Retired U.S. Marine Corps Col. Harvey C. Barnum Jr., left, a Medal of Honor recipient and namesake of the future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG 124), poses ...

The USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. is named for a Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient from the Vietnam War—and the 85-year-old Barnum was present at the commissioning ceremony. DDG-124 is one of the final ...

Sailors man the rails aboard the Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG-124) during the commissioning ceremony in Norfolk, Virginia, April 11, 2026.

The Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG 124) was commissioned in Norfolk, Virginia, April 11, 2026. Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer ...

USS Gerald R Ford, shown here operating in the Atlantic Ocean, participated in attacks on Iran. (Michael Fabey) US Navy (USN) guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) began to clear mines in the Strait of ...

WASHINGTON — Two U.S Navy destroyers began a mission to clear a path through the mine-filled Strait of Hormuz, U.S. military officials said Saturday. The USS Frank E. Peterson, a DDG 121, and the USS ...

This post has been updated with additional information on the transit and the announcement of a U.S. blockade of Iranian merchant ships. Two Navy guided-missile destroyers entered the Strait of Hormuz ...

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Harvey C. Barnum, Jr. (DDG 124) will be commissioned on Saturday, April 11, 2026, at 10 a.m. EST in Norfolk. DDG 124 is the latest destroyer built in ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Before leaving for boot camp 16 years ago, Chief Petty Officer Courtney Dion asked Medal of Honor recipient and retired Marine Corps Col. Harvey C. Barnum Jr. — known to her simply as ...