Two Navy ROTC midshipmen at the University of Missouri-Columbia were suspended March 3 after allegedly stringing cotton balls across the front entrance of the school’s black cultural center. Campus police charged two students, freshmen Sean Fitzgerald, 19, and junior Zachary Tucker, 21, with felony tampering in the Feb. 26 incident, according to a...
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The Navy on Tuesday took top honors Tuesday as the nation’s leader in human resources management as it received Workforce Management magazine’s Optimas Award for General Excellence — and its top officer gave clear orders to stay the course. The award, presented in a ceremony on Capitol Hill, recognizes the Navy’s innovative initiatives...
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Why is the Army buying equipment that fared poorly in tests? That’s the question the chairman of the House Armed Services air and land subcommittee asked senior Army officials at a March 10 hearing. “It does not seem like these things are going to be ready anytime soon,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said...
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The U.S. Air Force does not plan to modify its request for proposals in the KC-X aerial refueling plane program despite the withdrawal of one of two expected bidders, said Gen. Norton Schwartz, the service’s chief of staff, at a March 10 congressional hearing. Schwartz spoke at a hearing of the House Appropriations...
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Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., a Vietnam veteran and former war correspondent who now chairs the Senate panel that oversees military personnel policy, seemed to endorse the idea of letting troops in war zones drink alcohol as a way to relieve combat stress. At a hearing of his Senate Armed Services military personnel panel,...
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Florida’s Mayport naval base got a boost Tuesday when the Navy’s top officer confirmed it as the future home and primary site of East Coast littoral combat ships. The first LCS vessels are to be homeported at Mayport beginning in 2016, Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations, said during a military construction...
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SAN DIEGO — Three weeks after a carrier-based chief petty officer suffered a fatal electric shock, the commander of the Navy’s surface fleet ordered all ships to review training and reinforce safety measures for all shipboard electrical systems. In his safety advisory issued Monday, Vice Adm. D.C. Curtis warned the fleet to follow...
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LOS ANGELES — A former Marine acquitted on charges of killing unarmed Iraqi detainees has sued a Southern California city over not being rehired as a police officer. Jose Luis Nazario filed the lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court, seeking more than $4.5 million in damages. Nazario’s attorney Joseph Preis claims the city...
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Rear Adm. Carol Pottenger has been nominated for promotion to vice admiral and assignment as deputy chief of staff for capability development, Supreme Allied Command Transformation, Norfolk, Va., according to a Defense Department news release. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced the nomination Tuesday. Pottenger is commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, Norfolk. Navy officials...
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CSC survey: US aerospace and defense execs see growth opportunities in cybersecurity, renewable energy, and physical and information infrastructure. Chilean earthquake hits Talcahuano NB hard, reportedly totaled 2 U209 submarines in ASMAR shipyard; full shipyard recovery could take up to 5 years . Forecast International: Report predicts $28.4 billion will be...
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Navy Times wants to know how you would change the Navy if you were calling the shots. Uniforms, policies, rules and regs, hardware, deployments, pay and bonuses, it’s all good. Just be specific. We’ll compile your responses and ask the big bosses what they think. Send your ideas to reporter Lance M. Bacon...
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Chartered Mi-8, ISAF (click to view full) British commander foresaw own death; Major deal for US State Department; credit-worthy Czechs; drop gone wrong; contracts to Evergreen, CHC, and Presidential Airways. (March 9/10) Afghanistan is shaping up as a test of the NATO alliance. Thus far, the report is mixed. While a number of...
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The self-described "Jihad Jane" who thought her blond hair and blue eyes would let her blend in as she sought to kill an artist in Sweden is a rare case of an American woman aiding foreign terrorists and shows the evolution of the global threat, authorities say.
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Congress is attempting to make up for lost time, inviting 200-plus surviving WASPs to Washington, D.C., where they will be awarded with the Congressional Gold Medal in the Capitol Rotunda.
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Iran's outspoken president on Wednesday accused the United States of playing a double game in Afghanistan and mocked the US defence secretary during their overlapping visits to the country.
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