Navy Opens Up Combat Awards for Actions in Red Sea, Gulf of Aden
The Navy has designated the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden as two new locations for combat awards, according to a service message released Wednesday.…
Retired Captain, 2 CPOs Indicted in Continuing ‘Fat Leonard’ Investigation
A retired captain and former 7th Fleet official pocketed at least $145,000 in exchange for steering Navy ships to ports…
Navy Hospital Ship USNS Comfort Will Deploy to Colombia to Care for Venezuelan Refugees
THE PENTAGON — The Navy’s hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) is being deployed to Colombia this fall to provide medical care…
USNS Carson City Conducts First-Ever Black Sea Operation by an Expeditionary Fast Transport
Expeditionary Fast Transport ship USNS Carson City (T-EPF-7) transited the Bosphorus Strait and entered the Black Sea last week, a…
Navy, Coast Guard Searching for Sailor Missing from USS Lake Erie
This post has been updated to include additional information. It has also been corrected to note that USS Lake Erie…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Aug. 20, 2018
The USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker is sponsored by CNA. These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier…
Missing Marine From USS Essex Identified, Declared Deceased
A Marine who was reported missing from USS Essex (LHD-2) while operating in the Sulu Sea, has been identified as Cpl. Jonathan Currier…
Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group Out on Patrol
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), the only forward-based U.S. aircraft carrier, departed port Tuesday to participate in a bilateral training event…
Pentagon Report to Congress on Chinese Military Development
The following is the Pentagon’s annual report to Congress, Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2016.…
Focus on Critical Thinking is Key in New Navy Education Study
THE PENTAGON — Teaching Navy officers and enlisted sailors how to think, not what to think, is the prime focus of…
SECDEF’s Military Assistant Faller Tapped to Lead U.S. Southern Command
The current senior military assistant to Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has been tapped to lead U.S. Southern Command, according…