ODESSA, Ukraine (Jul 16, 2013) Then Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Rachel Watson (center) watches as Lt. Tetyana Muirhead, right, conducts medical training at Ukrainian Western Naval Base during Sea Breeze 2013. Watson, now a master chief was relieved as the command master chief of NCHB-11 for misconduct (MC2 Jason Howard/US Navy)

Senior enlisted sailor gets fired, accused of falsifying fitness scores

Command Master Chief Hospital Corpsman Rachel Watson allegedly tried to change fitness scores for several sailors in the Navy's official database.

Ship sponsor Georgeann McRaven ceremoniously breaks a bottle of champagne on the bow during the christening ceremony for the future guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) on April 2, 2016, in Pascagoula, Miss. Also pictured, left to right, are Assistant Secretary of the Navy Sean Stackley; Cmdr. Jason Patterson, the ship’s prospective commanding officer; Helen Richards, Ralph Johnson’s sister; and Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias. (Huntington Ingalls Industries via Navy)

New Navy destroyer to be commissioned in South Carolina

A new Navy destroyer named for a Marine who died in Vietnam will be commissioned in South Carolina next year.

The U.S. Army Tactical Missile System fires a missile into the East Sea during a South Korea-U.S. joint missile drill aimed to counter North Korea's ICBM test on July 29. As tensions remain high between the U.S. and North Korea, a fake message went out on social media instructing Defense Department personnel to evacuate the Korean peninsula. (South Korean Defense Ministry via Getty Images)

U.S. Forces Korea: Evacuation message is fake

Families of service members and other DoD civilians received a fake message to evacuate the Korean Peninsula.

In this Friday, Sept. 15, 2017 photo Russian military helicopter flies over a desert in Deir es-Zor province, Syria. (AP Photo)

US, Russian militaries hold unprecedented talks on Syria

Senior American and Russian military leaders met for an unprecedented, face-to-face session somewhere in the Middle East this week to discuss the growing tensions in the competing battles to retake one of the remaining Islamic State strongholds in Syria.

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The Navy is implementing regulations aimed at getting ship crews more sleep while cutting back on the most grueling watch schedules. Here, a sailor stands watch on the amphibious transport dock ship San Diego in August. (MC3 Justin A. Schoenberger/Navy)

Navy issues new sleep and watch schedule rules for the surface fleet

The plan for new sleep guidelines was included in an array of other reforms announced by Naval Surface Force commander Vice Adm. Thomas Rowden.

The closed-door policy of selection board proceedings was violated by two board members in a scheme orchestrated by a retired master chief and two active duty board members (Philip Kightlinger/staff).

Rigged: Two master chiefs’ plot to fix E-9 advancements

An anonymous email alleged that at least two of the board-sitting master chiefs had conspired to violate board rules and lobby outside the Navy’s traditional selection process.

Airmen load a Joint Incident Site Communications Capability trailer onto a C-130J Hercules to help with Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. Eight more are headed to Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.. (Master Sgt. Matt Schwartz/Air Force)

When hurricanes destroy phone lines, the Guard enables communication

About 500 National Guard troops arrived in Puerto Rico Thursday to conduct rescue operations after Hurricane Maria.

Sgt. Gary M. Rose during a deployment to Thailand, April 1969. (Photo courtesy Gary M. Rose)

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