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Trump administration right to proceed cautiously with Agent Orange benefit expansion

Expanding benefits for Agent Orange exposure despite continued gaps in research sets a bad precedent, say the authors of this commentary.

By Darin Selnick and Dan Caldwell

4 years ago

Who’s the Navy’s next CNO?

Maybe a White House with a flair for the dramatic could shake up the highest levels of the Navy's officer corps.

By Mark D. Faram

5 years ago

In the aftermath of the Fitzgerald collision, months of legal fury end in a whimper

Questions continue about whether missteps by senior Navy leaders helped to scuttle the criminal cases against two officers of the doomed destroyer.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

5 years ago

Mystery Navy tweeter unmasked in court filings alleging unlawful command influence

Prosecutors say that any damage to their court-martial case against a lieutenant can be mitigated later by a military judge.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

5 years ago

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.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

5 years ago

Photo emerges that might exonerate Fitz defendant

What it reveals is something that hasn’t surfaced in any of the Navy’s publicly-released probes or even a secret military “dual-purpose” investigation obtained by Navy Times and completed 41 days after the tragedy.

By Carl Prine

5 years ago