Sailors assigned to guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) prepare to depart Manama, Bahrain, during a sea and anchor detail on March 21, 2021. US Navy photo
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command held a two-day mental health stand down in Bahrain, the Navy announced Thursday. Read More
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy James Honea speaks with sailors assigned to West Coast-based Naval Special Warfare commands during an all-hands call at Silver Strand Training Complex on Oct. 5, 2023. US Navy Photo
THE PENTAGON – Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy James Honea sat down at his computer prepared to answer questions sailors submitted to Reddit. He set aside an hour to answer questions, about topics ranging from housing conditions to ongoing pay issues. Read More
A Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF) contractor trims a support beam during repairs at Halawa, Hawaii, on March 15, 2023. US Navy Photo
This story has been updated to clarify where Red Hill fuel will be stored once removed.
The Department of Defense’s Joint Task Force Red Hill has completed just over 50 percent of the needed repairs on the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, according to a new online public dashboard the group rolled out Tuesday. Read More
U.S. Capitol on Dec. 29, 2022. USNI News Photo
The FBI arrested an active-duty sailor Monday on charges of entering the Capitol as part of the riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Read More
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W Bush (CVN-77) transits the Adriatic Sea on March 17, 2023. US Navy Photo
VA - NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group will remain in the Mediterranean longer than seven months after Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin elected to extend its deployment, USNI News has learned. Read More
Virginia-class attack submarine Montana (SSN-794) on Feb. 2, 2022. HII Photo
A sailor assigned to USS Montana (SSN-794) died by suicide, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the Tidewater, Va., region told USNI News on Thursday. Read More
Sailors work out at Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill on March 7, 2023. US Navy Photo
A new Navy fitness program is taking a page out of the Army’s playbook as part of the service’s latest effort to increase its ranks. Read More
R/V Petrel on its side in a Scotland dry dock on March 22, 2023. Photo Via Twitter
The Navy has launched its own investigation into what led a service-owned research vessel to topple over while in dry dock in Scotland. Read More
Sailors perform medical training exercises and evaluation at Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute (NEMTI) in 2020. US Navy Photo
A new Navy medical command stood up in Camp Lejeune this month as part of the service’s growing focus on expeditionary warfare. Read More
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) conducts a freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea, March 24. Milius is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. US Navy Photo
A U.S. warship conducted a freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea, near the Parcel Islands, the day after China claimed it chased away the ship from its territorial waters, U.S. 7th Fleet announced Friday. Read More
