The Department of Defense is considering eliminating up to five admiral positions to reduce leadership redundancy. Experts ...

The plan, which would gut the three-star positions atop five naval commands, is part of a Pentagon push to thin the military ...

MOBILE, Ala. – Austal USA and U.S. Navy representatives signed official documentation onboard USNS Point Loma (EPF 15) Tuesday, June 24, signifying delivery of the ship. Delivery is the last ...

The US Navy on Friday renamed a ship that previously bore the name of Harvey Milk, a gay civil rights activist and icon in the LGBTQ community who was murdered in 1978. The supply ship USNS Harvey ...

The ship’s new name will honor Navy Chief Petty Officer Oscar V. Peterson, who was awarded the highest military decoration posthumously for his actions during the 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea in ...

The ship has been renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson, after a World War II Navy chief petty officer, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Friday.

The ship's new name will honor WWII sailor Oscar V. Peterson instead of Milk, who served for four years in the Navy before he was forced out for being gay.

The Navy in 1943 named an escort ship after Peterson. The USS Peterson served for more than two decades and was decommissioned in June 1965. The USNS Harvey Milk was named in 2016 by then-Navy ...

Navy tanker named after Harvey Milk, California's first openly gay politician, will be renamed for Oscar V. Peterson, who sacrificed his life saving others in World War II.

Navy announces new name for ship dedicated to gay rights leader Harvey Milk Harvey Milk, who was portrayed by Sean Penn in an Oscar-winning 2008 movie, served for four years in the Navy before he ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that the U.S. Navy was renaming the USNS Harvey Milk, named for one of the country’s first openly gay elected officials in San Francisco.

The Navy continues to grow its force while the Marine Corps is budgeting for a slightly smaller force in the next fiscal year, according to the Department of the Navy Fiscal Year 2026 budget ...