T he news that the aircraft carriers USS Kitty Hawk and USS John F. Kennedy were each sold for one cent felt like an insult to many veterans and ship lovers. These were once flagships and icons of ...

Inspired by his father, a World War II pilot, Doug Lawson joined the Navy Reserve during the Vietnam War era and was sent ...

Why sell billion-dollar carriers for a penny? Because scrapping them costs a fortune. -Decommissioned supercarriers like USS ...

A military career spanning three decades sent a hometown boy around the world, an experience he brought back here to the Four ...

Fernando D. Cuellar, a Laredo native served as a weapons systems officer on F-4 Phantom II during the Vietnam War, retired as ...

As a young man, Lon Holmberg was a staunch critic of the Vietnam War, even protesting America’s involvement in the conflict. But when Holmberg was called to duty via the military draft, despite his ...

Navy helicopter and fighter jet from USS Nimitz crash in South China Sea during routine operations. All five crew members ...

The Navy's Pacific Fleet says a fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the ...

Associate Professor Phi Vân Nguyen is a historian in the Department of Social Science and Humanities at the Université de Saint-Boniface in Winnipeg, Canada. Her research examines war, migration, and ...

The latest videos from WAVY.comThe California Democrat announced Thursday that she will not seek reelection for another term, closing the book on a storied, four-decade career through which she ...

Over his long and illustrious career as a CBS news correspondent and anchor, Bob Schieffer won awards and earned acclaim as one of the finest journalists in America. But to hear him tell it, it might ...