- + Navy Veteran and ‘Love Connection’ Television Host Chuck Woolery Dead at 83—Before longtime game-show host Chuck Woolery started his decades-long career on television, he served in the U.S. Navy aboard the aircraft carrier USS...
- + Elon Musk, Charged with Cutting Federal Spending, Calls the F-35 a Waste of Money—Billionaire Elon Musk, the man behind Tesla and SpaceX, said on Tuesday on X (formerly Twitter) that the U.S. should pull the plug on the Lockheed Mar...
- + Marine Corps Worried About How to Move and Supply Troops After Navy Sidelines 17 Support Ships—The Navy will sideline 17 ships to contend with a shortage of civilian mariners, the Military Sealift commander said last week, prompting concerns fro...
- + Does the Military Need Social Media Influencers?—New military influencers are popping up daily talking about military life -- the good, the bad and the ugly. [Author: Jennifer Barnhill] [Link to medi...
- + Former Navy Officer ‘Driven by Greed’ Steals over $850,000 in Military Gear, Feds Say—Richard Allen, 53, pleaded guilty Aug. 29 to conspiracy and six counts of money laundering. Now he'll serve 18 months in prison followed by three year...
- + Various Owners Have Sunk More Than $40 Million into Buying, Maintaining and Reimagining the SS United States During Its Time in Philly—The 990-foot SS United States served as a geographical marker of sorts on the Delaware River waterfront in South Philadelphia for almost 30 years. [Li...
- + 'Fat Leonard' to Appeal Sentence, While Retired Navy Captain Will Seek a Reduced Charge—The prison term imposed by U.S. District Judge Janis Sammartino at the Nov. 5 sentencing hearing was more than three years longer than what prosecutor...
- + How Cher's 'Turn Back Time' Music Video Made Even the Navy Blush—A video featuring Cher singing to a rowdy group of American sailors would have been no trouble for anyone involved -- if it weren't for a last-minute ...
- + Navy Shutters Premier East Coast Substance Abuse Program Amid Staffing Shortages—The program, in an aging building at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth in Virginia, has struggled to retain employees. [Link to media]
- + Naval Academy Graduate Charged with Hate Crime After Pride Flag Ripped from Annapolis Shop—A Naval Academy graduate was charged with a hate crime after a tattoo shop in Annapolis reported its LGBTQ Pride flag had been ripped off its post and...
- + There Will Be Only One Army-Navy Game This Year as Usual, Thanks to Tulane—The now-No. 20 Green Wave defeated the Midshipmen in a 35-0 shutout, dashing Navy’s hopes for an AAC Championship Game berth. [Link to media]
- + Pentagon Silent on Elon Musk and Starlink Risks as Military Use Expands—In the past year, U.S. news outlets have reported that Musk, who oversees the satellite internet provider, has developed a close relationship with Vla...
- + Navy Didn't Understand Well-Documented Risks Posed by Hawaii Fuel Tanks, Watchdog Says—Navy officials “lacked sufficient understanding” of the risks of maintaining massive fuel storage tanks on top of a drinking water well at Pearl Harbo...
- + Judge Sets Date for 9/11 Defendants to Enter Pleas, Deepening Battle over Court's Independence—A U.S. military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has scheduled hearings in early January for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-d...
- + 2 Navy Destroyers Attacked by Barrage of Houthi Drones, Missiles Off Yemen Coast—The attack on the ships was the latest in months of violence in the region by the Yemen rebels, who are backed by Iran and have targeted commercial sh...
- + 'Army Brat' Michael Strahan Honors Veterans a Day After National Anthem Controversy—Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Strahan faced backlash after standing with his arms draped in front of him, instead of his hand over his heart, dur...
- + First Woman to Head Southcom Steps Down, Passes Baton to First African-American Commander—Four-star Army Gen. Laura Richardson stepped down as the leader of U.S. Southern Command in Doral, Florida, and passed the baton to Navy Adm. Alvin Ho...
