Navy cannibalizing materiel for spare parts, watchdog says
Because of delays relying on vendors, Navy maintainers have been forced to scavenge parts from submarines and grounded aircraft.
By Riley Ceder
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US Navy test-fires unarmed Trident nuclear-capable missiles
The U.S. Navy carried out four scheduled unarmed missile tests of the Trident II D5LE off the coast of Florida last week.
By Riley Ceder
Police: Iwo Jima sailor died from accidental gunshot wound
Police say the fatal shooting of a sailor last month in Jacksonville appears to have been accidental.
SOCOM needs to step up its propaganda game, Pentagon deputy says
The Pentagon is pushing it’s special operations forces to move beyond the traditional leaflets-and-loudspeakers approach to information warfare, a senior Pentagon official said this week.
By Kyle Rempfer
Two ships collide off the Eastern Seaboard
No personnel were injured and both the cruiser Leyte Gulf and the Robert E. Peary — a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo and ammunition vessel operated by Military Sealift Command — were able to safely operate after their sterns touched around 4 p.m. Tuesday.
By Carl Prine
What’s the No. 1 thing recruiters look for on a resume?
If you look up “how to write a resume,” you’ll get a bunch of links to blogs and how-to sites with all the latest tips and tricks for catching a recruiter’s eye. We’ve saved you a step.
By Natalie Gross
Report: Navy jet swaps endangered readiness, pilot retention
Joint strike fighter delays, unplanned-for service-life extensions and other headaches have cut the time pilots spend in the cockpit and reduced their desire to stay in uniform, according to an Inspector General report.
American Legion urges Pentagon to identify remains of dead sailors
Four graves are known to contain the remains of some of the 136 sailors killed when the Gleaves-class destroyer Turner exploded and sank near the entrance to New York Harbor on Jan. 3, 1944.
Ex-SASC chair heads to Maine for keel-laying of warship bearing his name
The keel-laying ceremony hearkens back to the days of sailing vessels when construction began with a keel upon which the ship is built.
Navy names next littoral combat ship
The next Independence-class littoral combat ship will honor a New England city.
Why the Abraham Lincoln is waging a (virtual) war at sea
The Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group is now at sea, proving the newly refit aircraft carrier and her strike group are ready for a deployment that will end later this year in San Diego.
By Mark D. Faram