USS Fitzgerald

'We have become the worst-looking Navy in the world — with no competition.'

"The instruction has changed, the culture needs to shift with it."

Three years after two of the most shocking peacetime accidents in the history of the U.S. military, the surface community has seen little substantive change, and surface warfare officers still lack the formal training required of professional mariners

Almost three years to the day after that fatal collision and two years after repairs began, the USS Fitzgerald departed Ingalls Shipbuilding Saturday fully repaired and ready to rejoin the fleet

The Navy's efforts with the crews of the USS John S. McCain and the USS Fitzgerald have been uneven, resulting in prompt, thoughtful treatment for some and leaving others mired in depression and anxiety, unable to access care for weeks, even months, according to documents and interviews with dozens of sailors, officers and their families

"We are excited to take the next step to get Fitzgerald back out to sea where the ship belongs."

Shortly after seven sailors died aboard USS Fitzgerald when she collided with a merchant ship off Yokosuka in 2017, I wrote that the Fitzgerald's watch team could have been mine

Navy Cmdr. Bryce Benson was in charge of the USS Fitzgerald during the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer's 2017 collision — and the Navy hasn't let him forget it since

According to senior Navy officials, it could take nearly 16 years or more to know if the planned changes will have an impact

Repairs have been completed on the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain, which was involved in a collision in 2017...

Seven sailors were killed when the destroyer USS Fitzgerald was struck by a merchant vessel on June 17, 2017.

Navy Capt. John L. Bub, Jr., director of operations and training for Tactical Training Group Atlantic (TTGL), argued that the "highly distracting" chatrooms utilized by sailors aboard Navy vessels are a sinister threat to surface operations that desperately require out attention

A ProPublica examination of the cases based on confidential Navy documents, emails among top officials, court records and interviews shows that the criminal prosecutions of the accidents involving the Fitzgerald and the McCain were marred by questionable decisions and egregious mistakes

The Navy's attempts to prosecute Cmdr. Bryce Benson had been rife with problems.

Interviews and an examination of the Navy’s publicly announced reforms raise uncertainty over whether senior leaders have fully followed through on them after the 7th Fleet disasters in 2017

"We do not ask a ship nor direct a ship to go on mission of they are not certified to do the job. Indeed there have been several occasions where I have said: 'That ship is not ready. We will need more time.'"

"Assigning this level of blame to the commanding officer does not let the chain of command and 'Big Navy' off the hook."

A previously-undisclosed internal investigation into the 2017 collision between the USS Fitzgerald and a Philippine-flagged container ship off the coast of Japan, paints an disturbing portrait of operations aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The former captain of the destroyer USS John S. McCain was sentenced to forfeit $6,000 in pay...

The USS John S. McCain’s former executive officer has received non-judicial punishment in connection with the deadly collision with a...

The Navy has punished four more sailors for their roles in the USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain collisions...

On Jan. 16, the U.S. Navy announced that it has charged five officers under the Uniform Code of Military Justice...

The former commanders of the two Navy destroyers involved in separate crashes last year that killed 17 sailors will face...

The crippled USS Fitzgerald was forced to return to its homeport Monday after suffering further damage while being loaded onto...

Editor’s Note: This article by Hope Hodge Seck originally appeared on Military.com, the premier source of information for the military and...