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The Navy has a history of naming ships after icons of the Confederacy. Such honorifics have turned contentious, most recently in the fatal protests last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia.
For the second time in a week, an Iranian drone got too close to the aircraft carrier Nimitz and its jets in the Arabian Gulf, Navy officials said Monday.
A drunken Lithuanian port call in February led to a disciplinary decimation of the cruiser Hue City's chiefs' mess this spring. For the first time, the Navy Times goes inside the senior enlisted ranks to show how seven chiefs got busted.
North Korea's is threatening to attack Guam. But experts say the regime's missiles lack the precision and its leaders lack the political will needed for a successful strike.
A one-time blue crew commander on the submarine Pennsylvania who was fired in June is facing disciplinary actions after a Navy investigation resulted in charges of adultery and conduct unbecoming an officer.
The Navy is planning to bring back its at-sea missile reloading capability — a move analysts say reflects the growing conventional threats facing the sea service.
The Navy won’t change its transgender policy until the White House provides further guidance, according to an email obtained by the Navy Times from Deputy Chief of Naval Operations Vice Adm. Robert Burke