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SAN DIEGO, CA - Local teenager Travis Munroe is safe and back with his family today after being rescued by a platoon of Navy SEALs.
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NORFOLK, VA - Having an unknown contact appear off the stern can be a frightening scenario for many submariners, but it's even worse when that sonar blip
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NAVAL BASE KITSAP, WA – Captain Jay Henson made history today, becoming the first African-American officer to take command of the James Madison-class ballistic missile submarine USS
Oct 5, 2022 · 1 min readSAN DIEGO, CA — The captain of a Navy ship damaged during a collision in the Mediterranean has been relieved of command and is facing charges, the Navy announced
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MONTEREY, CA — On a brisk, sunny northern California morning, Defense Language Institute students gathered at Soldier Field for the first day of the Nerd of the Quarter competition.
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SAN DIEGO, CA - In an announcement today at Naval Base San Diego, the commander of the US Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT) remarked that he was extremely proud of the
Oct 5, 2022 · 2 min readWASHINGTON, D.C. – The Pentagon's inspector general announced today an investigation into whether or not a group of Navy SEALs committed fraud by spending several hundred
Oct 5, 2022 · 2 min readCORONADO, CA — In a ceremony yesterday, U.S. Navy SEAL Lieutenant Bryan Able was presented with the Silver Star for bravery, making him the first to receive the
Oct 5, 2022 · 2 min readVIRGINIA BEACH, VA - A major publisher of Navy SEAL memoirs reported today that a U.S. retaliation strike is "imminent" in Libya. Following the news stories
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SAN DIEGO, CA — Navy health officials say the person behind a health crisis that has resulted in thousands of sick sailors, weeks of lost working hours, and over
Oct 5, 2022 · 2 min readBOSTON, Mass. – With the US Navy increasingly stretched trying to meet its commitments in both the Pacific and the Middle East, the Department of the Navy announced today
Oct 5, 2022 · 2 min readCORONADO, CA — Inspired by the movie Act of Valor, aspiring actors and theater majors have been volunteering in droves for Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S), reported Navy
Oct 5, 2022 · 2 min readNORFOLK, VA — A surprising US Navy study recently found the greatest way to increase shipboard morale was to blast earsplitting whistles over the intercom at random intervals. “We
Oct 5, 2022 · 1 min readSecretary of the Navy Ray Mabus NORFOLK, VA - Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus went on a tour of the USS San Antonio today to promote his new
Oct 5, 2022 · 2 min readMANAMA, BAHRAIN - In a move sure to send a strong message to Iran, the US Navy has kicked off the opening stages of Operation Hawk Thunder, an expensive,
Oct 5, 2022 · 1 min readPHILADELPHIA, PA - Tragedy and triumph describe the most bitter fought Army-Navy football battle in history yesterday, which resulted in victory for Army, who used a unique mixture
Oct 5, 2022 · 2 min readWASHINGTON, DC – After months of high-profile deliberation, a US Navy spokesperson has confirmed that the military organization is prepared to issue a public apology to Lieutenant Junior
Oct 5, 2022 · 2 min read
WASHINGTON, DC – In a press release Wednesday morning, Chief of Naval Operations Jonathan Greenert announced that the United States Navy will change its standard operating language from English
Oct 5, 2022 · 2 min readUSS JOHN C. STENNIS – Navy investigators on supercarrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) have no leads after a string of three gruesome murders onboard the ship, officials
Oct 5, 2022 · 2 min readSailors attend the new 'A Monster a day keeps the Scurvy away' briefing. KINGS BAY, GA — A sailor on shore duty has contracted scurvy, military health
Oct 5, 2022 · 2 min readWASHINGTON, DC – The Navy this week began subjecting randomly-selected Sailors to non-judicial punishment proceedings based on crimes they will likely commit in the future. Dubbed “NJP
Oct 5, 2022 · 2 min readWASHINGTON, D.C. — Thousands of Sailors beta testing the Navy's new, $130 million attempt at a digitally secure version of Twitter have been tweeting that the
Oct 5, 2022 · 2 min readSAN DIEGO, CA – The executive-officer of one of the Navy’s esteemed Wasp class ships, the USS Boxer, has recently come under criticism because of a ranting
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