Sources: USA Today
The U.S. Central Command says that a U.S. Navy F-A-18 Super Hornet from USS "George H. W. Bush" has attacked two Iranian tankers, the M-T "Sea Star III" and M-T "Sevda", as both ships were transiting the Gulf of Oman. 2026-05-8
The United States Navy conducts a strike targeting an alleged drug smuggling boat in the Venezuelan coast. According to U.S. defense secretary Pete Hegseth, at least four crewmembers were killed in the attack. 2025-10-3
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 United States Marine Corps, Navy, and Coast Guard halt a massive search and rescue operation for seven Marines and Navy sailors who went missing on Thursday off the coast of San Clemente Island in California. All the missing are now presumed dead. 2020-08-2
The Pentagon says the United States Navy's USS "Forrest Sherman" (DDG-98) intercepted a vessel in the Arabian Sea last month and seized advanced missile parts that were of Iranian origin. The crew were handed over to the Yemen Coast Guard, while the missile parts are in the possession of the United States military. 2019-12-4
China claims its sovereignty was violated when a United States Navy ship sailed close to the Scarborough Shoal near the Philippines. 2018-01-20
The Royal Navy's Sabre 6 fires warning shots at a Spanish Guardia Civil vessel after it twice attempted to cut across the path of United States Navy submarine Florida 6 during an incursion into Gibraltar's territorial waters. Gibraltar officials say Spanish vessels regularly stray deep into its territorial waters and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has attacked the incursions as provocative. 2016-05-5
"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 and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force held a triennial fleet review off Tokyo Bay. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe became the first sitting Japanese leader to board a U.S. aircraft carrier when he visited the USS "Ronald Reagan". 2015-10-19
The United States Navy ships Ronald Reagan 6, Chancellorsville 6 and the destroyer Preble 6 arrive to assist with relief efforts. 2011-03-13