The United States Naval Academy was well represented in the seventh round of the 2026 NFL Draft on Saturday with defensive tackle Landon Robinson and running back Eli Heidenreich from the Midshipmen each being selected by AFC North teams.

The former Navy running back was drafted in the seventh round by his hometown team, the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was in Pittsburgh at the draft to celebrate the moment. Heidenreich grew up in Pittsburgh, attending Mt. Lebanon High School before committing to Navy.

As undersecretary of the Navy, Hung Cao, a retired Navy captain and former Republican Senate candidate in Virginia, was supposed to have a broad portfolio as the service’s No. 2 civilian, which included personnel issues and safeguarding the Navy’s “warfighter ethos.

Navy slotback Eli Heidenreich was picked by his hometown Pittsburgh Steelers in the seventh round of the NFL draft.

The Pentagon has abruptly announced that Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving his job. Phelan is the first head of a military service to depart during President Donald Trump’s second term but is just the latest top defense leader to step down or be ousted.

Although Boeing manufactures the F/A-18 Super Hornet, the aircraft was acquired when the company merged with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Otherwise, you have to reach all the way back to interwar, propeller-driven biplanes like the FB-5 Hawk and the F4B (that was it; it didn’t have a name) to find a Boeing fighter in the fleet.

The sea service would get $377.5 billion to pay for everything from more ballistic missile submarines to new military housing projects.

"My immediate reaction was shock. Food service and mail are essential to combat support," said the CEO of a nonprofit.

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao on Saturday vowed to build ships after his predecessor, John Phelan, was fired this week amid President Trump’s push for accelerated shipbuilding. Cao posted a video to

The abrupt firing of Navy Secretary John Phelan, the latest head to roll in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s turbulent Pentagon, points to President Trump’s anxiety over his ambitious and divisive vision for U.

The Pittsburgh Steelers have selected Navy running back Eli Heidenreich with their final pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. Heidenreich was on-site at the NFL Draft after being invited to be in the green room.