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By Oct 19, 2020
Analysis

Marine veterans say sinking amphibious assault vehicles are ‘death traps’ following deadly accident

A sinking Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicle is a "death trap" because of how hard it can be to get...
By Sep 4, 2020
News

The Marine Corps has launched two investigations into its deadliest AAV training accident ever

Military officials have launched two investigations to determine why an amphibious assault vehicle sank recently during training off San Clemente...
By Aug 26, 2020
News

A fire has hobbled one of the Coast Guard’s only functioning icebreakers

U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy suffered a fire in one of its main propulsion motors as it left Seward, Alaska,...
By Aug 20, 2020
Analysis

3 years after the Fitzgerald and McCain collisions, the Navy’s surface warfare community shows few signs of change

Three years after two of the most shocking peacetime accidents in the history of the U.S. military, the surface community...
By Aug 14, 2020
News

Greek and Turkish warships involved in ‘mini collision’ amid tensions in the Mediterranean

A Greek and a Turkish warship were involved in a mini-collision on Wednesday during a standoff in the eastern Mediterranean,...
By Feb 13, 2020
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The Fitzgerald and McCain collisions left sailors traumatized. The Navy struggled to treat them

The Navy's efforts with the crews of the USS John S. McCain and the USS Fitzgerald have been uneven, resulting...
By Jan 28, 2020
History

How a heroic Coastie sacrificed himself to save others during the service’s worst peacetime tragedy

When the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn capsized after it collided with a passing 605-foot oil tanker in the waters of...
By Jan 10, 2020
News

Videos show a Russian warship getting way too close to a US Navy destroyer in the Arabian Sea

The Russian vessel came within 60 yards of a U.S. Navy destroyer before altering course
By Dec 13, 2019
Opinion

Has justice actually been served for the USS Fitzgerald disaster?

Shortly after seven sailors died aboard USS Fitzgerald when she collided with a merchant ship off Yokosuka in 2017, I...
By Dec 7, 2019
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Navy and Coast Guard vessels collide in Alaska, injuring nine

The crash sent six Coasties and three sailors to the hospital
By Nov 15, 2019
News

11 sailors injured in fire aboard amphibious assault ship Iwo Jima

Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship Iwo Jima reported smoke in the cargo hold at 11:45 p.m on Thursday. The...
By Aug 9, 2019
History

His father died in a WWII cargo ship explosion. Now a former CIA officer, he claims the Navy covered up the real cause

Packed with 600 tons of ammo and explosives, the USS Serpens died in a flash beneath a full moon at...
By Aug 7, 2019
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A damning new report lays blame for the USS John S. McCain collision squarely on the Navy

Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board slammed the Navy for a series of failures that contributed to the August...
By Aug 2, 2019
News

Taiwan says a Chinese warship slammed into one of its cargo ships and then sailed off into the night

​A mysterious Chinese warship collided with a Taiwanese cargo ship in the Taiwan Strait and fled the scene, the island's...
By Apr 11, 2019
News

How the Navy’s top commander botched the service’s highest-profile investigation in years

A ProPublica examination of the cases based on confidential Navy documents, emails among top officials, court records and interviews shows...
By Feb 27, 2019
Analysis

The Navy promised changes after back-to-back deadly collisions. Many within doubt it’s delivering on them

Interviews and an examination of the Navy’s publicly announced reforms raise uncertainty over whether senior leaders have fully followed through...
By Dec 10, 2018
Bullet Points

The Navy Is Revamping Surface Warfare Training To Avoid More Deadly Collisions

The Navy has revamped training for junior officers following two deadly collisions in 2017 involving U.S. Navy ships. The revamped...
By Nov 20, 2017
News

Finally, A 7th Fleet Destroyer Mishap That Wasn’t The Navy’s Fault

An Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer was damaged after colliding with a commercial vessel off the coast of Japan, the fifth...
By Nov 1, 2017
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Here’s Exactly What Went Wrong In the Final Moments Before The Fitzgerald And McCain Collisions

The Navy’s investigation into two separate collisions with commercial vessels involving two Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers over the summer...
By Oct 29, 2017
News

One Sailor’s Withdrawal From Energy Drinks Captures The Navy’s Workload Problems

Sitting in his air-conditioned hotel room, Petty Officer 2nd Class Marcus Salmon began sweating profusely. As he was overtaken by...
By Sep 21, 2017
Opinion

Exhausted Navy Fleet Faces A Dilemma: How To Hit ‘Reset’ While Staying On Watch

7th Fleet, the U.S. Navy’s Pacific forward deployed naval force, has burned itself out; the cost of this burnout is...
By Sep 20, 2017
News

Lawmakers Grill Navy Brass Over 7th Fleet Collisions And Readiness

A row of grieving families looked on Sept. 19 as top Navy officials told a chorus of frustrated senators that...