In 1707, a catastrophic shipwreck occurred in the isles of Scilly, off the southwest coast of England. Between 1400 and 2,000 ...

"For latitude, you can use a sextant to see where you are in north ... And the answer is a clock," said Warren Walls of the U.S. Naval Observatory. Walls and Jay Hanssen are Precise Time Experts ...

The Navy is on track to meet its highest recruiting numbers in more than 20 years, the service posted on X on Tuesday. The recruiting goals for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 are the same: 40,600 new ...

The Navy says it has completed its salvage and recovery operations of a jet that crashed Feb. 12 near Shelter Island Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook ...

US Navy Photo The Navy recruited just over 14,000 people in the first four months of Fiscal Year 2025, the service announced. Since Oct. 1, the service has brought in 14,111 new recruits and sent ...

Personnel at U.S. Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily, Italy, were told to shelter in place for several hours Wednesday morning due to an unspecified "security incident" at the base. The U.S ...

Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily had been under a shelter-in-place order. LONDON -- A U.S. naval base in Italy was briefly placed on lockdown on Wednesday as officials investigated a possible ...

China now fields the world’s largest navy, and this week’s rare foray into our exclusive economic zone should be a wake-up call for Australians. Our most critical economic and security ...

On Friday and Saturday, a Chinese Navy flotilla, consisting of its most powerful warship – the Type 055 Renhai class cruiser – held two live-fire exercises in the Tasman Sea, which prompted ...

On Thursday, the committee will consider the nomination of John Pehlan to be Navy Secretary. Like Feinberg, Phelan is the founder of a private investment firm and has no previous military service.