Navy hits 45,000 recruits three months ahead of schedule
The service also successfully reached its enlistment goal three months early in fiscal 2025.
Pentagon & Congress
Proposed ‘Honor and Remember’ flag resembles communist imagery, Vietnam veterans argue
The flag is being proposed as a national symbol of remembrance for service members and veterans who died as a result of their military service.
US Strategic Command chief: Sea missile cancellation opens ‘deterrence and assurance gap’
Amid U.S. Joe Biden’s plans to cancel the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile-Nuclear development program, the U.S. admiral who oversees America’s nuclear forces warned lawmakers Monday he sees “a deterrence and assurance gap."
Navy captain fired after another Hawaii fuel leak
Capt. Albert Lee Hornyak served as the commanding officer since August 2021.
Biden to nominate first uniformed woman to lead a military service
Adm. Linda Fagan will be nominated to serve as the next commandant of the Coast Guard.
How the Navy’s beard policy discriminates against Black sailors
Some Black sailors say the Navy's shaving policies discriminate against them due to a skin condition over which which they have no control.
Body of Marine killed in Norway Osprey crash returned to Boston
Capt. Ross Reynolds was an Eagle Scout who just got married in February.
Navy defuels Hawkeye that crashed off the coast of Virginia
The Navy coordinated with the Coast Guard, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and Chincoteague Emergency Management Services to remove JP-5 jet fuel from the aircraft April 2.
Freedom of navigation operations rose in 2021, but fewer were near China
U.S. forces challenged 37 excessive maritime claims by 26 countries in fiscal 2021, up from 28 such claims by 19 countries the year before.
Navy, Marines push ‘campaigning forward’ strategy as vital to deterring China
The Navy and Marines say "campaigning forward," or being a constant presence where the enemy wants to be operating, will be an effective deterrent against Chinese aggression.
Navy investigating another fuel leak at Hawaii’s Red Hill storage facility
The Navy is continuing to monitor drinking water after a leak of water and fuel at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Hawaii.
