
Iran announced a live‑fire naval drill in the Strait of Hormuz for Sunday and Monday, targeting a lane within the traffic separation scheme that handles roughly one‑fifth of global oil shipments. The United States Central Command warned Tehran that unsafe actions near U.S. forces or commercial vessels could trigger escalation. The drill involves the Revolutionary Guard’s fast‑attack fleet and could intersect the northbound commercial lane. The move comes amid heightened tensions over Iran’s domestic crackdown and its nuclear program, raising concerns about regional stability and energy market volatility.

Retired Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill has filed a $25 million defamation lawsuit against The Antihero Podcast hosts Tyler Hoover and Brent Tucker, alleging they spread false claims about his role in the 2011 Osama bin Laden raid. The plaintiffs seek to move...

Yemen’s Iran‑backed Houthi rebels issued a fresh threat to resume attacks on vessels transiting the Red Sea as the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and accompanying destroyers move toward the region. The warning coincides with President Donald Trump’s declaration...

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Gen. Mohammad Pakpour warned the United States and Israel that his forces have “finger on the trigger” as U.S. warships, including the USS Abraham Lincoln, move into the Indian Ocean. The warning comes...

Operation Teardrop was a secret U.S. Navy campaign in early 1945 aimed at intercepting German Type IX U‑boats believed to be equipped with V‑1 rockets targeting New York City. Acting on intelligence from captured spies and Enigma decrypts, the Navy assembled barrier...

The Pentagon has invoked a classified national‑security claim to halt work on the Revolution Wind offshore project, yet it refuses to disclose the underlying threat. Federal courts have twice rejected the administration’s stop‑work orders, allowing the $5 billion development to proceed....

The West Loch disaster on May 21, 1944, erupted when a mortar round aboard LST‑353 detonated, igniting gasoline drums and causing a chain‑reaction explosion that engulfed six landing ships and nearby vessels. Official Navy records list 163 dead and 396...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld the 15‑year prison term for Leonard Francis, the Malaysian contractor known as “Fat Leonard,” rejecting his Fifth Amendment and sentencing‑disparity arguments. The panel found district judge Janis Sammartino’s sentencing decision reasonable,...

A federal jury convicted former Navy SEAL Gregory Vandenberg of transporting fireworks and planning to fire explosives at police during San Diego’s June 14 “No Kings” rally. Prosecutors highlighted his neo‑Nazi beliefs, anti‑Israel rhetoric, and a photo of a Taliban...

A former U.S. Navy petty officer, Jinchao Wei, was sentenced to 200 months in prison for selling classified technical manuals and operational data about the amphibious assault ship USS Essex to a Chinese intelligence officer. Wei received more than $12,000 for...

Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon seeking to block a censure issued by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The censure stems from Kelly’s participation in a video urging troops to refuse unlawful orders, which...