Six decades after his actions in Vietnam earned him the Medal of Honor, retired Marine Col. Harvey C. Barnum Jr. witnessed the Navy commission a destroyer in his name.

The U.S. Navy commissioned USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) in spring 2026, adding the first operational Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to the fleet and marking a generational leap in the service’s radar and missile-defense technology.

OSINT analysts spotted an additional weapon on the deck of the USS Carl M. Levin—possibly an anti-drone launcher of some sort—during a recent excursion near Hawaii.

The video from Central Command shows the USS Michael Murphy and USS Rafael Peralta hailing vessels in the Gulf of Oman and threatening to board them.

The Navy welcomed its newest destroyer USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG-124) into the fleet Saturday during a ceremony in Norfolk, Va., which is among the last Flight IIA configurations of the Arleigh Burke-class.

The San Diego-based destroyer USS Spruance on Tuesday intercepted an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel that tried to evade the U.S. maritime blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. Central Command said Wednesday in a post on X.

The American military sent two destroyers through the strategic waterway in support of mine-clearing and ahead of a full blockade of Iran's ports.

The Navy’s newest destroyer, USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr., commissioned into service during a ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk.

A US Navy destroyer intercepted two oil tankers trying to leave Iran through the Strait of Hormuz , and ordered them to turn back on Tuesday. This comes a day after US President Donald Trump’s blockade came into effect, and ordered them to turn back, news agency Reuters reported, citing sources.