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Service members aboard the USS Essex were able to 3D-print 12 first-person view drones using a containerized microfactory. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
The Congressional Budget Office estimates the Navy’s new Trump-class battleship program will cost $275 billion, with the first ship costing $23.4 billion. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
The 80,000-square-foot National Coast Guard Museum is slated to open the week of the service's 237th anniversary. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
The U.S. Navy is extending its use of Saildrone unmanned surface vehicles for an expanded counternarcotics mission. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
Air Force, Coast Guard and Navy veterans had the highest rates of ALS diagnosis in an analysis of more than 14,400 cases. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
The U.S. Army has reportedly used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during America's five-month war with Iran. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform are investigating changes made to the Pentagon's public Iran war casualty count. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
The U.S. Navy is changing the designation for 19 planned Virginia-class submarines with the Virginia Payload Module, which increases munitions capacity. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
Three fires near Spokane, Washington, have destroyed 600 buildings and burned 8,000 acres. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
The new President's Military Spouse Commission, chaired by Jennifer Hegseth, is tasked with addressing persistent problems for military spouses. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
The service had 76 suicides among members from 2014 to 2024. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
Thirty-five years after the U.S.-led military coalition wrested Kuwait from Iraqi occupation, a memorial to honor those service members has found its home. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
An Alabama traveler was stopped recently by TSA after checking luggage containing five Civil War-era cannonballs. Roll Tide. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
The Navy has instructed commands that issue sailors shaving waivers to produce facial hair accountability reports "by the 15th of each month." 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
The U.S. Navy relieved Cmdr. Joseph Sammur due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command, the service said. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
The Navy’s first forward-deployed Virginia-class submarine USS Minnesota returned to Naval Base Guam on July 29, completing its first deployment. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
A Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 69% of Americans think President Donald Trump has not “clearly explained the goals of U.S. military involvement in Iran.” 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
The father of a sailor is out to warn others in the military community about a “Good Samaritan” scam that cost his son thousands of dollars. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
House and Senate Democrats requested answers by Aug. 12 to questions concerning medical care, casualty reporting and force protection, among others. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
The Navy is rolling out retention bonuses between $37,000 and $150,000 for select active-duty aviation billets and mission-critical roles. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️