Thousands of sailors get access to trendy weight-loss app in new deal
According to Navy data, nearly 25,000 sailors, most of them from the junior enlisted ranks, were in a weight management program as of the end of 2024.
By Hope Hodge Seck
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Senators request inquiry into military secrets shared on Signal app
Republican and Democratic leaders on the Senate Armed Services Committee are requesting a formal investigation into the Signal chat scandal.
Police: three sailors dead in apparent murder-suicide shooting
Officials aren’t saying yet what led to one young sailor to kill two other young sailors at a 7-Eleven store near Naval Medical Center Portsmouth.
By Mark D. Faram
Gay dating app Grindr declared threat to military personnel by US government
The app, which had 27 million users as of 2017, made personal information available without permission.
By J.D. Simkins
Behold, a CAC-free future!
The Navy is testing mobile applications that promise to give sailors CAC-free access to their service records.
By Mark D. Faram
Navy SEAL arraigned on war crime charges
U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter urged President Donald Trump to free Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward “Eddie” Gallagher, who faces a long list of war crimes charges.
By Carl Prine
This new app lets you earn extra cash while running errands
“I basically can turn on my phone and make money whenever I want,” says one Navy veteran, who has made about $60,000 on the JoyRun app.
By Natalie Gross
Apple offers new discount to troops, veterans
Apple is offering discounts on phones, accessories and more.
By Karen Jowers
The right bubbly for one of the Navy’s newest boats
A Vermont winery’s sparkling apple wine has been selected to christen the nuclear-powered submarine Vermont.
Coast Guard suspends search for man who fell off pier
Alaska State Troopers, Kake residents, Village Public Safety Officers and even a remotely-controlled underwater drone had joined in the hunt while a Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter scanned the shoreline and surrounding waters.
By Carl Prine
It’s like LinkedIn for the Navy
The innovation comes alongside an ongoing reworking of the Navy’s rating structure and training systems so that the service can offer more career options than ever before to sailors.
By Mark D. Faram
Polar fitness app broadcasted sensitive details of intelligence and service members
More than 6,500 users who worked at more than 200 sensitive sites across the world appear to have been unknowingly broadcasting their exercise location and their name to the entire world.
By Justin Lynch