James LaPorta is a national security coordinating producer in CBS News' Washington bureau. He is a former U.S. Marine infantryman and veteran of the Afghanistan war. U.S. Navy documents obtained by ...

Named to honor the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania, the future USNS Lenni Lenape (T-ATS 9) will be the first naval vessel to ...

A Navy supply ship named for former Navy officer and 1970s civil rights icon Harvey Milk may soon be stripped of its name at the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a defense official ...

The USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) is one of the most unique and vital assets of the US Navy. As a massive floating hospital, it ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday ordered the USNS Harvey Milk be renamed. The vessel is named for gay rights icon Harvey Milk, who was assassinated in 1978. The move is part of a broader ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that a U.S. Navy ship previously named after LGBTQ rights hero Harvey Milk will be renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson — a move he said was aimed at ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The USNS Mercy Hospital Ship Docks at Port of Los Angeles, CA on March 27, 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. USNS Mercy is a ...

The Pentagon has officially stripped the late gay civil rights leader Harvey Milk's name from a U.S. naval vessel, amid broader efforts by the Trump administration to erase what it describes as "woke" ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the renaming of a U.S. Navy ship named after San Francisco gay rights activist Harvey Milk. The news outlet Military first reported on a memorandum issued by ...

The John Lewis-class replenishment oiler USNS Harvey Milk was named after gay rights icon and politician Harvey Milk, who served in the Navy for four years before being kicked out for being gay. (MCS2 ...