Geoff Ziezulewicz

Senior Reporter

Geoff is a senior staff reporter for Military Times, focusing on the Navy. He covered Iraq and Afghanistan extensively and was most recently a reporter at the Chicago Tribune. He welcomes any and all kinds of tips at geoffz@militarytimes.com.

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Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith looks out from the stage at the Defense News Conference in Pentagon City on Sept. 7, 2022.

Being a Marine is enough of a bonus, No. 2 Marine Corps general says

"Your bonus is that you get to call yourself a Marine."

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Navy completes ‘first of its kind’ jet repairs on a deployed carrier

The Super Hornet suffered an engine fire in August 2022 and was repaired aboard the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush.

2 months ago

Will your military ID card stop working tomorrow?

As of Nov. 10, 37,377 Navy members and 9,337 Marine Corps members were still using impacted cards.

Skipper censured in fatal Marine AAV mishap tapped to command carrier

Capt. John Kurtz commanded the amphibious transport dock Somerset at the time of a fatal Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicle mishap in 2020.

Navy ends safety standdown for part of the T-45C Goshawk jet fleet

Jets affected by an engine blade problem remain grounded, but the Navy is declining to say how many jets that involves.

Here be giants — outlandish tales of the military & the Afghan colossi

It's Halloween, so enjoy these otherworldly deployment tales.

Are you a military recruiter? If so, sound off to us

We need the ground truth about what's going on from military recruiters.

Here’s why Navy and Marine Corps training jets are grounded

The fleet safety stand-down began Oct. 14.

Navy grounds T-45 Goshawk fleet over engine blade failure

The so-called "safety pause" began Friday but was not announced by the Navy until Tuesday.

Here’s how you could be on TV during the Army-Navy game

Big Navy is asking sailors and Marines to send in "spirit spots" that could air during the Dec. 10 gridiron battle.

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U.S. offers up Marine transports to partner nation

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New commanding general named for West Coast Marine expeditionary force

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