Once beleaguered by critics, the Ford gets a lift
The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford just got closer to becoming a fully operational flattop.
End of an era: Navy’s legacy Hornets to fly off into the sunset
After a 35-year run in the fleet, the F/A-18 Hornet will make it's final Navy operational flight on Feb. 1.
Command master chief fired over misconduct allegations
The senior enlisted leader was relieved Tuesday, officials said.
How the court-martial against the Fitz’s former CO was thrown into disarray this week
A judge ruled that the four-star tasked with weighing evidence before charging Cmdr. Bryce Benson failed to stay neutral and took on the role of a prosecutor.
Blue Angels pilot makes emergency landing
The incident happened Tuesday in California.
Sub officer faces court-martial trial on stalking and assault charges
The lieutenant commander allegedly put a GPS tracker on a woman's car and accessed her computer without permission.
Erin Elizabeth Rehm receives the American flag from Vice Adm. Jan Tighe during a graveside service for her husband, Fire Controlman Chief Gary Leo Rehm Jr., at Arlington National Cemetery on Aug. 16, 2017. Rehm died when the guided-missile destroyer Fitzgerald collided with the Philippine-flagged merchant vessel ACX Crystal on June 17, 2017. (Elizabeth Fraser/ Arlington National Cemetery)

Worse than you thought: inside the secret Fitzgerald probe the Navy doesn’t want you to read

It was kept secret from the public in part because it was designed to prep the Navy for potential lawsuits in the aftermath of the accident.
Here’s how some military spouses could get potentially thousands of dollars in tax refunds
Don't file your 2018 tax returns before you read this. Military spouses have this new right, but get advice from your legal assistance office first.
Pentagon identifies Army Green Beret killed in Afghanistan
He was assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group and was on his fourth overseas deployment.
Women in the military draft, or dump the system altogether? New report looks at radical options
Big changes are expected to come to the Selective Service System in coming years, but exactly what is still unclear.
US House votes overwhelmingly to bar US exit from NATO
The US House passed legislation meant to bar President Donald Trump from pulling the US out of NATO.
US and British conduct training in South China Sea
U.S. and British warships conducted joint maneuvers in the South China this month in what they called a sign of their shared emphasis on regional peace and stability.

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A B-2 Spirit bomber deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., conducts aerial refueling Jan. 15, 2019, near Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH), Hawaii, during an interoperability training mission. (Master Sgt. Russ Scalf/Air Force)

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Quartermaster 2nd Class Andrew Burgess takes a sextant reading on the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) Jan. 6, 2019, in the Mediterranean Sea. (MC1 Mike DiMestico/Navy)

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Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Nikolas Rojas fires an M-500 shotgun Jan. 1, 2019, during a live-fire qualification course aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) while on a deployment of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). (MC3 Matthew Freeman/Navy)

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Recruits with Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, crawl under barbed wire during a bayonet assault course at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Jan. 30. The recruits were instructed to utilize their rifles to help shield them from the barbed wire as they crawled to the next portion of the course. Annually, more than 17,000 males recruited from the Western Recruiting Region are trained at MCRD San Diego. Kilo Company is scheduled to graduate March 16. (Cpl. Erick Clarosvillalta/Marines)

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Commands have various events to launch their local Combined Federal Campaign pledge drives, held at various times between now and Jan. 11. Here, a tug-of-war tournament helped kick off the local 2017 Combined Federal Campaign charity pledge drive at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Oct. 13, 2017. (Cpl. Jason Jimenez/Marine Corps)

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