Nimitz Returns to Sea After Tainted Water Sickens 11 Sailors The aircraft carrier's potable water system has been flushed and tested to ensure it no longer contains jet fuel.
The US Navy Said 'Traces' of Jet Fuel Were Found in the Water on the Nimitz. A Sailor Says the Problem Was Way Worse. "Medical was refusing to see patients or acknowledge that anything going on with patients or different sailors had anything...
Sailors Were Sickened by Fuel-Tainted Water on Nimitz Carrier, Navy Says The Navy acknowledged the health concerns in a statement, about two weeks after jet fuel was first detected in the ship’s...
Navy Trumpets First -- Though Short -- Deployment for New Carrier The deployment will be truncated, although officials say it's not because of technical problems that have caused years of...
Nimitz Drinking Water Contaminated With Jet Fuel, Navy Acknowledges The confirmation comes after reports cropped up on social media and blogs alleging not only that a leak had occurred but that...
A String of Mishaps Shows How Tricky It Can Be to Keep the Aircraft on Aircraft Carriers The past year has been hard on the carrier aviation community.
How Much Does It Cost to Fix a Toilet on an Aircraft Carrier? Nature calls everywhere – even on board an aircraft carrier.
Navy Leaders Begin to Acknowledge Mistakes as Investigations into Carrier Suicides Expand Rear Adm. John Meier, commander of Naval Air Force Atlantic, told reporters, "If I knew then what I know today, I think we...
Hundreds of Sailors Being Moved Off Carrier After Surge of Suicides, Captain Tells Crew Capt. Brent Gaut announced that the ship will move 260 sailors "to an offsite barracks-type living arrangement on Norfolk...
Navy's Top Enlisted Leader Tells George Washington Crew at Least They Aren't 'Sleeping in a Foxhole Like a Marine' The carrier has experienced a string of suicides going back at least 10 months, including three suicides in a six-day stretch...
Defense Department to Review List of Medical Conditions that Disqualify Potential Recruits from Serving The review follows changes over the last three years that expanded waivers for 51 conditions.
Frantic Refugees, Helicopters Pushed Overboard: Memories of the Fall of Saigon 50 Years Later Fifty years later, the surreal images of U.S. sailors and Marines scrambling to push, drag and muscle helicopters overboard...
Reports of Civilian Deaths in Yemen Are Mounting. The Pentagon Is Remaining Mostly Silent. After reports of two major strikes against targets inside Yemen, officials at U.S. Central Command are refusing to discuss...
Trump Locks In Future of Michigan Air Base with New Fighter Jet Announcement President Donald Trump landed in Michigan and shared a hug with a longtime antagonist, Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, as...
48 Hours with Marines and Soldiers on the US Southern Border Amid President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, military assets and personnel are increasingly being relied upon for a...