Five of the injured troops were transported to a civilian hospital, with four released the next day, the Navy said. The Navy will honor the Marines and sailors who served in Afghanistan with the name of the next America-class amphibious ship. One lawmaker called Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro’s answers to recruiting questions “a lot of hot air.” It's the second fleet-wide stand-down of the Navy's trainer aircraft fleet since 2022. Attacks on critical infrastructure — food and water delivery, health care services, defense contracting and more — could hamper U.S. military response. The aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower has been operating in the Middle Eastern waters of U.S. Central Command since November. The Navy will use the T-54A aircraft to train aviators flying the P-8A Poseidon, E-2D Hawkeye and C-130 Hercules. The move is a nod to the near-daily battles that Navy destroyers have fought with Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen since October. A general court martial found U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Bryce Pedicini guilty of attempted espionage, among other charges. The Navy relieved Cmdr. Cameron Dennis in February, just a few months after he assumed command of the Japan-based warship. Load More