The warships have used SM-3s to down Iranian missiles in Turkish airspace three times since February 28, a defense official said.

The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, missile cruisers USS Gettysburg and USS Lake Erie, and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit are in the region.

Four Avenger-class mine countermeasure ships stationed in Bahrain were decommissioned in 2025 after each serving for over 30 years.

A viral photo of USS Dewey showed a major naval challenge: rust. Saltwater corrosion relentlessly eats at steel ships, ...

The fire occurred Thursday in the aircraft carrier's main laundry room and was not combat related, the Navy said.

In addition to watching out for missile and drone attacks, mariners in conflict zones need to be on guard for GPS spoofing ...

U.S. destroys 16 Iranian naval vessels in Strait of Hormuz to prevent mine-laying, as conflict widens and oil prices surge toward $120.

Britain’s last Royal Navy vessel in the Middle East was sent home weeks before the outbreak of war against Iran. HMS Middleton was dispatched from Bahrain in late January, some seven weeks before the ...

Hopes for quickly reviving trade through the strait are dimming without US naval escorts as Iran steps up attacks.

The Iranian Navy sought refuge in Sri Lanka and India. While India obliged, Sri Lanka stalled over fears it would threaten its neutrality.

The U.S. said this week that it attacked 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. In the 1980s, Iranian ...

Iran is militarily far better equipped than its Houthi proxies in Yemen, which caused considerable damage and disruption in the Red Sea between November 2023 and January 2025. Armed by Iran, the ...