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Newest 'Decorated Naval Hero': Tom Cruise

Navy awards him top civilian honor for 'unwavering' support, role in recruitment

(Newser) - Tom Cruise is "now a decorated naval hero," per the AP . The actor's famed portrayal of a US Navy fighter pilot in 1986's Top Gun helped to earn him the Navy's top civilian honor on Tuesday. He received the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award, which...

Elite 'Topgun' Pilots May Face Brain Injuries

Navy has begun studying the issue

(Newser) - The original movie Top Gun may have popularized "the need for speed," but it didn't pay much attention to the dangers of crushing G-forces elite military pilots must endure to achieve that speed. Now, the Navy has for the first time launched a study into potential brain...

US Navy Rolls Out a Submarine Built With Women in Mind

USS New Jersey has 40 women on its crew of 135

(Newser) - The United States Navy has been in the business of submarines for a long time, but it was only in 2010 that it decided to let women aboard. Cue 2024, and we have the first sub specifically designed with female submariners in mind. It's the USS New Jersey, reports...

'Fat Leonard' Sentenced in Navy Bribery Scheme
'Fat Leonard' Gets 15 Years
Nov 5, 2024 6:43 PM CST

'Fat Leonard' Gets 15 Years

Former military contractor sentenced for bribery scheme that swept up dozens of Navy officers

(Newser) - Former military defense contractor Leonard "Fat Leonard" Francis was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for masterminding a decade-long bribery scheme that swept up dozens of US Navy officers, federal prosecutors said. US District Judge Janis L. Sammartino also ordered Francis to pay $20 million in restitution to...

Navy: Crew Members Declared Dead in Fighter Jet Crash

Two aboard might have ejected during training mission in Washington state

(Newser) - Two crew members missing after their fighter jet crashed in mountainous terrain in Washington during a training flight have been declared dead, the Navy said Sunday. Army Special Forces soldiers trained in mountaineering, high-angle rescue were trying to reach the wreckage in a remote, steep, and heavily wooded area east...

A Big Flub for Navy Parachutist at Fleet Week Event

Mom, teen daughter suffer minor injuries after US Navy parachutist lands on them in San Francisco

(Newser) - A fun afternoon watching the US Navy's parachute team turned into a frightening "military mishap" over the weekend, per KTVU , when one of the parachutists barreled into a mom and her daughter while coming in for a landing. SFGate reports that the incident occurred just after 12:30pm...

Sexist 'Armchair Admirals' Criticized After NZ Navy Sinking

Defense minister says female captain is facing online abuse

(Newser) - New Zealand's defense minister says the cause of the country's first naval loss since World War II is being investigated—but "one thing that we already know did not cause it is the gender of the ship's captain." Defense Minister Judith Collins said Thursday that...

US Navy's 'Ghost Ship of the Pacific' Is Found

USS Stewart was deliberately sunk off California in 1946, ending a 'globe-spanning odyssey'

(Newser) - The only US Navy destroyer captured by Japanese forces during World War II has been found in a deep, watery grave off the coast of California. The USS Stewart was stationed in Manila in 1941 to help repel Japanese attacks after the one on Pearl Harbor. But after it was...

Navy Awards Crew Arctic Service Medals

USS Indiana took part in an icy exercise with other services and nations

(Newser) - The Navy has presented its newest honor, Arctic Service Medal, to the crew of a fast-attack submarine for its involvement in an international exercise near the North Pole. The USS Indiana took part in the five-week Operation Ice Camp 2024, in which all five branches of the military and forces...

Navy Crew Plucks Woman, Child From Sailboat as Hurricane Nears

Small boat from guided missile destroyer picks up survivors 925 miles off Hawaii

(Newser) - A small boat crew dispatched from a Navy guided missile destroyer rescued a woman and her 7-year-old daughter from a sailboat in rough seas this week, after a man had died on the craft and distress flares were launched. The rescue by the USS William P. Lawrence occurred about 925...

