS George H.W. Bush became a proving ground for a weapon that fires at the speed of light and costs almost nothing per shot. In a test disclosed in ...

Military photos taken April 4 show Marines undergoing counter-drone training in the Pacific Ocean. According to Task & Purpose, the troops were going to the Middle East and pictured on the flight deck ...