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Navy joins other services in allowing cammies for Pentagon sailors
The Navy Working Uniform Type III is now authorized as an alternative uniform for sailors at the Pentagon – except for Fridays.
By Diana Stancy
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Fighting flares again in breakaway region in Caucasus Mountains
U.S. troops are currently in Armenia as the fighting escalates once more in a nearby separatist region.
Iran offers to swap seized oil tanker for another taken by UK
In the meantime, Britain continues plans to deploy a Europe-led "maritime protection mission" to safeguard shipping in the area after Iran's Revolutionary Guard seized the Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday.
By Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press
London sending warship to the Persian Gulf
The British navy said Thursday it had stopped three Iranian paramilitary vessels from disrupting the passage of a British oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz.
Will your command create a fab shoulder patch?
Commands are starting to authorize alternative unit shoulder patches for their Type III Navy Working Uniforms.
By Mark D. Faram
Why the Union Jack is back and here to stay
Marines and sailors on Tuesday welcomed an old friend back to jackstaffs across the fleet.
By Mark D. Faram
Undefended shore: American antisubmarine operations in 1942
In 1942 American merchant ships up and down the Atlantic Coast were being relentlessly attacked by German U-boats. Why did the U.S. Navy secretly decide to leave them unprotected?
By Ed Offley, MHQ — The Quarterly Journal of Military History
‘Speed forward, fight close and hit hard’ — How China won the Battle of the Paracel Islands
With U.S. troops gone from South Vietnam, China made a move at sea in 1974. The ripple effects are still being felt.
By Carl O. Shuster, Vietnam Magazine
Before he was caught, this sailor trafficked firearms
The sailor was assigned to the Norfolk-based aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush when prosecutors say he unlawfully sold at least 23 guns for profit.
New uniforms revealed! Fashionable and FREE!
Another round of wear-testing is slated for July, but if it pans out this two-piece uniform could become optional issued clothing when you report on board ship — no trips to Navy Exchange, no money out of your annual uniform allowance.
By Mark D. Faram
Here’s why the Union Jack is back
In a move that wasn't supposed to happen until the Global War on Terrorism ended, the U.S. Navy will return to flying the Union Jack.
By Mark D. Faram
The 19 things you need to watch in 2019
More money and more personnel but also new challenges from rising rivals in the Western Pacific, Europe and the Persian Gulf. More changes to your leadership at the Pentagon. And more innovations that promise to transform the ways your Navy recruits, trains and retains its sailors.
By Geoff Ziezulewicz, Mark D. Faram, Natalie Gross, Tara Copp, AP, Leo Shane III, Carl Prine and David Larter, Defense News