- + Another Navy Firing: Commander of Information Warfare School in San Diego Removed—Cmdr. Cayanne McFarlane's relief, which was officially over a "loss of confidence in her ability to command,” marks at least the 12th firing of a comm...
- + Commander of Navy Leadership and Ethics Center Fired over Personal Conduct—Capt. Shawn Bailey of the Navy Ethics and Leadership Center relieved Capt. Lester Brown Jr. of his duties "due to a loss of confidence in his ability ...
- + Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Falls to Navy SEAL Veteran in Key Senate Race —Tim Sheehy's victory over the three-term incumbent pads the majority Republicans will have in the Senate in the next session of Congress and potential...
- + 'Fat Leonard' Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Massive Navy Bribery Scandal—U.S. District Judge Janis Sammartino was also prepared to order Francis to pay $20 million in restitution to the Navy on top of the $35 million he was...
- + ‘He Will Be Missed’: One of Last USS Nevada Veterans Dies at 101—Charles Sehe served on the USS Nevada during Pearl Harbor, the D-Day invasion at Normandy, France and the 1945 invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. [Aut...
- + ‘Something’s Going to Click': Navy Veteran Looks to Reconnect with Baby He Saved in Hong Kong Nearly 60 Years Ago—When Steve Mulvihill and his fellow sailor, Jim Kennedy, were spending time in Hong Kong in 1965, they found themselves in a situation Mulvihill could...
- + Pentagon Bolsters the US Presence in the Middle East with Bomber Aircraft and Warships—Austin ordered several B-52 Stratofortress bomber aircraft, tanker aircraft and Navy destroyers to deploy to the Middle East, according to four U.S. a...
- + Pentagon Blind to Troop Woes in Areas Across US with Limited Housing Options, Report Finds—The report is just the latest in a long series of government reports and media coverage that shows the Pentagon has been neglecting the housing needs ...
- + Mpox Vaccine Available on Demand for Troops as Infections Trigger Travel Warning—With new travel warnings for Africa, the services and Defense Health Agency are working to make the mpox vaccine available to troops and beneficiaries...
- + Army and Navy Prep Courses May Be a Recruiting Crisis Silver Bullet. But Other Services Aren't Interested.—The Army and Navy had early recruiting successes with new pre-basic training programs aimed at helping subpar applicants qualify for enlistment, but s...
- + Navy Reserve Officer Sentenced to Prison over Afghan Visa Scheme—Cmdr. Jeromy Pittmann was sentenced to 30 months in prison for accepting "bribe payments from Afghan nationals in exchange for drafting, submitting, a...
- + Congress Eyes Top Honor for Navy Pilot Who Was Second-Longest Ever US Military POW—Lawmakers are working to award the Congressional Gold Medal to retired Cmdr. Everett Alvarez Jr., who spent eight and a half years in captivity after ...
- + It Took 8 Deployments, 3 Pregnancies, and $43,700 in IVF Treatments for Kristin and Joe to Have Their Baby—Military service members do not receive funding for assisted reproductive services unless their fertility issues are a direct result of an injury on a...
- + Navy Vet Who Died by Suicide After Alleged Sexual Assault Now Has New Annapolis Mural—The mural is just one of many tributes Elizabeth Buck has erected in memory of her son, Danny Buck, who served in the Navy from the early 2000s until ...
- + US Navy Apologizes for the 1882 Obliteration of a Tlingit Village in Alaska—The attack was one of a series of conflicts between the American military and Alaska Natives in the years after the U.S. bought the territory from Rus...
- + Pentagon Watchdog Questions Navy SEAL Training Program's Use of Sleep Deprivation—The DoD inspector general report released Thursday found that the Navy "lacks a policy on the intentional use of sleep deprivation practices" and shou...
- + 'The Restless Wave': A Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander's Engrossing World War II Parable for Today's Great Power Conflict —"The Restless Wave" came about because Stavridis' publisher approached him with the idea of writing the American version of English authors Patrick O'...
