The U.S. Navy was formed by the Continental Congress in October 1775, and its first ship was named the Alfred after the ninth-century Saxon king. Other early vessels were named for important ...

France’s FREMM frigate FS Normandie is pictured during a NATO exercise in 2021. For NATO navies like the French Navy, more at-sea presence enabled by improved ship availability is central to building ...

Part of the reason the Navy has set up its ships and squadrons that way -- completely unlike any other branch -- is because "we always have a wide range of both specialized and non-specialized ...

The current and future size and composition of the Navy, the annual rate of Navy ship procurement, the prospective affordability of the Navy’s shipbuilding plans, the capacity of the U.S ...

Those emails may have mentioned the fuel in the water supply. The Navy had never publicly acknowledged what happened on the ship and repeatedly responded to document requests by saying that no ...

Richard Branson’s Virgin Voyages has unveiled new entertainment, expanded Caribbean routes, and new menus for the 2025 cruise season.

In this undated photo from fiscal 2024, the Preble fires its HELIOS system during weapons testing. (DOT&E) ...

Veterans who operated or worked on military aircraft and vehicles would sometimes wear gloves that contained asbestos to protect themselves from burns. U.S. Navy ships and shipyards are responsible ...

SS Wright (T-AVB-3), one of two Marine aviation logistics support ships. With the impending retirement of the aging Wright-class, the Marine Corps wants a new class of aviation logistics support ...

As TPG's cruise team lead, Gene Sloan oversees the site's cruise content and also writes many of TPG's main cruise guides. He has spent nearly 30 years writing about cruise ships and cruising, and he ...

Seven carriers would match the U.S. Pacific Fleet. And with more than 370 ships, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) already has more ships than the U.S. Navy, with 295. The PLAN’s ...

Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU) and United Services Automobile Association (USAA) are two well-known financial institutions that both claim to be the ideal place for service members and their ...