Fireman Apprentice Sakari D. Macrae-Hodgin, an electrician’s mate, was booked Wednesday into the Clark County Detention Center on four counts of sexual assault against a child less than 14 years old and one count of incest.

The Navy is asking Congress for more than $5 billion next fiscal year to build three more Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, according to a Congressional Research Service report published Tuesday.

The case against Cmdr. John Michael Neuhart, former commander of Andersen Air Force Base’s Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, landed in the military court system after three failed attempts to convict him on civilian criminal charges.

In December 2017, two videos emerged that showed Navy pilots encountering mysterious spherical objects that appeared, at first glance, to move through the air in ways that baffled experts. Everyone who watched — including the pilots who filmed them — had the same question: What, exactly, are these things?

Navy Senior Chief Michael Forjan set the groundwork for the ruse weeks ago, when he learned he would get a two-week leave to head home from his deployment in Iraq.

The Navy is considering opening parts of Naval Air Station Oceana to the public and leasing the land to private companies so it can spend more on supporting its war-fighting mission and less on being a landlord that runs a golf course, gym and barracks.

Noise has sent more than three dozen residents of Whidbey Island’s Admiral’s Cove neighborhood to court, seeking compensation in a lawsuit filed last week for what they say is their inability to use their property.

The operation by the USS Wayne E. Meyer on Friday demonstrated that the waters are beyond what China can claim as its internal waters or territorial seas under international law, said a spokeswoman for the Navy's Japan-based 7th Fleet.

U.S. divers used underwater drones to find and clear simulated mines and submerged explosives in a NATO exercise that seeks to boost security in the Baltic Sea area, where Russia has grown more active.

Harold Kendall Costill, 18, was among more than 100 sailors killed aboard the battleship USS West Virginia when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. He was listed as missing in action for nearly 80 years.

The former USS Enterprise was decommissioned in 2017, yet it will serve the nation for years to come – piece by piece. Hundreds of parts from the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier have been removed for use on other ships.

A Navy SEAL acquitted of murder in a war crimes trial has sued two of his former attorneys and a military legal defense nonprofit.

Petty Officers Deardre and Daniel Bebeau Sr. sued for malpractice after their son was born in 2014 at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Guam with severe and permanent brain damage.

The Conception's burned-out wreckage was in Port Hueneme, a naval base more than 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles on Friday morning, according to ship-tracking website marinetraffic.com.

Bernard Bartusiak of Chicago earned more than one Distinguished Flying Cross and several Air Medals during the war, but, “for reasons unknown,” didn’t receive them, a Navy spokesman said.

Vice Adm. Phillip Sawyer passed command of the 7th Fleet to Vice. Adm. Bill Merz, a fellow submariner with experience in Japan.

It’s been more than two years since the Palicia brothers saw each other, but after traveling more than 20 hours from their overseas military bases, they reunited Tuesday in San Antonio to prepare for battle Thursday in the Alpha Warrior competition.

A dozen ships, including the Coast Guard Academy’s training barque Eagle and other military vessels and schooners, will be open for free tours during the Connecticut Maritime Heritage Festival.

There’s a burgeoning online market for the elaborate and colorful coins pressed into the palms of Navy petty officers when they pin on their crows and take the chief petty officer’s pledge, but some critics say the trade diminishes the value of the tradition.

The U.S. Navy has been forced to stand down on construction projects meant to fix "life safety violations" and fire risks at dilapidated ship maintenance buildings and hazardous materials warehouses in Virginia after funds were diverted to pay for President Donald Trump's border wall.

Cmdr. Edward Mason, SEAL Team 7's commander; Lt. Cmdr. Luke Im, its executive officer; and Command Master Chief Hugh Spangler, the unit’s senior enlisted leader were dismissed over problems with leadership in the team’s ranks, according to a Navy statement.

Ronnie J. Booth has been reassigned as a “special assistant” to Navy Under Secretary Thomas Modly “for a period not to exceed 30 days.”

A ferry crew found a boat covered in goose barnacles in Galway Bay, off the coast of Ireland. Turns out the mysterious boat was a U.S. Navy test vessel that was lost off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, a year ago.

