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Navy crafts new cyber rating, designator to streamline roles

The new rating and designator will predominantly be assigned to shore billets such as staff positions and leadership positions, and instructor billets.

22 months ago

Big enlistment bonuses offered to sailors entering the nuclear field

The bonuses exceed the maximum of $50,000, which they Navy established in February 2022.

22 months ago

Walt Nauta, left, takes a phone from Former President Donald Trump during the LIV Golf Pro-Am at Trump National Golf Club, Thursday, May 25, 2023, in Sterling, Va.

Veterans

Navy veteran Walt Nauta charged in Trump classified documents case

Walt Nauta was in the Navy and served as a White House military valet to former President Donald Trump, according to the BBC.

WATCH: The lost Marine AAV is found, Air Force uniform changes, and want to buy a missile silo? ― The Briefing 08.11.20

What our military reporters are watching this week.

5 years ago

Second set detailers take over the training of Midshipmen 4th Class, or plebes, on Aug. 1, 20202, at the United States Naval Academy, marking the halfway point of Plebe Summer, a demanding indoctrination period intended to transition the candidates from civilian to military life.

Naval Academy to hold mix of in-person and online learning

The U.S. Naval Academy is bringing students back to Annapolis, Maryland, for the fall semester with a mix on in-person and online learning.

5 years ago

US Navy commissions another Littoral Combat Ship amid renewed push to fix the program

The U.S. Navy added a new LCS to its fleet while the services tries to find a way forward for the class.

5 years ago

Sigonella sailor dies after being struck by vehicle

What happened to Hospitalman Arturo River on July 26 remains under investigation.

5 years ago

COVID-19 casts SEAL training in Washington state adrift

The Navy's most recent permit to train in public parks expired in April.

5 years ago

Carrier Ike back in Norfolk following more than 200 consecutive days at sea

The Eisenhower and the guided-missile cruiser San Jacinto pulled into Norfolk Naval Station on Aug. 9, following a seven-month deployment in which they operated in U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet.

5 years ago

Junior sailor dies in car crash, days after turning 21

Damage Controlman Fireman Sintereius J. Davis was assigned to the guided-missile destroyer Hopper.

5 years ago

In this photo released by the Royal Thai Army, a health officer collects a nasal swab sample from Gen. James McConville, chief of staff of the U.S. Army, to test for the coronavirus at the military airport in Bangkok on July 9, 2020.

Here’s what you need to know about the new guidance for troops planning to travel during coronavirus pandemic

Troops and their families will have to complete a risk assessment and, possibly, a quarantine period.

5 years ago

‘Despair’ spreading throughout the Military Sealift Command fleet over ‘draconian’ COVID-19 restrictions, unions warn

Roughly 5,000 mariners have been ordered to not leave their U.S. Military Sealift Command ships for nearly five months under the "Gangways Up" order.

5 years ago

Chief loses anchors after pleading guilty to ‘wrongful appropriation’ of military property

Then-Chief Aviation Electronics Technician Kirk P. Killian entered into a pre-trial agreement and was found not guilty of a charge of conspiring with two other chiefs to steal scopes, night vision goggles and chemlights.

5 years ago

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