The U.S. Navy is officially changing the name of the San Diego-built USNS Harvey Milk to the USNS Oscar V. Peterson, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday morning. Why it matters: The USNS ...

The US Navy has officially changed the name of its ship honoring slain gay-rights icon Harvey Milk to the USNS Oscar V. Peterson in commemoration of the WWII Medal of Honor recipient. “We are taking ...

Navy replenishment oiler, which was previously named for gay rights leader, has been renamed for World War II hero Oscar V.

A Navy ship is in Mobile for maintenance only hours after receiving a new name from Pentagon officials. The fleet ...

US President Donald Trump’s chief foreign affairs adviser has reassured Australia there are “no plans” to scrap the AUKUS ...

The Pentagon increasingly sees the Pacific as its most important theater of operations as tensions brew between the U.S. and ...

It used to be called secretary of war,” the president said. “Maybe for a couple of weeks we’ll call it that because we feel ...

Navy Chief Watertender Oscar Verner Peterson died while performing damage control on his ship during the Battle of the Coral ...

While a child in wartime Vietnam, Anh Duong vowed to one day help the soldiers who saved her. She and her Navy team helped ...