The base at Diego Garcia enables the U.S. to conduct operations in support of regional stability and provide rapid crisis response, the U.S. Seventh Fleet said.

Carpenter, now 35, is a medically retired Marine and a University of South Carolina graduate. He received the United States' ...

The announcement was made by Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro during the annual Surface Navy Association symposium, where he named four new warships.

In 2010, Cpl. Carpenter went above and beyond the call of duty to shield a fellow Marine from a grenade blast in Afghanistan, ...