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

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

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."

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.

"The first throttle installation is scheduled for summer of 2020, after the hardware and software changes have been developed and fully tested to ensure the new configuration is safe, effective, and has training in place."

Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board slammed the Navy for a series of failures that contributed to the August 2017 collision between the destroyer John S. McCain and Alnic MC, a Liberian-flagged oil tanker near the Singapore Strait

The Navy has awarded fifty sailors for "their bravery and contributions to damage control efforts" after a 2017 collision between the USS John McCain and a merchant ship.

The Navy secretary is reminding military personnel in his charge that they must remain apolitical, less than a month after the sea services fielded a request from White House officials to hide a ship named for one of President Donald Trump's political rivals, and sailors were photographed sporting patches that mimicked a presidential campaign slogan

The Pentagon doesn't need to investigate a White House directive for the U.S. Navy to move the warship USS John S. McCain from view before President Donald Trump's recent trip to Japan, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Sunday.

"There is no room for politicizing the military," Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said.

President Donald Trump defended as "well meaning" the head-scratching effort by military brass to prevent the commander-in-chief from seeing the name of his Republican rival on the Navy warship that bears his name

President Donald Trump and Sen. John McCain were such political foes that the president initially did not order flags be flown at half-staff after McCain died in August.

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

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.'"

Now that the destroyer USS John S. McCain’s former commanding officer has pleaded guilty to dereliction of duty, the Navy...

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 Navy has relieved two USS John S. McCain senior officers in connection with a “preventable” deadly collision involving the...