A group of 30 marines, sailors and soldiers from 16 different countries took the oath of citizenship in a ceremony on board the USS Midway Museum on Thursday.
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Two retired Navy officials ave pleaded guilty in a bribery case that has caused the downfall of high-ranking officials in one of the worst corruption scandals in Navy history. -
Montgomery operated in the South China Sea, Philippine Sea, Strait of Malacca and waters near Singapore. -
While in San Diego, the ship underwent a strategic deep-cleaning that balanced decontamination with preventing damage to the ship's critical systems, Navy officials said. -
KPBS Midday EditionWith the most outbreaks among the armed forces, the Navy finds that close quarters make it particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. -
Prior to departing, the strike group completed a composite training unit exercise called COMPTUEX, which is designed to fully integrate units of a carrier strike group while testing its ability as a whole to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. -
An Iranian doctor based in Florida has returned to his homeland after being part of a swap that saw a U.S. Navy veteran from Imperial Beach held by Iran return to America. The semiofficial Fars news agency published an image of Matteo Taerri being greeted at Tehran’s airport by Foreign Ministry officials and his family. -
To date, the San Diego-based carrier had the largest single biggest outbreak of COVID-19 in the Navy. Its captain became the unwitting centerpiece of the Navy's failure to contain the virus. -
Military police and other elements of the National Guard arrived in San Diego County without public notice late Wednesday evening, on the request of Sheriff Bill Gore. -
KPBS Midday EditionKetamine has shown promise in derailing suicidal thoughts among patients resistant to other treatments. The San Diego VA has started pulling veterans off the drug to treat them instead with a controversial nasal spray promoted by President Trump. -
The suit accuses the Navy of leaking "about 500 pages of confidential documents from the Navy's criminal investigation" on Gallagher to reporter David Philipps, who extensively covered the allegations against Gallagher prior to and after his trial at Navy Base San Diego last year.
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