80 Years After WWII Disaster, Navy Exonerates Black Sailors

256 sailors were unjustly punished after California port explosion killed hundreds

(Newser) - The US Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were found to be unjustly punished in 1944 following a horrific port explosion that killed hundreds of service members and exposed racist double standards among the then-segregated ranks, the AP reports.
  • On July 17, 1944, munitions being loaded onto a cargo
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Navy: Sailor Tried to See Biden's Health Records

Suspect didn't find 'the right Joe Biden,' official says

(Newser) - A junior enlisted sailor tried to look up President Biden's health records in a military medical database, the Navy said Tuesday. The unidentified sailor accessed the Genesis Medical Health System three times on Feb. 23, an official said, but "he did not pull up the right Joe Biden....

Judge Tosses 5 Convictions in Navy 'Fat Leonard' Case

Government cited prosecutorial errors in bribery convictions of retired military officers

(Newser) - A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the felony convictions of five retired military officers who had admitted to accepting bribes from a Malaysian contractor nicknamed "Fat Leonard" in one of the Navy's biggest corruption cases. The dismissals came at the request of the government—not the defense—citing...

Navy Says It Isn't Getting Enough Recruits

But Army, Air Force have turned things around

(Newser) - The Army and Air Force have managed to turn things around and meet recruiting targets, but the Navy isn't saying hello to enough sailors. The Navy says it aimed to sign up 40,600 individuals in the current recruiting year but it expects to fall around 6,700 short,...

Navy SEALs Were Lost Boarding This Boat
Navy SEALS Who
Went Missing Are Dead
UPDATED
Jan 22, 2024 12:30 AM CST

Navy SEALS Who Went Missing Are Dead

US Central Command makes announcement after 10 days of searching

(Newser) - The two Navy SEALS who went missing off the coast of Somalia while attempting to board a boat during a nighttime raid have been declared dead. "We regret to announce that after a 10-day exhaustive search, our two missing US Navy SEALs have not been located and their status...

US Navy Sailors Go Missing Off Coast of Somalia

Search and rescue operation is underway

(Newser) - A search and rescue operation is underway off the coast of Somalia after two sailors from the US Navy went missing on Thursday night, reports Reuters . "For operational security purposes, we will not release additional information until the personnel recovery operation is complete," read a statement from US...

US Sailor Sold Secrets to China, Gets 2 Years

Thomas Zhao will do 27 months for taking bribes, stealing intel from his California base

(Newser) - A US Navy sailor has been sentenced to just over two years in federal prison for transmitting sensitive US military information to a Chinese intelligence officer. Wenheng Zhao, who is also known as Thomas Zhao, of Monterey Park, was sentenced Monday to 27 months by a federal judge in Los...

Pentagon: Navy Sank 3 Houthi Boats, Killing Their Crews

Militants had attacked container vessel in Red Sea, Central Command says

(Newser) - Navy helicopters attacked four small boats in the Red Sea carrying Houthi militants on Sunday after coming under fire, US military officials said, sinking three of them. The boats' crews were killed, US Central Command reported, after militants attacked and tried to board a Denmark-owned Maersk Hangzhou container vessel. Navy...

US Navy Plane Overshoots Hawaii Runway, Goes Into Bay

All 9 aboard survived the incident

(Newser) - A US Navy plane overshot a runway and went into a bay in Hawaii on Monday, and when the Honolulu Emergency Medical Services Department got to the scene, military officials told the emergency workers that all nine people aboard made it safely to shore with no injuries, spokesperson Shayne Enright...

Coast Guard: We Found 4 Missing Divers

Men rescued Sunday off coast of North Carolina in the 'graveyard of the Atlantic'

(Newser) - The Coast Guard has an update on four divers who went missing over the weekend off the coast of North Carolina, and it's a good one: The men have been found alive, reports CNN . An early Monday post from USCG Mid-Atlantic on X, formerly known as Twitter, noted that...

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