Chief Fire Controlman (Aegis) Bryce Steven Pedicini is the first sailor to face espionage charges within the Navy justice system in at least five years. “There’s no desire to over-militarize or create a theme of a contested battlespace in the Arctic," the commander of U.S. 2nd Fleet said. Adm. Stephen Koehler assumed of U.S. Pacific Fleet during a ceremony Thursday. Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Elijah Riddle is at least the second sailor to die aboard a deployed Navy warship in recent weeks. More surface officers are looking to become warfare tactics instructors, or WTIs, according to the head of the program's training. The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin have developed and fielded software updates for destroyers shooting down Houthi missiles and drones in the Red Sea. The Navy's fiscal 2025 budget request prioritizes near-term readiness and lethality and delays a number of larger, longer-term modernization programs. In 2010, after an earthquake struck Haiti, fleet antiterrorism security team Marines were sent to assist the Marine guards at the embassy there. The Navy’s moves against the Houthis mirrors the sea service's Middle East operations in the 1980s. The Navy destroyed dozens of Houthi drones and missiles in February during a relentless month of engagements with the militant group. Load More