U.S. Navy to halt operations after USS John S. McCain crash

An American aircraft carrier and its support vessels will be moved toward the Korean Peninsula, according to a U.S. official, as concerns grow about North Korea's advancing weapons program.

The bodies of U.S. Army Rangers Joshua Rodgers and Cameron Thomas, who were killed during a raid on an ISIS compound in Afghanistan, arrived at Dover Air Force Base on Friday.

The Navy's newest Littoral Combat Ship is named after former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who was shot in the head in 2011

U.S. President Donald Trump has given Defense Secretary Jim Mattis the authority to set troop levels in Afghanistan, a decision opening the door to future troop increases requested by the top American commander.

The US navy says several crew members are missing after the missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippine-flagged container ship in Japan's Tokyo Bay.

The U.S. Navy released video and stills of destroyer USS Fitzgerald as it sailed back to its base in Yokosuka, with seven of its sailors still missing after it collided with a Philippine-flagged container ship more than three times its size in eastern Japan early on Saturday. U.S. Navy's Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin, commander of the 7th Fleet, said it's been a 'tough day for our Navy family'.

North Korea fired an unidentified missile on Friday, a provocation that follows its first successful launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile earlier in July.

The Pentagon has ordered a sweeping halt of all U.S. Navy operations in the next few days to make sure ships are safe following the crash on the USS John S. McCain, the second such accident in two months.

The U.S. Navy says it's removed Seventh Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin after a series of collisions involving its warships in Asia, as the search goes on for 10 sailors missing since the latest mishap.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Friday that directs the U.S. military not to accept transgender men and women as recruits and halts the use of government funds for sex-reassignment surgeries for active personnel unless the process is already underway.

Navy destroyers involved in deadly collisions last year in the Pacific Ocean face courts-martial and military criminal charges including negligent homicide.

An American flag was unfurled on the west side of the Pentagon on Tuesday (September 11) to mark the 17th anniversary of the September 11th terror attack.