The U.S. military has reported two major incidents that occurred in recent days tied to the massive buildup of forces in the Caribbean Sea.
The captain of an oil tanker intercepted by the French navy in the Mediterranean Sea is in custody for questioning.
Officials say that France’s navy, working with intelligence provided by the United Kingdom, intercepted an oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea that traveled from Russia, in a mission targeting the sanctioned Russian shadow fleet.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he’s censuring Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over the former Navy pilot’s participation in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders.
A Navy report acknowledges the military failed to address a growing series of issues with the V-22 Osprey aircraft since it took flight almost 20 years ago.
Texas Tech was No. 5 in last week’s College Football Playoff rankings and on Sunday jumped two spots to No. 5 in The Associated Press poll.
Texas A&M is out of the top five in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in two months.
Internal Pentagon figures show the number of major accidents involving military aircraft spiked in 2024.
The commander of U.S. military operations in the region where forces have been attacking alleged drug boats says he will retire in December.
The U.S. military wants to continue live-fire training at Pohakuloa, a high-altitude plateau on Hawaii’s Big Island.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it is delaying by one month the planned cutoff of satellite data that helps forecasters track hurricanes.
A 21-year-old Navy sailor, Angelina Resendiz from Texas, was found dead in a wooded area in Norfolk, Virginia, after disappearing from her barracks.
The U.S. military spent more than $6 billion over the past three years to recruit and retain service members, in what's been a growing campaign to counter enlistment shortfalls.
Gunmen have killed a mayoral candidate from Mexico’s governing party in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz and four others who accompanied her.
The Navy says an F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hanger deck of an aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East, as sailors were towing the aircraft into place in the hangar bay of the USS Harry S.
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Department of Defense’s school system over banned race- and gender-related educational materials.
President Donald Trump says he wants to give money and an airplane ticket to any immigrant who is in the country illegally who chooses to “self-deport.”.
A federal judge in Maryland will order sworn testimony by Trump officials to determine if they complied with her orders to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison.
Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U.S. Naval Academy’s library this week.
Officials say roughly 650 Marines and Army soldiers who were forced out of the military for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine have so far expressed interest in returning to the force under an executive order from President Donald Trump.
Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles says airliners were over the Tasman Sea crossing between Australia and New Zealand when the Chinese navy warned they were flying over a secret live-fire exercise.
It's unclear who'll take over at the Pentagon and the military services when the top leaders all step down Monday as President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office.
Navy quarterback Blake Horvath has gotten the longest run in school history, a 95-yard touchdown against Oklahoma in the Armed Forces Bowl.
A U.S. military watchdog says Navy officials lacked sufficient understanding of the risks of maintaining massive fuel storage tanks on top of a drinking water well at Pearl Harbor where spilled jet fuel poisoned more than 6,000 people.
The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is sending additional bomber aircraft and Navy warships to the Middle East to bolster the U.S. presence in the region.
Miami has climbed to No. 5 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll, its highest ranking since 2017.
Jeremiyah Love ran for 102 yards, scored two touchdowns and extended his streak of rushing for a TD to eight games in leading No. 12 Notre Dame to a 51-14 victory over No. 24 Navy, knocking the uncharacteristically mistake-prone Midshipmen from the unbeaten ranks.
A new history of the USS Intrepid will be co-written by Montel Williams, a former Navy man otherwise known for his long career as a daytime television host.
Oregon and Penn State each moved up a spot in The Associated Press college football poll following thrilling wins in high-profile games.
The Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Space Force say they will all meet their recruiting goals by the end of this month and the Navy will come very close.
The Pentagon says the U.S. is sending a small number of additional troops to the Middle East in response to a sharp spike in violence between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon that is raising the risk of a greater regional war.
The Navy says its highest-ranking military officer has been successfully treated for early-stage breast cancer.
Court documents reveal that just days before killing a 90-year-old veteran, the 21-year-old was involved in an aggravated robbery on the University of Houston campus.
Nelson Beckett was shot and killed by a carjacker at the Lonestar Senior Living Apartments along Westbrae Parkway near Rainer Drive on Saturday.
The Navy will meet its goal to sign up 40,600 recruits by the end of September thanks to several new recruiting programs.
The captain of a superyacht that sank during a storm off Sicily last week, killing seven people, has decided not to respond to prosecutors’ questions.
The Defense Department says a Navy sailor tried to access President Joe Biden’s medical records early this year, but no personal information was compromised.
Two Lockheed Martin subsidiaries have agreed to pay the federal government $70 million for overcharging the Navy for aircraft parts.
Four Russian ships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, will arrive in Havana next week, Cuban officials said Thursday, citing “historically friendly relations” between both nations and as tensions escalate over Western military support for Ukraine in its war with Russia.
