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Congress presses SECNAV for answers on recruiting challenges
One lawmaker called Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro’s answers to recruiting questions “a lot of hot air.”
By Diana Stancy
Should Navy hospital ships be armed?
The threat of hybrid warfare increases hospital ships' need for defense measures, a new paper argues.
By Sarah Sicard
Marine task force expands recon role in European operations
The task force coordinates Marine units in Europe and Africa. It's next rotation is scheduled for May.
By Todd South
DOD ‘slow rolling’ fair special pays for Guard, Reserve, advocates say
Pentagon officials fear such reforms could harm active duty retention.
By Davis Winkie
Sailors’ endurance tested amid 4 months of constant Red Sea threats
Sailors aboard the carrier Eisenhower and its accompanying warships have spent months defending against ballistic missiles and flying attack drones.
By Bernat Armangue and Tara Copp, AP
Navy expands enlisted billet-based advancement policy to new ratings
The Detailing Marketplace Assignment Policy allows sailors in sea-intensive ratings to promote and receive certain financial incentives.
By Diana Stancy
Finally, sailors can put hands in their pockets under policy update
A Navy policy change now allows sailors to put their hands in their pockets, wear the bucket cover, rock better PT gear and sport false eyelashes.
By Diana Stancy
USS Gerald R. Ford leaders look back on maiden (and extended) cruise
How the brand-new aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford and its largely green crew found their sea legs together.
By Diana Stancy
Why the Navy says its Red Sea and Gulf of Aden battles are historic
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are believed to be the first entity to ever fire an anti-ship ballistic missile in conflict.
Brrr! Navy runs Arctic explosive ordnance disposal training exercise
The exercise sought to hone Navy EOD and diver skills within the chilly confines of a simulated Arctic environment.
By Diana Stancy
Opinion
What it takes to reconstitute the Navy and win the new Cold War
Our guest opinion writer argues that the Navy should look to former Navy Secretary William Middendorf II when seeking to correct today's sea service.
By Brent D. Sadler