Head Navy officer lists top tasks for service, eyes 2027
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. James W. Kilby listed improved recruiting and the embrace of unmanned and manned systems as priorities.
By Riley Ceder
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Opinion
To bootstrap US maritime industrial base, link allies and innovators
As officials consider the wholesale resuscitation of U.S. shipbuilding, there is a nearer-term lever worth pulling, the author of this op-ed argues.
By Joshua Tallis
Vietnam vet’s widow wins dispute with Navy over prescription bill
Her husband died in 1999 from cancer linked to Agent Orange.
By Lana Ferguson, The Island Packet via the AP
Navy posthumously advances Pensacola shooting victims
“These young sailors represent the best of who we are as a Navy,” said Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday. “It is right and fitting that we posthumously advance them to petty officers.”
By Carl Prine
Divers use WWII-era equipment for USS Arizona interment
Fire Control Chief Petty Officer Lauren Fay Bruner died on Sept. 10, a couple months shy of his 99th birthday.
Prosecutors: Petty officer made threats, carried gun ‘at or near’ command
Officials say he's held in pretrial confinement.
No new foreign military students allowed in the US until better checks, says DoD spokesman
No new international military students will come to the United States for training until new screening procedures are in place, the Pentagon said Thursday in the wake of the deadly shooting last week by a Saudi Arabian aviation trainee at a Florida Navy base.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Threats trigger lockdown at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi
Officials say that Wednesday's incident wasn't linked to recent bloodshed in Florida, Hawaii or Virginia.
By Carl Prine
AFRICOM demands return of US drone shot down by Russian air defenses over Libya
The remotely piloted aircraft may have been brought down by Russian mercenaries or troops with Khalifa Hifter’s Libyan National Army operating a Russian air defense system.
By Shawn Snow
How did the Pensacola gunman get the pistol he used to kill 3 sailors?
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials told Navy Times the dead Saudi officer held "no permits or licenses in our systems.” Hours later, they said they did issue him a hunting license. It's unclear which version is correct.
Navy announces Monday mustang merger
Officials say the move helps a broader range of enlisted sailors commission as surface electronic limited duty or chief warrant officers.
By Carl Prine
FBI: ‘Full and complete cooperation’ from Saudi colleagues of slain Pensacola gunman
Investigator said the murderer “legally and lawfully” obtained his weapon — a Glock Model 45 9mm — in Florida.
By Carl Prine