Brian Urlacher and Jordy Nelson coached military service members through NFL combine-style drills Tuesday as part of USAA’s Salute to Service NFL Boot Camp.

As Dorian’s path progresses north along the coast, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, both in southern South Carolina, have already chosen to evacuate personnel ahead of the storm’s arrival overnight.

Invalid search warrants led to the dismissal of a master sergeant’s conviction, prison sentence and dishonorable discharge. Now the Navy is asking the nation’s highest military court to reverse the decision.

During its time in the 7th Fleet, the amphibious assault ship made history as the first to deploy with the Marine Corps’ fifth-generation F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter, which is capable of short takeoffs and vertical landings.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp.’s Beavercreek office will have a role in a just-awarded, nearly $69 million contract supporting the Navy’s E-2D Hawkeye.

A recent Defense Department report found more than 17% of military personnel are considered obese, up from less than 16% four years earlier.

Dozens of sailors converged on the USS Constitution this week to immerse themselves in the U.S. Navy’s history. The sailors — all candidates for promotion to chief petty officer — learned square-rig sailing skills, and the naval gunnery and Marine Corps drills of 1812.

A Pearl Harbor destroyer conducted at least the fifth Navy "freedom of navigation " operation this year in the South China Sea as part of an ongoing campaign to reject China's claims over most of the area as its territorial seas.

The use of paid influencers is a first by the Navy and underscores the service’s strategic shift away from traditional media as it works to find a new generation of recruits

Released Thursday, the Japan Transport Safety Board’s findings echo a U.S. Navy report from late 2017 saying the accident was “preventable” and that the destroyer’s watch standers contributed to the incident.

The inaugural five-day joint maritime drills between the United States and a group of Southeast Asian nations is intended to “build capacity in maritime domain awareness, information sharing, and sea interdiction.”

At 25 Chesapeake schools, the teachers had more than a few helping hands Wednesday: about 400 servicemembers from Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads volunteered through the command’s fourth annual “Servicing our Schools” initiative.

The incident occurred August 9 in the Arabian Sea when an E-2D Hawkeye from Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 121, based at Naval Station Norfolk, aborted an arrested landing while the aircraft carrier was conducting flight operations.

Retired Adm. Bill Moran showed poor judgment and broke Pentagon rules by using his personal email account to conduct official communications with a former officer who had been disciplined for sexual misconduct, an investigation has found.

Maj. Timothy Cox, who serves with the 22nd Chemical Battalion at Fort Bliss, scored a 600 on the Army Combat Fitness Test.

Task Force Climate Change was tasked with researching methods to adapt to security challenges caused by climate change, such as rising sea levels, harsh weather and melting icecaps.

The Navy wanted to know how sailors and their families living in privatized military housing felt about their homes. Turns out, servicemembers in Norfolk, Va., are less satisfied than most.

On the eve of his departure, Adm. John Richardson said he is satisfied with the behavior of Navy special operations forces “in aggregate” despite a series of embarrassing incidents but that the service must continue to emphasize “the ethical dimension of what we do.”

Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent, who was killed in Syria earlier this year, trained at the Defense Language Institute and was a 2005 graduate of the language school’s Arabic course.

A city official said feedback received over the past five years shows that residents believe a memorial design district is "a major limiting factor to any development or redevelopment in that district." The town has heard that the district's regulations are cumbersome and didn't outline clear expectations for development.

Three months after the USS Ronald Reagan left for a patrol of the western Pacific, the aircraft carrier and its crew of about 4,500 returned home Saturday afternoon.

The new guidance is the result of a command-wide review of ethics and culture that Rear Adm. Collin Green ordered last month as the SEAL community has dealt with several high-profile issues in recent years.

Navy Secretary Richard Spencer has called for an expanded review of the Navy’s Judge Advocate General Corps to include an assessment of the Marines’ Judge Advocates after a recent court-martial raised concerns about the service’s ability to handle legal cases effectively.

A year after the death of his father, John S. McCain IV is wrestling with his past and his future.

Lt. Cmdr. Randall Clemons was relieved of duty Tuesday, the same day Capt. Tadd Gorman was removed as commander of the USS Antietam.

Lt. Cmdr. Jonathan Cebik has been administratively reassigned to Submarine Development Squadron 5, the Navy said in a statement.

