The aircraft carrier has spent much of the last two years at sea.
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The strike group had the longest deployment since the Vietnam War. It was lengthened by COVID-19 protocols that called for a quarantine before departing and the elimination of port calls during the deployment. -
An Iraqi militia official says a U.S. airstrike in Syria has killed one militiaman and wounded a number of others with a powerful Iranian-backed Iraqi group. The strike marks the first military action undertaken by U.S. President Joe Biden. -
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III flew out to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off the coast of San Diego Thursday to thank the crew for a lengthy deployment. -
Marines with PTSD and other wounds of war continue to be involuntarily discharged for misconduct, despite an efforts to keep them in the corps. -
The crew of a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter flying out of Camp Pendleton made a safe emergency landing at Torrey Pines State Reserve Monday. -
Three sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt have tested positive for COVID-19, the Navy said Monday, less than a year after a massive outbreak on the ship sidelined it in Guam for nearly two months. -
Brig. Gen. Mark Quander is taking a new position in charge of cadets at West Point. He talked with NPR about his family's military history and how to address extremist ideologies in the military. -
The first group of West Coast female Marine recruits officially started training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Tuesday. -
Ineffective social distancing and the premature release of sailors from quarantine were the primary causes of increased COVID- 19 infection aboard the San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.
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Critics say Task Force One Navy did not go far enough to address open racism in the Navy.
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