The impacts of long deployments in the Middle East and the Caribbean are causing an increasing strain on military families in Navy towns like Norfolk, Virginia.

The USS San Antonio returned to its homeport of Norfolk, Va., concluding its deployment as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious ...

Lance Cpl. Chukwuemeka E. Oforah, a 21-year-old Marine from Florida, was declared deceased on Feb. 10 after falling overboard from the Norfolk-based USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). The incident occurred in the ...

Iwo Jima was one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, during which 5,931 Marines were killed — twice as many as all the Marines who died during World War I — including Medal of Honor recipient ...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) called for the Marines to seize Kharg Island, Iran’s main oil export hub, which lies about 20 miles off the coast of the mainland, declaring on Fox News: “We did Iwo Jima, ...

U.S. Navy ships, at least from a distance, appear to be multi-purpose and capable of carrying every type of fighter jet. But the truth is that certain vessels are designed to carry specific planes, ...

No World War II battle represents the fighting spirit of the U.S. Marine Corps better than Iwo Jima. In terms of its combat brutality and staggering casualties, it was the worst battle in the history ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military continues to maintain a presence in the Caribbean Sea to strike alleged drug traffickers with five warships and thousands of troops. That does not include the Navy’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. Among the aircraft that could be employed in airstrikes against ...

Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, commander of Iwo Jima. The photo is from when he was the Commander of Imperial Guard divisions. (Wikimedia Commons) Lt. Gen. Tadamichi Kuribayashi arrived on ...

Sgt. Ross F. Gray carried a satchel charge though a minefield while under heavy Japanese fire. What followed became one of the most extraordinary individual actions of the Pacific War, earning Gray ...