Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Ahmed El Haroun almost didn't join the Navy. An immigrant from Egypt, he was proficient in a number of languages but insecure about his English skills and worried his ...

Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Ahmed El Haroun is the Military Times Sailor of the Year. (Navy) Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Ahmed El Haroun almost didn’t join the Navy. An immigrant from Egypt, he was ...

A US Navy ship conducting counter-drug operations was interfered with Thursday when two Venezuelan military aircraft flew over the vessel, according to the Department of Defense. The maneuver, ...

The Defense Department confirmed on Thursday night that two Venezuelan aircraft flew near a U.S. Navy vessel in international waters. The incident, which the department called a "highly provocative ...

The US Navy (USN) has issued a preliminary set of contracts to develop an uncrewed fighter jet capable of operating from the service’s fleet of aircraft carriers. While the US Air Force has been ...

The military world is full of initialisms and acronyms. Many of these are well known, NATO, USAF, and RAF all spring to mind. But what about the US Navy's acronym — DEVGRU? The lesser-known status of ...

The two Venezuelan aircraft involved in the incident were American-made F-16s, which the South American country adopted in 1983 under the “Peace Delta” Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program. The United ...

The Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered fast attack submarines were designed to thwart Soviet submarines. The United States has deployed one of its nuclear-powered fast-attack submarines to the southern ...

A Russian-made Venezuelan Air Force Sukhoi Su-30MKV multirole strike fighter flies over a military parade to celebrate Venezuela's Independence, in Caracas in 2017 [File: Federico Parra/AFP] Two ...

The first example of the US Navy’s (USN’s) new strategic airborne command post has rolled off the production line. The navy plans to field the Northrop Grumman E-130J Phoenix II to replace the service ...