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Several U.S. fighter jets at a Jordanian military base were damaged in Iranian strikes on Wednesday, sources tell CBS News. Iran's state media had previously said Tehran targeted U.S. assets across the region in retaliation for American attacks on Iranian oil tankers. Yemen's Houthis seized the key Red Sea port of Mokha on Thursday, according to military sources speaking to the AFP and Reuters.

The U.S. Navy sea drone that Iran has boasted about capturing in the Strait of Hormuz can operate underwater for up to 10 days and at depths of up to six kilometers. Iran’s IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) captured the American uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) Anduril Dive-LD on Tuesday, according to the semiofficial Tasnim news agency which posted an image of the vessel.

U.S. Navy leaders promised Tuesday to apply “lessons learned” from the USS Abraham Lincoln’s record-setting deployment in preparing another aircraft carrier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, for its assignment in the Middle East next month.

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US strikes Iranian tankers after more attempted missile attacks on Navy warship

More than an information technology upgrade, the migration represents a significant milestone in the Department of Navy’s broader effort to transform how personnel information is managed, accessed, and protected across the Fleet.

Iran-backed Houthis attack four Saudi cities in expansion of Middle East war, 73 hurt

ICE has deported the mother of David Garcia, a first‑year midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy, after taking her into custody during her scheduled green card interview. The removal has intensified scrutiny of the administration’s immigration tactics, particularly toward military families.

On Sept. 6, 1947, a rocket launched from an aircraft carrier for the first time. The V-2 rocket was captured from a German manufacturing site by the Allied forces at the end of World War II.

The USS Abraham Lincoln will make another port stop before returning to the United States, according to the wife of a serving officer aboard the aircraft carrier, extending a deployment that has already raised concerns about conditions, maintenance and crew welfare. Ashley Rogers told Newsweek that her husband said the carrier must remain in the Indo-Pacific to complete time originally assigned to that region after it was diverted to the Middle East.

U.S. attacks 3 Iranian oil tankers after missiles target Navy warships

Washington — Some of the highest-ranking officials in the U.S. military were subjected to polygraph tests as part of a sweeping leak probe after highly sensitive classified details about the nation's stockpiles of sophisticated weapons were reported in the media, U.S. officials briefed on the matter told CBS News.

After filming a Wisconsin traffic stop, Navy veteran Napoleon Jones had his license plate queried 100 times by the arresting department following a complaint

This is normal unfortunately... Thai Police reporting a drunken brawl between two USS Abraham Lincoln service members.

“Many of them told me that this was in fact the worst deployment that they have ever experienced,” Sridhar said. “It was incredibly hard. And many of them expressed to me that they actually wished they hadn’t even done a port call, at this point, they wanted to just go directly home.”

Exclusive-Pentagon temporarily rescinds guidance on testosterone screening for US troops

The White House and U.S. Navy are considering frigate designs from South Korea, Japan and Turkey for a new class of warships, USNI News has learned. An international warship competition could include building up to two of the ships in foreign shipyards before transitioning to domestic yards as part of the Trump administration’s push to rapidly expand the fleet, three industry sources familiar with the deliberations confirmed to USNI News this week. The move would break with more than a century of U.S. domestic naval construction.

CFL/ACFLs, Noom Digital Health Program. Noom is a free health program for Sailors that did not meet the BCA or PRT standards during PFA Cycle 2025 and Cycle-1, 2026, as well as for Sailors who were in a “Pregnancy” non-participation status. Noom participants have access to 1:1 health coaching, psychology backed lessons, mind and body support, and innovative habit tracking and food logging tools. For more information, please see the Noom flyers: Navy Noom Program Fact Sheet Navy Noom Flyer Navy Noom Micro Challenge Navy Noom Coaching AFWC Performance & Wellness Tools. CFLs and ACFLs can leverage Armed Forces Wellness Centers (AFWC) as an evidence-based resource to optimize Sailor physical performance, enhance body composition management, and ensure holistic mission readiness. Virtual classes and 1:1 support are available if an AFWC is not located near your installation. For more information visit: AFWC website Or View AFWC brochure Updated PRP FAQ (September 2026). You are highly encouraged to review the PRP FAQs. These are questions directly from Sailors in the Fleet and answered by the PRP Office with the relevant references.

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The Pentagon will begin requiring male service members ages 30 and older to get screened for testosterone deficiency, the military announced Wednesday, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for the change over the summer. The Defense Health Agency released a set of clinical guidelines for the tests, which will take place during service members' regular health assessments.

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Yu Wei Huo was based at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., and was found dead in the Broad River on Aug. 30, 2026, days after being reported missing. (U.S. Navy Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2026-09-02/navy-corpsman-found-dead-broad-river-beaufort-22730057.html Source - Stars and Stripes

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing mounting pressure over his leadership of the Pentagon, with a Republican senator now calling on President Donald Trump to replace him. Senator Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican and former member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, publicly urged Trump to find a new Pentagon chief following the resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.

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Sailors and families press Navy leaders over long deployments like USS Lincoln’s - Video