After service in World War II, the longtime Little Compton resident worked as an investment banker, GOP fundraiser, Navy ...

Between October 2023 and January 2025, Navy ships fired more defensive missiles at incoming Houthi drones and rockets than they used in three decades following Desert Storm. They also launched ...

J. William "Bill" Middendorf, a longtime Rhode Island resident and U.S. Navy veteran with an extensive political career, has ...

Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, former U.S. Navy Secretary and Rhode Island statesman, dies at 101 after a lifetime of public service and diplomacy.

USS Alaska surged ahead, ready to confront an innovative German pocket battleship in the cold waters of the Atlantic. The ...

According to the sources, the White House and Navy officials are discussing the possibility of replacing the existing fleet with a new one that would be more capable of countering China and potential ...

The Pentagon is sending the Ford Carrier Strike Group, with several warships and thousands of sailors, to the region as the ...

A G.O.P. fund-raiser, he was the Navy chief under Gerald R. Ford and held ambassadorships in the 1970s and ’80s. He gained ...

One of the most daring and successful air operations after World War II took place in the South Atlantic in 1982. The ...

Out of all American World War 2 naval vessels, the USS Enterprise (CV-6) is by far the most decorated ship in the U.S. Navy.

On July 6, 1971, HMS Cavalier and HMS Rapid, two veterans of the Royal Navy, met off Scotland's Firth of Forth for a historic ...

The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the ...