'A 9/11-like Event': Navy Report on Carrier Suicides Cites Missed Warning Signs, Leadership Failures Investigators found that the ship had the highest number of suicide-related behaviors from 2017 to 2019 when compared to all...
Navy Investigation of Carrier Water Contamination Finds Crew, Equipment Failures The investigation found the incidents of contamination with E. coli and jet fuel were exacerbated by actions of crew members...
A Jet Just Landed on the USS Nimitz for the 350,000th Time, But the Flattop's Days Are Numbered It's the first time an aircraft carrier in active service has reached this milestone. Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D...
USS Theodore Roosevelt Leaves the Shipyards After 18 Difficult Months that Included 3 Suicides The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt has completed a refurbishment in Washington state that lasted more than a year...
The Quiet Determination Behind the Navy's Groundbreaking African American Reactor Officer Last summer, Capt. Kimberly Jones quietly took on a new job aboard a new ship. Although both she and her commander knew the...
Three More Sailors Die by Suicide While Their Carriers Are Stuck in Shipyards The suicide aboard the George Washington comes a month after the Navy released its first report on the last three suicides...
What the Deaths of Sailors Who Took Their Own Lives Aboard the George Washington Reveal About the Navy After a string of sailors assigned to the USS George Washington took their own lives in 2021 and 2022, the Navy opened an...
Navy Finds Suicides Not Directly Linked to Conditions on George Washington Carrier The Navy found that three of the latest suicides among the crew of the USS George Washington carrier had no clear connection...
Navy Says the Lincoln's Water Tanks Are Free of E. Coli. But What About Jet Fuel and Other Contaminants? A Navy spokesman said that "all potable water tanks on board the ship have been tested and are clear of E. coli."
Navy Says It Has Found the Source of Water Contamination Aboard Carrier, Leading to More Questions The Navy says water from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln's bilges, a type of drainage system, leaked into drinking...
How Marines Took an Airfield in the Philippines in a Show Against China On April 30, three combined littoral reconnaissance teams made up of roughly 30 U.S. and Philippine Marines each, flown by...
Army Eliminates Online Training Requirement for Noncommissioned Officers, Saying It's Too Burdensome The Army has eliminated a significant part of its online training for enlisted troops -- a learning program that has drawn...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Air Force Pilot Who Died After Aircraft Ejection Seat Misfire Identified by the Service Capt. John Robertson, an instructor pilot from the 80th Operations Support Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, was injured...
Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...