After withdrawing from two huge U.S. military bases in the Philippines at the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s, American forces are returning and building a new presence in nine sites on Philippine bases under a 2014 defense pact to counter China's increasingly assertive actions.
The U.S. 7th Fleet says a Navy P-8A Poseidon has flown through the Taiwan Strait.
The Army and Air Force say they are on track to meet their recruiting goals this year, reversing previous shortfalls using a swath of new programs and policy changes.
Our story about 92-year-old Navy war veteran Jessie Lara reached people across the country who wanted to thank him for his service. One of those people is Chris Green. He is a Houston native who now lives in Brownsville where he runs a marine recycling company called EMR U.S.A. Green sent Jessie a set of challenge coins made from the metals removed from old U.S. Naval ships when they were recycled.
When Hurricane Otis roared into Acapulco Bay on Oct 25 with 165 mile per hour winds, sailor Ruben Torres recorded a 10-second audio message from a yacht called the Sereno.
As dominant as Michigan’s defense has been through nine games, where it ranks among the best of all-time is far from being determined.
The Navy will begin randomly testing its special operations forces for steriods and other performance-enhancing drugs beginning in November.
The Navy is issuing written reprimands to three now-retired military officers for their roles in the spill of jet fuel into Pearl Harbor’s drinking water in 2021.
Felony convictions have been vacated for four former Navy officers in a sprawling bribery scandal following allegations of prosecutorial misconduct.
The largest union at Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works, located in Maine, has approved a three-year contract, averting another strike like the one three years ago.
A new report says the U.S. military academies must improve their leadership, stop toxic practices such as hazing, and shift behavior training into the classrooms in order to address an alarming spike in sexual assaults and misconduct.
Proving everything in Texas is bigger, a Houston truck club has donated more than $100,000 to Tomball-based veterans and active duty military charity, Boots For Troops. Houston Diesels started in 2015 with just a handful of diesel truck enthusiasts.
Marine Corps leaders say they'll make their recruiting goal this year, at a time when the active-duty Army, Navy and Air Force expect to fall short.
What started as an investigation into a $4,000+ water bill draining an elderly Navy veteran has turned into a touching story of Houstonians stepping up to help the hero make his aging house a home again. When members of The Restoration Team saw investigator Amy Davis’ Facebook post about 92-year-old Jessie Lara’s dilemma, they emailed to ask if they could help. They have been working for weeks in the sweltering heat for a man they didn’t even know.
Houstonians are stepping up in a big way for a 91-year-old Navy veteran we introduced you to last week.
A Navy investigation triggered by a series of suicides is recommending widespread improvements in housing, food, parking and internet for sailors, as well as changes to mental health and other personnel programs.
A search is underway after three Americans who were to set sail for the United States from Mazatlán, Mexico, and haven't been seen or heard from in more than 10 days.
Concerned with preventing growing numbers of suicides, the US Navy is planning to make chaplains regular members of the crew on ships with more than 300 sailors, instead of only the largest carriers as in the past.
Three suicides by sailors assigned to a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier were not connected, but the poor quality of life onboard was a “contributing factor” in one of the deaths.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is visiting Hawaii this week amid lingering community frustration and distrust after jet fuel from a military storage facility last year spilled into Pearl Harbor’s drinking water.
Navy leaders have disciplined more than 20 senior officers and sailors in connection with widespread leadership and other failures that contributed to the July 2020 arson fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard.
Class of 2023 Klein High School running back committed to Army today over Air Force, Navy, and Texas State to name a few. Arterberry has been a 3 year starter on Varsity rushing for 1,250 yards and 10 touchdowns on 108 carries last season.
The Supreme Court is giving the Navy a freer hand determining what job assignments it gives to 35 sailors who sued after refusing on religious grounds to comply with an order to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
The Air Force has became the second military service to approve religious exemptions to the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine, granting requests from nine airmen to avoid the shots.
The Navy says one Navy SEAL candidate has died and a second is in the hospital after falling ill just hours after they successfully completed the grueling Hell Week test that ends the first phase of assessment and selection for Navy commandos.
Jolivette is a native Houstonian and Navy Veteran who lives by Zechariah 4:10 which says, “Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand.” Infused with a passion for the arts and for people Jolivette went from being an extra in Universal Pictures’ “Friday Night Lights” to now taking the Independent Film Industry by storm from right here in Houston.
The Navy said Tuesday that it has discharged 23 active-duty sailors for refusing the coronavirus vaccine, marking the first time it has thrown currently serving sailors out of the military over the mandatory shots.
A 33-year-old Galveston man has entered a guilty plea to attempting to smuggle individuals in a flag-draped coffin.
The Navy is adding two weeks to boot camp in a major overhaul aimed at improving recruits' war fighting and emergency skills while also focusing on suicide prevention and character issues such as sexual assault, hazing and extremism in the ranks.