A group of 30 Marines, sailors and soldiers from 16 countries took the oath of citizenship Thursday during a ceremony aboard the USS Midway Museum.
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Former USS Lake Erie captain cultivated a "culture of fear" on the ship with subordinate officers saying they had to "walk on eggshells" due to her explosive temper, investigation says. -
A Pentagon report finds that troops' suicides are often preceded by legal or administrative troublesAbout a quarter of all suicide deaths occur among troops caught up in legal or administrative battles — sometimes for minor infractions. -
A Navy spokesperson says the MH-60R Seahawk crashed in the waters of San Diego Bay shortly after 6:30 p.m. Thursday. A safety boat was on hand and the crewmembers were taken in for medical evaluations. -
A long-term study hopes to shed light on an array of vague symptoms that can affect veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. -
The lawsuit alleges that the 35-year-old Air Force veteran was "ambushed" by a U.S. Capitol Police officer, who shot her without "warnings or commands" during the 2021 storming of Congress in support of Donald Trump. -
Independent offices have been set up for each branch of the military to handle serious felony crimes such as sex crimes, domestic violence and murder. -
From fugitive to shackled prisoner, 'Fat Leonard' lands back in US court and could face more chargesLeonard Glenn Francis has faced a federal judge for the first time since snipping off his ankle monitor in 2022 and disappearing weeks before a sentencing hearing on charges that he offered over $500,000 in cash bribes to Navy officials, defense contractors and others. -
'Fat Leonard,' a fugitive now returning to the US, was behind one of the military's biggest scandals"Fat Leonard" was arrested in a San Diego hotel in September 2013 as part of a federal sting. He faced charges of buying off dozens of top Navy officers. -
A Navy officer jailed in Japan over a deadly car crash is transferred to US custody, his family saysLt. Ridge Alkonis of Dana Point had been serving a three-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to the negligent driving deaths of a woman and her son-in-law in 2021. -
A Camp Pendleton Marine was killed Tuesday in a rollover on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, according to Marine officials.
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