GAO calls on Coast Guard, Congress to step up marine firefighting
GAO found 886 marine fires over a decade and recommends changes to improve Coast Guard response and require more vessel response plans.
By Ellen Ioanes
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Pentagon spent millions on migrant detention supplies that were never used, watchdog says
The Pentagon spent $2.85 million assembling tents at Guantanamo Bay that were never used to house detained noncitizens, a government watchdog reported.
‘Risking billions’: US Navy’s massive shipyard overhaul lacks oversight, watchdog says
The Navy's generational effort to improve poor conditions and outdated infrastructure at U.S. shipyards lacks oversight and parameters, a watchdog found.
Coast Guard releases ‘action plan’ on sexual assault as federal watchdog criticizes delays
The Coast Guard released a 17-step plan Thursday to prevent sexual assault, improve reporting and response and prosecute alleged perpetrators.
By Patricia Kime
Navy not doing enough to study long-term brain damage in aviators, lawmakers say
A House committee found that the Navy was at fault for not doing more to research long-term brain damage in aviators, despite knowledge of suicides.
By Riley Ceder
They served through America’s post-9/11 wars. 25 years later, what did that service mean?
Nearly 3 million Americans served in the wars that followed Sept. 11. Three veterans reflect in The War Horse about what they saw, lost and still carry.
By David Roza, The War Horse