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Judge permits former Army colonel’s sex assault case against Joint Chiefs No. 2
Air Force Gen. John Hyten, who was confirmed last September as the nation's second highest-ranking military officer, flatly denied the claims during his confirmation hearing.
‘What the hell was he thinking?’: Families of McCain sailors tear into former CO at court-martial
One-by-one, 15 gut-wrenching statements were read while the destroyer’s former commanding officer, Cmdr. Alfredo J. Sanchez, sat only a few feet away.
By Jon Simkins
Seamanship remains at the core of Naval Academy training
In October, the Navy published a review of “Recent Surface Force Incidents,” highlighting avoidable collisions involving the USS Fitzgerald and the USS John S. McCain that led to the deaths of 17 sailors.
By Rachel Pacella, The (Annapolis, Md.) Capital
The Pentagon’s acquisition office is gone. Here’s what the next 120 days bring.
The Pentagon has officially split its acquisition, technology and logistics office into two units. Now comes the hard part.
By Aaron Mehta
The Navy's dicey decision to pursue homicide charges
It’s a move that will have a potentially far-reaching impact on all services and service members up and down the chain of command.
By Military Times Editorial
Navy ship collisions prompt rare criminal charges
The Navy’s decision to charge five officers with negligent homicide for their involvement in two fatal ship crashes marks a rare legal move that, if proven, could send them to jail for up to three years.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Navy filing homicide charges for McCain, Fitzgerald commanders
In all, five officers and a chief could face courts-martial in the collisions last summer that killed 17 sailors.
MISFIRE: Looks like the Navy is lowering standards
The Navy is retaining more sailors who are failing fitness tests and not getting promoted.
By Navy Times staff
Sailors driving the McCain were not qualified to be on watch, Navy says
McCain’s bridge team was neither experienced nor qualified to the level they should have been.
By Mark D. Faram
Navy finds deep-rooted failures led to fatal collisions
Navy officialdom admits to widespread failures at the core of its most basic function: safely operating ships at sea.
By David B. Larter
Navy crews at fault in fatal collisions, investigations find
Two accidents that claimed the lives of 17 sailors resulted from complete breakdowns in standard Navy procedures and poor decision making by officers and sailors on the bridge of the two warships.
By David B. Larter