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Sailors on newest aircraft carrier learned on the job

By HUGH LESSIG - Associated Press

Former Machinist Mate 1st Class Kristian Saucier was sent to prison for carelessness with classified information while Hillary Clinton avoided any punishment from the Obama administration. (U.S. District Court of Connecticut) ** FILE **

‘Hillary Clinton defense’ used to appeal for former Navy sailor’s freedom

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Navy upholds ejection of midshipman who reported sex assault

By RYAN J. FOLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 24, 2014 file photo, a gate is closed at an ICBM launch control facility in the countryside outside Minot, N.D., on the Minot Air Force Base. The Pentagon has thrown a cloak of official secrecy over assessments of how safely and securely its nuclear weapons are operated, maintained and guarded, closing a window onto an already obscure part of the military with a history of periodic inspection failures and lapses in morale. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

U.S. tightens security on nuclear inspections

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 24, 2014 file photo, a gate is closed at an ICBM launch control facility in the countryside outside Minot, N.D., on the Minot Air Force Base. The Pentagon has thrown a cloak of official secrecy over assessments of how safely and securely its nuclear weapons are operated, maintained and guarded, closing a window onto an already obscure part of the military with a history of periodic inspection failures and lapses in morale. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

AP Exclusive: US nuclear inspection results now concealed

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Naval Heros Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Good sailors win battles and avoid accidents

By Gary Anderson

This Jan. 9, 2015 photo shows U.S. Navy Cmdr. David Morales, assigned to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea, during a tour of the a memorial in Pyeongtaek, Republic of Korea. The Navy has charged Morales with accepting gifts and sex with prostitutes from a Malaysian defense contractor.Prosecutors alleged at a preliminary hearing in Norfolk, Virginia, on Monday, June 26, 2017, that Morales accepted bottles of champagne, $5,000 meals and sex, and helped Singapore-based businessman Leonard Francis, nicknamed &quot;Fat Leonard,&quot; secure lucrative contracts to service U.S. Navy ships in Asian ports. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Wendy Wyman via AP))

First military case in Navy bribery scandal begins

By BEN FINLEY - Associated Press

Navy is disciplining 9 sailors for 94K gallon jet fuel spill

By BEN FINLEY - Associated Press

In this May 14, 2009, file photo, Navy SEAL trainees carry inflatable boats at the Naval Amphibious Base Coronado in Coronado, Calif. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)

Probe ordered for conviction of Navy SEAL in sexual assault case

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Top Navy admiral lawyers at the Pentagon are suspected of illegally interfering in the case of Senior Chief Petty Officer Keith E. Barry, who was convicted of sexual assault in 2014 and sentenced to a dishonorable discharge and three years in prison. (Associated Press/File)

Keith Barry’s sex assault case puts 2 Navy admirals under investigation

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

This combination of undated photos released Monday, June 19, 2017, by the U.S. Navy shows the seven U.S. sailors who died in a collision between the USS Fitzgerald and a container ship off Japan on Saturday, June 17, 2017. From top left to right, Personnel Specialist 1st Class Xavier Alec Martin, 24, from Halethorpe, Md.; Yeoman 3rd Class Shingo Alexander Douglass, 25, from San Diego, Calif.; Gunner's Mate Seaman Dakota Kyle Rigsby, 19, from Palmyra, Va.; and Fire Controlman 2nd Class Carlos Victor Ganzon Sibayan, 23, from Chula Vista, Calif. From bottom left to right, Sonar Technician 3rd Class Ngoc T Truong Huynh, 25, from Oakville, Conn.; Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Noe Hernandez, 26, from Weslaco, Texas; and Fire Controlman 1st Class Gary Leo Rehm Jr., 37, from Elyria, Ohio. (U.S. Navy via AP)

Family, friends: Sailor killed in Japan set to retire soon

By DAKE KANG - Associated Press

This combination of undated photos released Monday, June 19, 2017, by the U.S. Navy shows the seven U.S. sailors who died in a collision between the USS Fitzgerald and a container ship off Japan on Saturday, June 17, 2017. From top left to right, Personnel Specialist 1st Class Xavier Alec Martin, 24, from Halethorpe, Maryland, Yeoman 3rd Class Shingo Alexander Douglass, 25, from San Diego, California, Gunner's Mate Seaman Dakota Kyle Rigsby, 19, from Palmyra, Virginia, and Fire Controlman 2nd Class Carlos Victor Ganzon Sibayan, 23, from Chula Vista, California. From bottom left to right, Sonar Technician 3rd Class Ngoc T Truong Huynh, 25, from Oakville, Connecticut, Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Noe Hernandez, 26, from Weslaco, Texas, and Fire Controlman 1st Class Gary Leo Rehm Jr., 37, from Elyria, Ohio. (U.S. Navy via AP)

Stories of sailors killed in destroyer-container ship crash

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

This undated photo released by the U.S. Navy, Monday, June 19, 2017, shows Gunner's Mate Seaman Dakota Kyle Rigsby, 19, from Palmyra, Virginia. Rigsby is one of the seven sailors who died in a collision between the USS Fitzgerald and a container ship off Japan on Saturday, June 17, 2017. (U.S. Navy via AP)

Virginia sailor killed in collision remembered as ‘good kid’

Associated Press

U.S. military personnel work on board the damaged USS Fitzgerald at the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo Sunday, June 18, 2017. The search for seven U.S. Navy sailors missing after their destroyer collided with a merchant ship in waters off Japan was called off Sunday after several bodies were found in the ship's flooded compartments, including sleeping quarters.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Missing U.S. Navy sailors found dead after mid sea collision in Sea of Japan

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

The tall ship Oliver Hazard Perry, top left, is viewed through a porthole on the Peruvian Navy tall ship Union as passers-by, right, walk along a deck aboard the Union during the Sail Boston event, Sunday, June 18, 2017, in Boston. More than 50 tall ships from Europe, South America and the U.S. converged on the city as part of the Rendez-Vous 2017 Tall Ships Regatta. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Navy sex assault case may have been meddled in by top brass

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Japan's Defense Ministry, an injured USS Fitzgerald personnel is carried by U.S. military personnel, left, and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force members upon arriving to the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, after the U.S. destroyer collided with the Philippine-registered container ship ACX Crystal in the waters off the Izu Peninsula Saturday, June 17, 2017. Seven Navy sailors were missing and at least two, including the captain, were injured after the collision off the coast of Japan before dawn Saturday, the U.S. Navy and Japanese coast guard reported. (Japan's Defense Ministry via AP)

The Latest: US Navy says bodies of sailors found on ship

Associated Press

In this Aug. 20, 2013 photo, the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) makes its way through the Pacific Ocean. The U.S. military said the Navy destroyer collided with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan and said there have been injuries. In a brief written statement, U.S. Pacific Fleet in Hawaii said the Navy has requested assistance from the Japanese Coast Guard. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Paul Kelly/U.S. Navy via AP)

7 Navy crew missing, skipper hurt after collision off Japan

By KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press

Ex-Naval attache sentenced to 41 months in bribery case

By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press

In this March 7, 2017, the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) launches a missile from the aft missile deck during Multisail 17, a training exercise designed to improve interoperability between the U.S. and Japanese forces, in the Philippine Sea. The U.S. Navy destroyer has collided with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan, the U.S. military said, and there have been injuries. In a brief written statement, the U.S. Pacific Fleet in Hawaii said the Navy has requested assistance from the Japanese Coast Guard. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William McCann/U.S. Navy via AP)

The Latest: Navy says flooding stabilized after collision

Associated Press

Tribe, groups to sue Navy over ship cleaning in Puget Sound

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