Navy says no to NFL hopeful’s request to postpone service, pursue Buccaneers roster spot
Requests were approved for four other 2021 graduates of different service academies.
By Jon Simkins
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Judge: Military funds for Washington state’s Naval Base Kitsap can’t go to Trump border wall
President Donald Trump may not divert $89 million intended for a military construction project in Washington state to build his border wall, a U.S. judge in Seattle ruled Thursday.
First to fly over the North Pole
On May 9, 1926, Lt. Cmdr. Richard E. Byrd and Chief Aviation Pilot Floyd Bennett won the race to fly over the North Pole, a daring expedition that earned them rare peacetime Medals of Honor.
What happens to SEALs who testify about war crimes?
A showdown looms Tuesday morning in a Naval Base San Diego courtroom.
By Carl Prine
Prosecutors, NCIS investigator accused of ‘misconduct’ in war crimes case
The SEAL is accused of stabbing to death an unarmed and seriously wounded Islamic State prisoner of war during a 2017 deployment to Iraq, plus shooting an old man and a young girl in a violent spree that prosecutors contend might have claimed hundreds of lives.
By Carl Prine
SEALs lawyered up during war crimes case, then prosecutors went after their lawyer
NCIS files and legal motions outline a complex war crimes case against two SEALs.
By Carl Prine
Ralph Hall, oldest-ever House member and World War II Hellcat pilot, dies at 95
Hall served in the Navy as a fighter pilot from 1942 to 1945, and got out as a lieutenant.
Navy dumps hazardous material into Puget Sound, says Washington state attorney general
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson says the U.S. Navy dumped hazardous waste including copper and zinc, into Puget Sound and must be stopped from doing it again.
After seeing the healing power of reunions, these combat vets are helping bring other units together
When James Ferguson set out to plan a reunion for his Marines in 2015, he never imagined the idea would blossom into a nonprofit that pays for reunions of combat comrades of all generations.
By Karen Jowers
Astronauts picked for SpaceX, Boeing capsule test flights
NASA on Friday assigned the astronauts who will ride the first commercial capsules into orbit next year and bring crew launches back to the U.S.
Washington sting should help disabled vets find rental homes
Disabled military veterans who use vouchers to pay rent will find it easier to lease homes in the Tri-Cities and elsewhere in Washington after a sting by the state attorney general’s office.
By Wendy Culverwell, Tri-City (Washington) Herald via AP