8 sailors died by suicide at Oklahoma base in one year, Navy confirms
The deaths, along with eight attempted suicides in the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group, illustrate a systemic problem in the U.S. Navy, families say.
By Patricia Kime
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Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman to undergo $5.1B mid-life overhaul
The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is slated to undergo a $5.1 billion overhaul that will ready the vessel for the second half of its service life.
By J.D. Simkins
Nearly a thousand troops have been diagnosed with COVID-19
As testing as increased, hundreds more service members have tested positive for coronavirus this week.
Watch the hero’s farewell sailors gave their fired Theodore Roosevelt skipper
“Captain Crozier! Captain Crozier!” the sailors chanted amid claps and cheers as their skipper walked along the gangway, leaving his ship of nealy 5,000 sailors.
By Military Times staff
Mom of Theodore Roosevelt sailor ‘devastated’ by firing of Crozier
"Not a lot of people out there who would do that for others.”
By Howard Altman
Navy fires Theodore Roosevelt skipper following leaked letter pleading for COVID-19 assistance
"He did not take care, and what that did is it created panic on the ship."
By J.D. Simkins
Latest Guard update: 18,500 troops mobilized for COVID-19 response, 11 states, 2 territories and DC on Title 32 status
Every state, three territories and Washington D.C. have activated Army and Air National Guard personnel to assist in efforts to combat the spread of COVID-19.
By Howard Altman
Navy says it will still do urinalysis tests ‘to the greatest extent possible’ amid COVID-19 concerns
Individuals teleworking, feeling sick, or in quarantine will be exempt.
By J.D. Simkins
Navy’s top admiral says miscommunication led to release of bombshell letter from carrier’s skipper
Senior Navy leadership had already been in communication with the carrier's commanding officer.
Air Force Academy Class of 2020 to graduate early on April 18 over COVID-19 concerns
What that ceremony will look like remains to be seen.
By J.D. Simkins
Air Force Academy cadets eye May graduation after second cadet death in 3 days
"We will make it to the finish line."
By J.D. Simkins
Soldiers’ premature twins medically evacuated out of South Korea now receiving treatment at Walter Reed
The twins, Parker and Laine, were born 10 weeks early.
By Diana Stancy