DECEMBER 16, 2025 – The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the Submarine Force’s newest fast attack submarine, the future USS Idaho (SSN 799), from General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) Dec. 15, marking the second delivery of a Virginia-class fast attack submarine this year. The delivery represents the official transfer of the submarine from the shipbuilder to the Navy. The … [Read more...]
Navy Releases Review of Osprey Airworthiness
DECEMBER 15, 2025 - Naval Air Systems Command released the findings of a comprehensive review Dec. 12 on the V-22 Osprey aircraft flown by the Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy. The review reaffirmed the airworthiness of the V-22 platform under established controls allowing the continued safe operations of this critical joint capability. NAVAIR ordered the in-depth review in … [Read more...]
Army-Navy Student Exchange Program
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...]