SYDNEY—The United States commissioned a warship in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday—the first time a U.S. Navy vessel joined active service at a foreign port—as the two close allies step up their military ties in response to China’s expanding regional reach. The Independence-class littoral combat ship—named after a Royal Australian Navy cruiser that was sunk while…

TAIPEI—Chinese fighter jets monitored a U.S. Navy patrol plane that flew through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday, as China carried out a third day of military exercises to the south of the island Beijing views as China’s sovereign territory. The Chinese communist regime has been incensed by U.S. military missions through the narrow strait,…

Commentary The U.S. Navy has been struggling for years to maintain the production and maintenance throughput of its four government shipyards and approximately eight major private sector yards. The chief of naval operations, Adm. Michael Gilday, has established the clear, quantifiable shortfall. Until the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), two Arleigh Burke destroyers and…

The Navy detected the implosion of the Titanic-bound submersible Titan already on Sunday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. That’s days before news of the implosion was made public on June 22. The Navy quickly provided this information to aid the search and rescue efforts, although at the time, its significance was unknown. The Coast…

The U.S. Navy had already detected the implosion of the Titanic-bound submersible Titan on Sunday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. That was days before news of the implosion was made public on June 22. The Navy quickly provided this information to aid the search and rescue efforts, although its significance was unknown at the…

A Chinese navy ship recently intercepted a U.S. Navy ship in the Taiwan Strait, escalating U.S.-China tensions over the Taiwan issue. One military expert said the move aligned with the Chinese regime’s goal to seize Taiwan and test the bottom line of U.S. defense of freedom of navigation. On June 3, while the USS Chung-Hoon, a…

A trio of armed Iranian speedboats swarmed around a merchant vessel sailing through the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, according to the U.S. Navy. At around 4:56 p.m. local time, the unnamed merchant ship sent out a distress signal and reported the three “fast-attack craft with armed personnel” had begun following them at a close…

The U.S. Navy’s Twitter briefly went through an LGBT-themed makeover, before the military branch reversed course and removed the imagery. On Thursday, the Navy’s official Twitter account included a special LGBT-themed banner showing two U.S. warships and an F-18 fighter jet leaving the colors of the rainbow flag in their wake. The icon of an…

A group of 14 Republican senators has questions for the U.S. Navy after the military branch brought on a drag-performing sailor for its pilot “digital ambassador” program in hopes of boosting recruiting. This week, the Navy confirmed that it had invited Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, the drag performer who goes by the stage name…

The U.S. Navy hired a drag performer as part of a now-concluded pilot program designed to boost service recruiting. Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, the drag performer who goes by the stage name “Harpy Daniels,” claimed in a November 2022 Instagram post that the service had invited him to become a “digital ambassador.” In an…