The Pentagon's budget plan for fiscal 2013 calls for spending of $178.8 billion on new warships, fighter jets and other major weapons, a 7.5 percent drop from the level initially projected, a document says.

In yet another break with tradition, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced Friday that a new littoral combat ship will be named for Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman who survived a 2011 assassination attempt.

The commanding officer of the Japan-based cruiser Cowpens was fired Friday “while an investigation into inappropriate personal behavior is conducted.”

The Navy has awarded $70 million to a West Coast-based shipyard to begin building the second of two modern oceanographic research vessels, the Office of Naval Research announced yesterday.

The Coast Guard Cutter Webber, the Coast Guard’s first Sentinel Class patrol boat, arrived at Coast Guard Sector Miami yesterday.

From the lofty responsibilities of war to the bottom rung of the career ladder: That’s the reality that veterans often face when entering the civilian job market.

More U.S. troops lost limbs in 2011 than in any previous year of fighting since the 9/11 attacks, recently published Pentagon data show.

The Defense Department announced changes to its assignment policy Feb. 9 which will result in more than 14,000 additional positions being opened to women.

Iran’s official news agency reported Thursday that the navy has added two more domestically built light submarines to its fleet.

The United States is seeking more access to Philippines ports and airfields to re-fuel and service its warships and planes, diplomatic and military sources said on Thursday.