Great Britain built its empire on the strength of its Navy, as its statesmen well knew. In 1925, one Baron Redesdale declared: “To secure the great road of the sea for its own people and to refuse it ...

The Senate on Tuesday voted 77–23 to confirm Douglas Collins as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Hill ...

Names for Navy ships traditionally have been chosen and announced by the Secretary of the Navy, under the direction of the President and in accordance with rules prescribed by Congress.

Scott Applewhite/AP) Senate lawmakers on Tuesday confirmed former Georgia congressman Doug Collins as the next Veterans Affairs Secretary ... served in both the Navy and Air Force Reserve as ...

Grant Shapps, a former Conservative member of the U.K.’s Parliament and defense secretary, called a recent submarine name ...

The outgoing US Secretary of the Navy named destroyers, submarines and aircraft carriers during his last weeks in office. In the weeks before he hands over the role, US Secretary of the Navvy Carlos ...

Two new aircraft carriers are being named after Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, continuing the Navy convention of naming ...

Terence Emmert, who has been the principal deputy chief technology officer for mission capabilities, will be the acting Navy secretary. He served in the Navy as an aviator and has broad experience ...

Two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers will bear the names of former presidents William J. Clinton and George W. Bush. The lead ship, the Gerald R. Ford, is seen here traversing through ...

The current Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro picked the new names as part of his duties, according to Navy Officials, although the announcement was made by the White House. The two vessels ...