U.S., U.K. Sailors Died Days After Death of Former 5th Fleet CO Stearney
A U.S. and U.K. sailor assigned to U.S. 5th Fleet died suddenly in the days after the Dec. 1 apparent…
Navy Launches New Electronic Enlisted Advancement Worksheets
Roughly a third of active duty sailors will be part of a pilot program testing the Navy’s new system intended…
Marines Flex Expeditionary Construction Skills by Rebuilding the ‘Airport in the Sky’
This post has been updated to clarify comments from Cynthia Fogg on the role of the Navy’s Seabees in the…
Ensign Keeps New Year’s Day Rhyming Deck Log Tradition Alive
According to almost a century of Navy tradition, the year’s first deck log entry on a U.S. warship must be…
Navy Could Award 2-Carrier Contract by End of January, With Expected $4B in Savings
This post has been updated to include a statement from Huntington Ingalls Industries. The clock is now counting down for…
Report on Use of U.S. Armed Force Abroad: 1798-2018
The following is the Dec. 28, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad,…
Rep. Courtney: Looming Costs Will Force Decision on How to Pay for SSBNs
How to pay for the upcoming Columbia-class ballistic-missile submarine “will have a life of its own” this spring and may…
Top Stories 2018: Navy Acquisition
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
Acting SECDEF Shanahan’s First Message to the Pentagon
The following is a Jan. 1 message from acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan to the Department of Defense.…