US Naval Academy midshipman dies
The 20-year-old's death is currently under investigation, the U.S. Naval Academy said.
By Riley Ceder
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Adm. James Kilby receives ‘Old Salt’ award for tenured service
The award honors an active-duty Navy officer with the earliest date of qualification as a surface warfare officer.
By Riley Ceder
Op-Ed: Why the Pentagon is interested in UFOs
Globally, the number of UFO reportings in a year has peaked at more than 8,000. It’s not known how many the military experiences
By Iain Boyd, University of Michigan
Vice President Pence to speak at West Point’s graduation
The Class of 2019 will graduate on Saturday, May 25.
By Kathleen Curthoys
This week in Congress: Defense, VA nominees finally moving ahead
Military and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of May 13, 2019.
Company pays $2 million in kickback, bribery suit involving Fort Bliss construction contract
An Alaska company and its subsidiary have paid more than $2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the federal government that accused the company of paying kickbacks and bribes to secure government contracts at an El Paso Army post, officials said.
Seabees, Marines finish mountaintop tarmac
California tourist island's runway reopens after big fix.
NAVSEA: Up to $1.9 billion deal for Coast Guard’s new icebreaker fleet
The Polar Security Cutters are designed to conduct search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, environmental response and national defense patrol missions in often frozen waters.
By Navy Times staff
‘An intellectual investment in our officer corps’ — Pentagon partners with Johns Hopkins on new program
The Office of the Secretary of Defense has partnered with Johns Hopkins University to create the Secretary of Defense Strategic Thinkers Program.
By Joshua Axelrod
Marines fire squadron commander of Hornet involved in fatal crash with KC-130J that killed six
The investigation into the crash has not yet been released.
By Todd South
After nearly a year, Trump moves to fill VA’s second-highest leadership post
VA General Counsel James Byrne, who has served as the acting deputy secretary since last August, was formally nominated for the job.
The chill in US-Russia relations has some worried about stumbling into a military conflict
The deep chill in U.S.-Russian relations is stirring concern in some quarters that Washington and Moscow are in danger of stumbling into an armed confrontation that, by mistake or miscalculation, could lead to nuclear war.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press