Doggone deployment: Navy carriers em-‘bark’ mental health pupsThe Navy is testing out a program to embark therapy dogs aboard aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships.By Diana Stancy7 weeks ago
Aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford returns home after 8-month deploymentThe USS Gerald R. Ford returned home on Jan. 17.By Sarah Sicard4 months ago
More US ships head toward Israel and 2,000 troops on heightened alertOn Tuesday, more ships and forces were heading toward Israel, and other troops in the U.S. were preparing to deploy if called on.By Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press7 months ago
Here’s a look at the military firepower the US is providing to IsraelThe buildup reflects U.S. concern that the deadly fighting between Hamas and Israel could escalate into a more dangerous regional conflict.By Tara Copp, AP7 months ago
Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group to deploy to Europe this week“The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group will depart from Norfolk, Va., in the coming week in line with its standard deployment schedule."By Diana Stancy7 months ago
Israel-Hamas war reveals challenges to US pullback in Middle EastDefense analysts say the U.S. may face challenges in extracting American forces from the region in the wake of Hamas' attack on Israel.By Geoff Ziezulewicz7 months ago
US military to move a carrier strike group in support of IsraelDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin says he's ordered the Ford carrier strike group to sail to the Eastern Mediterranean to be ready to assist Israel.By Tara Copp, AP7 months ago
WWII paratrooper famous for bringing beer to wounded troops dies at 98Vincent Speranza, an American paratrooper who became known as the soldier who doled out beer to his wounded comrades, died Wednesday at 98.By Claire Barrett9 months ago
Navy chief on destroyer Ramage dies on deployment to North SeaThe guided-missile destroyer, part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, deployed in May.By Geoff Ziezulewicz11 months ago
Vincent Stewart, first Black director of the DIA, dies at 64Retired Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart was the first Black director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the first Marine to lead it.By Jonathan Lehrfeld12 months ago
USS Gerald R Ford leaves Norfolk for first full-length deploymentThe Ford, which was originally supposed to deploy in 2018, completed a brief, inaugural deployment last year.By Diana Stancy12 months ago
This general helped steer the Army’s post-Vietnam transformationArchival materials at the Army Heritage & Education Center detail the work of Gen. Maxwell Reid Thurman, an architect of the 1980s "Be all you can be."By Professor Emeritus Col. James Martin (ret.)13 months ago