Wikimedia Commons The Barbary Wars America’s young navy faced its first real test when North African pirates started seizing ...

Wikimedia Commons/Florida Memory St. Augustine, America’s First Permanent European Settlement Spain had bombed out six times ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — Admiral Daryl Caudle was confirmed July 31 by the U.S. Senate as the 34th chief of naval operations (CNO).

The Senate has confirmed new commanders for U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Special Operations Command as well as the next chief ...

HMAS Sydney has successfully completed the year's second ADF Regional Presence Deployment (RPD), returning to her home port in Sydney after more than ...

Defence has begun updating digital images, brand marks and logos bearing Queen Elizabeth II's St Edward's Crown after service chiefs approved new ...

Pierre Casiraghi has plenty to celebrate. Not only is the dashing son of Princess Caroline of Monaco expecting his third ...

BC: Marc Antony (Marcus Antonius) commits suicide aged 53. 10BC: Birth of Emperor Claudius (Tberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus).

When the Navy ordered all alcohol off its ships in 1914, much of the fleet was in Mexico as part of the occupation of ...

Admiral Sir Ben Key, the First Sea Lord, provided detailed testimony regarding the Royal Navy's readiness levels. He ...

The Chief of Navy has ordered New Zealand sailors to stop drinking irresponsibly. Embarrassing incidents involving ...

On this day in 1970, sailors' daily rum ration – a tradition dating back to the glory days of the Royal Navy – was abolished, ...