The U.S. Navy is studying its force structure in a review that could very well drop the floor on the 313-ship fleet that has anchored the nation’s maritime defense strategy for years. Adm. Jonathan ...

A high-ranking officer who has served more than three decades and has deployed to all Navy theaters of operation worldwide recently took the helm of one of the service’s most active combat regions.

SUFFOLK, Va. — Tucked away in an unassuming corner of Suffolk, beyond barricades and barbed wire, sits an elite Navy force fighting a war that's also hidden in plain sight. "If we do our job right, we ...

Everything was ready for a Navy officer to take command of a new unit — a role that would have marked the height of her two-decade career and made her the first woman to lead a Naval Special Warfare ...