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Lawmakers demanded answers from the U.S. Navy on Friday over news reports that faulty welds may have been knowingly made to American submarines and aircraft carriers under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia.

The Navy relieved the commanding officer for recruiting in San Antonio, Texas, on Friday.

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As Iran's massive ballistic missile salvo headed for Israel Tuesday, the Navy destroyers Bulkeley and Cole helped that barely any of those missiles struck successfully.

Editor's note: This report has been updated to include a statement from HII.

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The aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt returned home to San Diego on Tuesday following a nine-month deployment that saw its West Pacific cruise detoured to the Middle East as war threatened to break out between Israel and Iran.

The Navy continued searching Thursday for two Navy aviators missing after their EA-18G Growler jet crashed east of Mount Rainier in Washington state. A different Growler is shown here (U.S. Navy)

Much has changed for the sea service in the year since the destroyer Carney became the first Navy ship to take out a Houthi attack over the Red Sea on Oct. 19, 2023. (U.S. Navy)