A U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment and a team of Marines took control of an oil tanker Friday in the Caribbean Sea ...

Warships from China, Russia and Iran amassed in the waters off South Africa to kick off a weeklong drill alongside the South ...

The following is the Navy Safety Command’s report on Fiscal Year 2025 class “A” aviation, ashore and afloat mishaps. From the ...

Iran threatens to mine the Strait of Hormuz, petroleum markets react, world economies take notice, and more naval forces are… ...

Fiscal Year 2025 saw the most fatalities among sailors in a decade, according to the Naval Safety Command. There were 64 ...

This story has been updated to include information from the U.K. Ministry of Defense and the U.S. Navy. A U.S. Coast Guard ...

A Chinese civilian ship was equipped with several armed and aircraft-launching configurations over the last few weeks, ...

President Donald Trump issued an executive order late Wednesday that seeks to stop defense companies from buying back their own stock.  The EO comes as the Trump administration criticizes defense ...

The following is the Jan. 6, 2025, Congressional Research Service in focus report, Defense Primer: Emerging Technologies.

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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are in U.S. custody following his capture in the capital of ...

The following is the Jan. 6, 2026, Congressional Research Service insight report, U.S. Capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro: ...