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U.S. Navy and Royal Navy warships in the Red Sea shoot down 21 suicide drones and missiles launched by Houthi forces in Yemen. British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps describes it as the largest attack in the area by the Houthis to date.
2024-01-9

At a Hezbollah rally in Beirut, Hassan Nasrallah gives a widely awaited first speech since the start of the Gaza war to supporters. Nasrallah claims that the presence of U.S. warships in the Mediterranean Sea; "doesn't scare us".
2023-11-3

In the Red Sea, the United States Navy destroyer USS "Carney" uses SM-2 missiles to shoot down three cruise missiles and eight drones launched by Houthi forces in Yemen. The Pentagon says that the missiles and drones were "potentially headed towards Israel".
2023-10-19

The U.S. Navy will deploy a hospital ship to New York City to aid in the response to COVID-19.
2020-03-18

The United States Navy says the USS "Thunderbolt" fired a warning shot at an Iranian patrol boat after it came within 150 yards of the U.S. ship.
2017-07-25

The United States Navy's destroyer USS "Mason" comes under missile attack in the Red Sea, off the coast of Yemen. The two missiles, fired from Yemeni territory controlled by Iranian-backed Houthis, impacted the water well before reaching the ship, according to Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis.
2016-10-9

"The New York Times" reports the U.S. Navy covered up a Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) report on Afghan detainee abuses. The NCIS investigation found that Navy SEAL Team 2's abuse resulted in the death of a 24-year old married Afghan detainee with a new baby, and that the SEALs failed to restrain the Afghan Local Police's detainee abuses. This drove some previously cooperative Afghans to leave for Taliban-controlled areas, the "Times" reports. Their commander in Afghanistan recommended these men be forced out of the elite SEAL teams. Two of the SEALs and their lieutenant have since been promoted. Rachel E. VanLandingham, former United States Central Command’s chief legal adviser on detainee and interrogation issues from 2006 to 2010, and other military lawyers, have called for the case to be reopened.
2015-12-17

The United States Navy christened the USS "Gerald R. Ford" - the $15.5 billion aircraft carrier is the most technologically advanced ship ever built.
2013-11-9

The biennial naval training exercise Keen Sword between the United States Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force commences off the shore off Okinawa amid tension with China.
2012-11-5

Iran praises the United States Navy after American sailors rescued Iranian fishermen from armed pirates in the Arabian Sea.
2012-01-7