United States Navy
The United States Navy is the maritime service branch uniformed services of the United States, part of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful... Wikipedia
- Founded: 27 March 1794, (in current form)- 13 October 1775, (as the Continental Navy)
- Type: Navy
- Size: 334,896 active duty personnel, 54,741 Navy Reserve personnel, 387,637 total uniformed personnel (official data as of July 31, 2023), 279,471 civilian employees (2018), 480 ships total, of which 300 are deployable (2019), 2,623 aircraft (2018)
- Part of: United States Department of Defense, Department of the Navy
- Headquarters: The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
- Motto(s): Semper Fortis ('Always Courageous'), (unofficial), Non sibi sed patriae ('Not for self but for country') (unofficial)
- March: "Anchors Aweigh" Play (· info)
- Anniversaries: 13 October
- Website: www.navy.mil navy.mil], [www.navy.com navy.com
- Commander-in-Chief: President Donald Trump
- Secretary of Defense: Pete Hegseth
- Secretary of the Navy: Terence Emmert (acting)
- Chief of Naval Operations: ADM Lisa Franchetti
- Vice Chief of Naval Operations: ADM James W. Kilby
- Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy: MCPON James Honea
- Data source: DuckDuckGo