Capt. Tadd Gorman was relieved by Rear Adm. Karl Thomas, the commander of Task Force 70, due to “a loss of confidence in his personal judgment and ability to lead,” according to a Navy statement.

The environmental impact is minimal after a sewer line at Naval Station Newport failed Monday and discharged approximately 10,000 gallons of untreated sewage into Newport Harbor, according to an official with the Department of Environmental Management.

It was an eventful 92 days at sea for the destroyer USS Michael Murphy, which returned Monday to Pearl Harbor and waiting family members. The warship deployed May 20 to Chile with a crew of about 350.

Top billing for next month’s 7th Annual Connecticut Maritime Heritage Festival goes to the USS Philippine Sea, a 567-foot guided-missile cruiser that's among more than a dozen vessels lined up for the event, festival organizers announced.

The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport will host the 2019 Advanced Naval Technology Exercise — "Prepare for Battle: Undersea Security" — on Aug 28 and 29 at its Narragansett Bay Test Facility in Newport.

The military installation, whose turf the alligator invaded, used the animal's escapades as a teaching moment in a Facebook post.

Bahrain has agreed to join a U.S.-led coalition for maritime security in the Persian Gulf, making it the third member of a group proposed in the wake of heightened tensions with Iran.

A former sailor who was busted buying firearms with his military discount and then reselling some of them to criminals is proving to be a wealth of information for federal investigators.

Maritime Training Activity Malaysia 2019 involved drills to improve maritime security and law enforcement skills, and includes training in counter-piracy, counter-smuggling, port security and maritime interceptions.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that exposure to some types of radiation can cause cancer, however to date there has been no link established between the specific radiation emitted from radars on these advanced jets and the illnesses pilots are now seeing.

The maze of corridors and living spaces open to the public at the USS Wisconsin has doubled, giving visitors twice as much to explore on the massive battleship that once housed nearly 3,000 personnel.

Boaters Brian McCluney and Justin Walker launched from the 300 Christopher Columbus boat ramp in Jacksonville near Port Canaveral Friday. They were in a 24-foot center console heading toward “8A” reef on a fishing trip. The two men haven’t been seen since, the Coast Guard’s command center in Jacksonville said.

Capt. Theron Toole, the head of Naval Medicine Operational Training Center, was removed from his position Tuesday “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command,” a Navy spokesperson said.

Naval engineers have worked to repair facilities on the base so employees and their families could return, but according to a report this week, the base has still not been deemed “fully mission capable.”

Petty Officer 3rd Class Glenn Washington was acquitted of sexual assault with bodily harm after admitting he had sex with a fellow sailor at his capsule hotel after a night of drinking in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward.

Capt. Kavon Hakimzadeh took command of the USS Harry S. Truman in July, achieving a goal he set for himself 30 years ago after he first laid eyes on an aircraft carrier in Norfolk.

The amphibious dock ship USS Green Bay intended to make a visit on Saturday and the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie planned to stop there later in September, Cmdr. Nate Christensen, deputy spokesman for U.S. Pacific Fleet, told Stars and Stripes Wednesday.

Welding flaws by subcontractor BWX Technologies Inc. are delaying delivery of the first missile tubes for a U.S. Navy submarine weapons upgrade by at least seven months, according to the service.

The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford is packed with new technology, which has caused delays and cost overruns throughout its development and construction. The first-in-class ship joined the fleet in 2017, but more work remains before it is ready for combat.

Army Gen. Richard Clarke, the SOCOM commander, ordered the comprehensive review in a memorandum sent last week to his entire force. The review was to start immediately and conclude by the fall.

After determining state-of-the-art controls contributed to the USS John S. McCain’s deadly collision in 2017, some Navy leaders are speaking out to say newer technology isn’t always better.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel van Dijk, an information systems technician assigned to the mine countermeasures ship, faces “multiple drug charges” for allegedly possessing more than 380 grams of ecstasy and 93 tablets of LSD.

Close to 2,000 midshipmen gathered Friday under the midday sun, snapped to attention in front of Bancroft Hall for the daily formation before lunch. Then, it was all cheers and joy. It was the first time the plebes were seeing their families since they dropped them off for Induction Day on June 27.

