April 28, 2019 Navy reviewing procedures after female recruit, 18, dies during boot camp The U.S. Navy is reviewing its training and safety procedures after an 18-year-old recruit from Alabama died during boot camp last week.
April 26, 2019 Burial held for Navy petty officer who was MIA in Vietnam for decades A Navy petty officer who was MIA after he was killed in a plane crash in Vietnam 52 years ago has been laid to rest in California with full military honors.
April 18, 2019 Military academies begin to follow military transgender ban The elite academies that educate officers for the nation's armed forces have begun to implement the Trump administration's ban on transgender service members.
April 14, 2019 US Navy sailor kills himself after stabbing Japanese woman: report A U.S. Navy sailor allegedly stabbed a Japanese woman before taking his own life in an Okinawa apartment on Saturday.Â
April 13, 2019 Japan says US serviceman kills woman, self in Okinawa A U.S. serviceman fatally stabbed a Japanese woman and then killed himself in Okinawa on Saturday, Japan's Foreign Ministry said, amid growing resentment about the presence of American troops in the southwestern Japanese region.
April 11, 2019 Trump nominates naval aviator as next Navy chief President Donald Trump is nominating a naval aviator with extensive experience in budgeting and personnel reform to become the next officer to lead the Navy.
April 11, 2019 Navy drops charges against officers involved in fatal USS Fitzgerald collision The U.S. Navy on Wednesday announced it will drop all criminal charges against two officers involved in the 2017 collision of the USS Fitzgerald that killed seven U.S. sailors, according to a press release.
April 1, 2019 US, Nigeria, other countries train navies in Gulf of Guinea The United States Navy and 33 other countries recently carried out weeks of maritime training in the Gulf of Guinea, to improve safety against pirates and to improve the monitoring of the West Africa coastline.
March 30, 2019 Trump says Navy SEAL accused of war crimes will be moved to ‘less restrictive confinement’ President Trump on Saturday announced that Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, who is accused of war crimes in Iraq, will be moved to ‘less restrictive confinement’ -- apparently in response to a push by Republican lawmakers advocating for Gallagher.
March 29, 2019 Joe Bellino, Navy's first Heisman college football award winner, dies at 81 Joe Bellino, the Navy’s first Heisman trophy winner, passed away Friday at the age of 81 in his home in Massachusetts after being in failing health for some time.