US Navy News

While the hats being tossed were round instead of square and no one shuffled a tassel from right to left, the Naval Academy's Class of 2013 had one thing in common with college grads across the country: excitement - and a few nerves - about what comes next.

Choosing future Navy and Marine leaders as his audience, President Barack Obama issued a pointed call Friday for an end to sexual assaults in the military, appealing to graduating midshipmen to display honor and moral courage to contain what has become a growing epidemic.

President Barack Obama's pledge on Thursday to lift a ban on transfers of detainees to Yemen from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, addresses one of the core obstacles to clearing out the detention camp.

Among those tuning in to President Barack Obama's national security speech on Thursday were some prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, who rely on television broadcasts and newspapers for hints about their fate.

A State Department official "received several million dollars in bribes" from Vietnamese residents seeking visas, according to newly public court documents.

A massive tornado was carving its way through town. There was no time to hesitate.

It's been a busy month for UAVs with some launching from aircraft carriers and others saving lives .

PORT HUENEME, Calif. Equipment Operator 2nd Class Renee Harrison and Construction Mechanic 1st Class David Tacey, both assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3, cross the halfway point of a 1.5 mile run during the Physical Fitness Assessment .

Space and Navy Warfare Systems Center Pacific has discovered and recovered one of the first self-propelled torpedoes developed and used by the U.S. Navy.

Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper's decision to block the execution of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap for as long as he is governor infuriated victims' relatives and drew quick criticism from Republicans... Democratic Gov.

14, 1973 file photo, released prisoner of war John McCain is greeted by President Richard Nixon, left, in Washington.

In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage... Two hundred American former prisoners of war who were taken captive during the Vietnam War are arriving in Southern ... (more)

Syrianews managed to confirm the news we received a couple of days ago that a Syrian Navy boat destroyed an Israeli submarine off the Syrian coast at 150 meters depth on 02 May 2013 around 2 - 2:30 am.

According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, crew members of a CBP P-3 aircraft spotted a speedboat north of Panama and alerted the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard.

Navy SEAL dog handler John Douangdara was killed two years ago in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, along with his dog Bart.

A Navy man is now charged with murder in the killing of his girlfriend's 2-year-old son in 2010.

After a little more than three years, a Navy sailor was charged Wednesday with murder in the death of his girlfriend's 2-year-old son, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

Editor's Note: The following story was written by Capt. Sterling Smith, U.S. Navy.

The Parade magazine graphic that appeared with the story on Navy chef Derrick Davenport.

Five E-3 Sentry aircraft await preflight procedures to return to Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.