Against the backdrop of an enormous American flag blanketing the windows of industrial Building 92 on Seavey Island, Capt. Daniel Ettlich on Friday became the 86th commander of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

The Russian Black Sea Fleet’s Smetlivy destroyer is monitoring the USS Porter’s movements, Tass news agency reported, citing the Russian defense ministry.

CARAT’s Indonesian leg — which began Aug. 1 and covered seven days of activities at sea and on shore — took place in the Java Sea, just south of the contested South China Sea, where Beijing has built up shallow reefs and islets into militarized outposts.

According to the Navy, the USS Serpens blew up Jan. 29, 1945 during the accidental mishandling of bombs, torpedoes and depth charges. But the son of a crew member isn't buying it.

Cmdr. Chris Czaplak was the senior trial counsel during the court-martial of Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher until he was taken off the case in June after concerns were raised by defense lawyers about Gallagher’s ability to have a fair trial .

Just two weeks after its last rescue missing, the crew of the Guam-based Island Knights came to the aid of a Chinese mariner suffering a medical emergency at sea on Tuesday.

Sailors and Marines could still pop positive on a drug test if they use cannabidiol, popularly known as CBD, while treating medical conditions, the Navy warned this week.

Texas-based attorney Colby Vokey says Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher is in breach of a contract he signed in October and Vokey is seeking $200,000 to $1 million in damages. Vokey represented Gallagher until mid-March.

Three of the SEALs were initially accused of abusing detainees in May 2012 at their Afghanistan base, Village Stability Platform Kalach in Uruzgan province. Their commander was also charged.

Bruce Fleming, a tenured civilian English professor, was taken out of the classroom and forbidden contact with students in January 2018. A seven-month investigation into his conduct ensued, and he was taken off the payroll.

Redacted Navy documents suggest Rear Adm. Bette Bolivar accepted gifts in the form of a hotel room, dinner, drinks, entertainment and a golf outing in Malaysia while she was commanding officer of the salvage ship Salvor in 1998.

Navy Security Force personnel shot and killed Juan Gerardo Medina-Reynaga on Friday after he fled following a traffic stop on the installation, according to a release Monday from Navy Region-Mid Atlantic.

As tensions heat up in the Persian Gulf, the Navy’s minesweeping fleet may once again be called into action, but its sailors say the ships are too old and broken to do the job.

An annual fest at Yokosuka drew thousands to the base pier, where they waited in a massive line to tour the 7th Fleet’s flagship, USS Blue Ridge, and the Japanese destroyer JS Yugiri.

At 388 feet long, the Billings can exceed 40 knots and primarily is designed to conduct anti-submarine, anti-mine and surface warfare close to shore.

“Load the Clip” has been dropped as this year’s Navy football team motto after reporters asked Navy officials about it in the context of a national wave of mass shootings.

Lt. Charles Z. Walker, from Strike Fighter Squadron 151 based at Naval Air Station Lemoore in California, was piloting through a canyon when he crashed into a ravine wall at high speed Wednesday.

The drone-downing USS Boxer is ready to counter “anything that’s thrown at us” by Iran should it encounter any new threats, the ship’s executive officer said prior to departing Bahrain on Friday following a scheduled weeklong port visit.

Rear Adm. Collin Green, the commander of Naval Special Warfare Command, has ordered an ethics review of the elite force, which has been plagued by allegations of crimes and other misconduct.

The Senate confirmed Vice Adm. Michael Gilday to be the next chief of naval operations in a voice vote Thursday, a few hours after the Senate Armed Services Committee approved his nomination.

The Defense Department has considerable influence over the "Top Gun: Maverick" script, just as the military does over any movie that enlists its support. If the filmmakers decline to make changes desired by the military, access to equipment and troops can be withdrawn.

President Donald Trump tweeted the prosecutors in the recent court-martial of Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer Eddie Gallagher were “ridiculously” given the Navy Achievement Medal.

About three years ago the Naval History and Heritage Command asked institute volunteers to conduct a search for lost aircraft in the bay near Patuxent River Naval Air Station. The Navy had begun a systematic search for such planes. One of them was Lt. j.g. David L. Mandt's Bearcat. It disappeared in 1945.