Notre Dame will meet Navy on Saturday night in a matchup that pits two programs with opposite offensive philosophies. The ...

Oct. 13, 2025 , is a milestone for sailors past and present as the U.S. Navy celebrates its 250th birthday. From battling British ships in the Caribbean, fighting pirates off the Barbary Coast to ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- It was 250 years ago in Philadelphia that the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy were both founded. A quarter of a millennium later, both military branches returned to town to ...

In a contraption of his own making, Glenn Curtiss took to the skies in 1911, boldly becoming the first American to fly a seaplane in a quick trip from Coronado’s North Island to San Diego Bay. The ...

PHILADELPHIA — Coach Brian Newberry said this past week that Navy football “expects to win, believes it can win and finds a way to win.” The Midshipmen showed on Saturday just how true those words are ...

The Navy hid a giant, 8-month-old hole in USS Harry Truman with a big flag during Donald Trump’s Oct. 5 speech at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia. An anonymous attendee of Trump’s hour-long ramble ...

The USS Lassen passes the Philadelphia Navy Yard during the parade of ships to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s latest firing of a top Navy official injected a fresh wave of fear into the Pentagon over the cost of speaking up and who might be next. The sudden dismissal last week ...

The Navy's weeklong 250th anniversary celebration kicked off Thursday with a procession of ships on the Delaware River and aircraft flyovers. Four Navy ships, two Coast Guard cutters and four Naval ...

The Navy will mark 250 years of service on Monday, and it will kick off a weeklong celebration in Philadelphia on Thursday despite an ongoing government shutdown that has paused smaller celebrations.

Navy Secretary John C. Phelan has tapped new Navy Under Secretary Hung Cao to lead a sweeping overhaul of the service and "supercharge the Navy and Marine Corps," including modernizing its business ...

The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are celebrating their 250th anniversary with a lineup of events beginning this week and continuing throughout October and November. A group of volunteers with ties to ...