DECEMBER 13, 2025 - Every year at the Army-Navy football game, one of the most anticipated traditions is the "prisoner exchange," and this year marks the 50th year of the exchange program between the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. At midfield, a handful of cadets and midshipmen are ceremonially returned to … [Read more...]
USS George Washington Returns to Yokosuka
DECEMBER 12. 2025 - Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), the flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5, returned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, on Dec. 11 after completing operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. George Washington departed Yokosuka on June 10 to conduct routine operations with embarked Carrier Air Wing … [Read more...]
Submarines Carry WWII Legacy Forward
DECEMBER 10, 2025 - This year’s Pearl Harbor Day observance marks the 84th anniversary of the surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet by Japanese forces. The commemoration honors and remembers the more than 2,400 service members and civilians who died on Dec. 7, 1941, and plunged the U.S. into World War II. On that fateful day, 21 ships were damaged or sunk including the … [Read more...]
Navy Using AI to Accelerate Shipbuilding
DECEMBER 10, 2025 - Secretary of the Navy John Phelan today announced a $448 million strategic investment in the Shipbuilding Operating System (Ship OS) to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence and autonomy technologies across the industrial base. The announcement was made during the first Department of the Navy Rapid Capabilities Office Industry Day where … [Read more...]
Navy Graduates Final Recruit Class of the Year
DECEMBER 9, 2025 – The final training group of Sailors who arrived at U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command (RTC) during the Navy’s record-breaking year for recruiting, training and retaining Sailors, graduated from basic military training, commonly known as "boot camp," during a ceremony at Naval Station Great Lakes, Dec. 4, 2025. With the graduation of Training Group 52, more … [Read more...]