July 22, 2019 Navy identifies sailor who went overboard last week in Arabian Sea The Navy identified the U.S. sailor who went overboard last week from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, prompting a search operation in the Arabian Sea.
July 22, 2019 Rebecca Grant: What 'Top Gun: Maverick' trailer gets right (and wrong) about the Navy, advanced air combat now Do you feel the need for speed? Tom Cruise is returning as a Navy fighter pilot nicknamed Maverick in a sequel to the hit 1986 movie Top Gun. Paramount Pictures dropped the trailer for “Top Gun: Maverick” at Comic-Con in San Diego and its already logged 18 million views, although 15 of those were me.
July 16, 2019 Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher's defense lawyer wants to rejoin the Navy to teach prosecutors, says he fears for law-abiding warfighters The defense attorney who won an acquittal for decorated Navy SEAL Edward "Eddie" Gallagher earlier this month is seeking a waiver to rejoin the Navy at a higher rank to help teacher prosecutors how they mishandled the case.
July 9, 2019 Purple Heart medal discovered at Goodwill in Arizona, prompting search for family Of the items that end up being donated to Goodwill, one particular find in a box at a store in southern Arizona has sparked a nationwide search.
July 6, 2019 Naval weapons base near quakes' epicenter closed for safety inspections As Southern California dealt with the impact of Friday evening’s magnitude-7.1 earthquake, an important U.S. Navy facility near the quake’s epicenter was still dealing with the impact of Thursday’s 6.4 temblor in the area.
July 3, 2019 Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher sentenced to reduced rank, partial pay, after being cleared of murder charges Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher will have his rank reduced and is sentenced to four months of confinement, which he has already served, for posing with the body of a dead ISIS fighter.
July 2, 2019 Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher found not guilty on murder and attempted murder charges A jury found decorated Navy SEAL Edward "Eddie" Gallagher not guilty Tuesday on almost all charges he was facing, including murder and attempted murder, in the killing of an Islamic State member in Iraq.
July 1, 2019 Navy SEAL accused of killing ISIS detainee was victim of 'target fixation,' attorney says in closing arguments An attorney for decorated Navy SEAL Edward "Eddie" Gallagher argued Monday that his client was a subject of "fixation" by military prosecutors and claimed the case against Gallagher had "huge gaping holes."
June 27, 2019 Trump directs Defense Department to develop policy allowing military academy athletes to turn pro upon graduation President Trump on Wednesday told Acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to come up with a policy that would allow athletes enrolled in military academies to play professional sports upon graduation.
June 26, 2019 Prosecution in Eddie Gallagher trial rests case, SEAL’s defense blasts investigator The prosecution in the court-martial of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher rested its case Tuesday, ending six days of testimony in which SEALs accused one of their own of stabbing to death an ISIS prisoner in Iraq in 2017.