- + How the 2024 College Football Season Could See 2 Army-Navy Games—With the Black Knights joining the American Athletic Conference in 2024, a conference of which the Mids have been a member since 2015, the teams could...
- + New London Sub Base Completes Micro-Grid to Supply Its Own Electricity—Navy, state and local officials celebrated the completion of a micro-grid at the naval submarine base, a project they said will make the base more ene...
- + Navy Names Newest Nuclear-Powered Submarine USS Atlanta—For the first time in 25 years, hundreds of young sailors with the U.S. Navy will travel aboard a vessel named after the city of Atlanta, the branch a...
- + Navy Submarine Honored with Top Unit Award for 3 Secret Intelligence Missions—The USS Washington, a Navy fast-attack submarine, has been awarded a prestigious unit award for its work in securing key intelligence while deployed t...
- + Marines and Sailors on West Coast Take to Cleaning, Fixing Own Barracks as Money Flows into Housing—Marines and sailors aboard Camp Pendleton, California, will spend two weeks patching drywall, replacing faulty door locks, scrubbing showers and fixin...
- + F-35 Fighter Jet, World's Costliest Weapons Program, Failed to Hit Readiness Marks for 6 Years, Watchdog Finds—All versions of the F-35, the world's costliest weapons program, have failed to meet minimum combat readiness rates for six straight years, according ...
- + Navy Commander, Executive Officer of Japan-Based Ship Repair Facility Relieved—The Navy has relieved both the commanding officer and his deputy, the executive officer, from their posts leading the U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility ...
- + Navy Aviators Killed in Growler Crash near Mount Rainier Were Decorated Combat Veterans—Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay "Miley" Evans, a naval flight officer, and Lt. Serena "Dug" Wileman, a naval aviator, both 31 years old and from California, died on...
- + A Week After China’s War Games, US and Canadian Warships Sail Through Taiwan Strait—U.S. and Canadian warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait, almost a week after China held massive war games around Taiwan, which Beijing claims as i...
- + 2 Navy Aviators Are Declared Dead After a Fighter Jet Crashed in Washington State—The EA-18G Growler jet crashed east of Mount Rainier, according to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. [Author: MARTHA BELLISLE] [Link to media]
- + Navy Growler Crash in Washington State Claimed the Lives of 2 Aviators, Service Says—Two Navy aviators who were flying an EA-18G Growler jet in Washington state when it crashed Tuesday were declared dead on Sunday, the service said in ...
- + Montana GOP Candidate Who Could Flip Control of Senate Nagged by Claims He Lied About Bullet Wound—Tim Sheehy is a former U.S. Navy SEAL and his military record is a centerpiece of his bid for office. [Author: MATTHEW BROWN] [Link to media]
- + Navy Confirms Just One More Chief, Officer Punished for Illicit Wi-Fi Network on Warship—Between the investigation and Fields' update, the publicly acknowledged sum total of punishments meted out for the Wi-Fi system was four administrativ...
- + Status of Navy Crew Still Unknown as Mountainous Terrain Slows Efforts to Reach Growler Wreckage—Soldiers from 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), based at nearby Joint Base Lewis-McChord, are now assisting in the efforts to reach the plane wreck...
- + Navy Says EPA Report that Found Low-Level Contamination Proves Water Is 'Safe'—The Navy released a report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that was the result of an inspection of its water system that serves more than ...
- + Navy Finds Wreckage of Fighter Jet that Crashed During Training in Washington State—The U.S. Navy located the wreckage of a fighter jet that crashed in Washington state during a routine training flight in mountainous terrain. The two ...
- + Groups Ask Biden to Stop Detaining Asylum Seekers at US Guantanamo Bay Facility—More than a hundred organizations are asking the White House to shut down a migrant processing facility at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,...
- + Search for Navy Crew of Crashed Growler Aircraft Underway in Washington State—The Navy said in a statement that the Growler belonged to Electronic Attack Squadron 130 based out of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in the state. [...
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