Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle sits down with Military Times to discuss how the U.S. Navy aims to ensure maritime supremacy amid rapidly evolving strategic environments and surging ...

U.S. Sailors man the rails aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) as it transits Puget Sound while returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington, Dec. 16, 2025. However, the arrival of ...

The 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) has undercurrents of a classical maritime document that connects strategy to economic power. Echoes of the turn of the nineteenth century permeate the ...

Ukraine is under intense pressure on the battlefield and at the negotiating table, but underwater it appears to be a growing threat to Russia. New satellite imagery shows damage to a Russian naval ...

President Donald Trump announced plans to build a new "golden fleet" of naval vessels, starting with two battleships. The first "Trump class" battleship will be named the USS Defiance, with plans for ...

President Donald Trump announced a new fleet of ships Monday, known as the "Golden Fleet," as he revealed he approved plans for two new "very large battleships." "As you know, we're desperately in ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Behind the secure gates of Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP), doctors and surgeons provide lifesaving trauma care not only to service members but also to residents of Portsmouth ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday announced plans to build new battleships for the first time in more than 80 years — and is naming them after himself. The new ships will represent an upgrade to ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent call with Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro—during which Trump reportedly pressed Maduro to step ...

The centerpiece of the Trump administration’s revamp of the U.S. Navy is the largest surface combatant America will build since World War II. The U.S. Navy will buy two new “battleships” as part of ...

President Donald Trump has ordered a “total and complete blockade” of all U.S.‑sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela, sharply intensifying pressure on President Nicolás Maduro’s ...

The move is an escalation of military operations and a pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s leader. But its scope and economic impact are not clear. By Edward Wong Simon Romero ...