Carnage in Maryland Leaves 2 Critically Injured, Shooter Dead
After wounding two men at a business park, a Navy medic fled to a nearby military base where he was shot and killed.
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Judge Refuses to Toss Suit Against Navy Contractor Accused of Environmental Fraud
U.S. Navy contractor Tetra Tech EC failed in its bid to get four lawsuits accusing it of falsifying soil tests for a radioactive cleanup project tossed out of court.
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Judge Won’t Wade Into Naval Academy Expulsion Over Tweets
A federal judge dismissed a civil rights case brought by a midshipman challenging his Naval Academy expulsion over offensive social media posts about the police shooting of a Black woman, finding it’s too early for a court to weigh in.
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US Navy Official Says ‘Uneasy Deterrence’ Reached With Iran
The top U.S. Navy official in the Mideast said Sunday that America has reached an “uneasy deterrence” with Iran after months of regional attacks and seizures at sea, even as tensions remain high between Washington and Tehran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.
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Student Sues Naval Academy Over Expulsion for Social Media Posts
A Naval Academy student facing expulsion for alleged racist social media posts filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to overturn the recommendation, claiming the academy’s commanders violated his First and Fifth Amendment rights by their monolithic fealty to “woke” culture and critical race theory.
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Ninth Circuit Upholds Planned Pentagon Buildup on Guam
A Ninth Circuit panel on Friday affirmed a federal judge’s finding that the U.S. Navy and the Department of Defense properly assessed the environmental impact of a plan to move thousands of troops from Okinawa, Japan to the U.S. territory of Guam.
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Four Charged in Theft and Sale of Navy-Owned Schematics
Over 5,000 technical manuals and drawings, including military weapon systems, stolen from the U.S. Navy were sold to a California-based private company that then sold the information to customers across the globe, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday.
Read moreTreasure Island
A federal judge in California ordered Treasure Island residents to amend their conclusory allegations that various entities knew radiation levels on the island were significantly higher than the Navy disclosed to the public.
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After 4 Days, 2 Explosions, Navy Warship Fire Extinguished
A fire on the USS Bonhomme Richard at a San Diego naval base has been extinguished after a four-day battle against one of the worst infernos to rip through a U.S. warship outside of combat in recent years, the Navy said Thursday.
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21 Hurt in Fire Aboard Ship at Naval Base San Diego
Twenty-one people suffered minor injuries in an explosion and fire Sunday on board a ship at Naval Base San Diego, military officials said.
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Navy Captain Dismissed Over Virus Outbreak Fears Denied Reinstatement
The Department of the Navy will not reinstate Capt. Brett Crozier, who lost his command of the USS Theodore Roosevelt after raising concerns about a coronavirus outbreak aboard the aircraft carrier.
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FBI Calls Texas Naval Base Shooting ‘Terrorism-Related’
A shooting at a Texas naval air station that wounded a sailor and left the gunman dead Thursday is being investigated as “terrorism-related,” the FBI said, but divulged few details.
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Trump Valet Tests Positive for Coronavirus
A White House military aide — reportedly part of a unit working closely alongside President Donald Trump — has tested positive for coronavirus but Trump has not been infected, a spokesman said Thursday.
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Astronomers in No Rush to Toast Pentagon’s UFO Footage
(CN) — The Pentagon made history this week when it released three grainy, black-and-white videos of unidentified flying objects, saying the footage was real and had been taken by U.S. Navy fighter-jet pilots.
Read moreCaptain’s Ouster From Virus-Plagued Navy Ship Faces Full Probe
Ordering a detailed investigation of the Covid-19 outbreak aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt, the acting head of the Navy on Wednesday said the preliminary look raised “unanswered questions.”
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Navy Leader Says Fired Carrier Captain Should Be Reinstated
The top officer in the Navy has reportedly recommended the reinstatement of an aircraft carrier captain who was fired over his demand for swift action to protect his crew aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt from an outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
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Navy Boss Must Decide Fate of Fired Captain
The Navy’s top admiral soon will decide the fate of the aircraft carrier captain who was fired after pleading for commanders to move faster to safeguard his coronavirus-infected crew on the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
Read moreCaptain Crozier
Task & Purpose, a military- and veteran-focused digital media company, sued the Department of Defense for emails to and from Capt. Brett Crozier, whose request for help in a Covid-19 epidemic on the USS Roosevelt aircraft carrier led to his removal, then the resignation of the acting secretary of the Navy who removed him.
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Navy Reports First Coronavirus Death From Roosevelt Crew
A member of the crew of the coronavirus-infected USS Theodore Roosevelt warship died Monday of complications related to the disease, the Navy said.
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Acting Navy Secretary Resigns Over Response to Outbreak on Ship
WASHINGTON (CN) — Acting secretary of the U.S. Navy Thomas Modly stepped down Tuesday following the release of leaked audio
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