Navy

Photos of the amazing, moving, important and amusing things happening in the defense community.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Defense Department is getting ready to announce new vetting procedures for foreign military members studying and training at U.S. facilities.

The Navy’s new top officer says he doesn’t discount the need to grow his service, but for now, sustaining what it already owns is more important.

The 2020 Defense authorization bill includes almost 1,800 pages and we found several important and interesting provisions that you should know about ranging from military cyber advisers to the possible return of lead system integrators.

The Navy is updating its human capital strategy for the first time in a decade.

The Navy got a lesson in procurement when it set out to buy weapons with scopes for use by special forces.

The FBI says it’s not ready to release the identity of the Saudi aviation student who killed three people at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida

An active duty US sailor whose submarine was docked at Pearl Harbor opened fire on three civilian employees Wednesday, killing two and then taking his own life just days before dignitaries and veterans descend on the base for the 78th anniversary of the Japanese attack

The military services are getting fed up with housing contractors that are not cleaning up issues with service members’ homes.

The Energy Department and the Department of the Navy worked together on the largest Energy Savings Performance Contract ever for the Naval Station Guantanmo Bay in Cuba in 2019.

Launching a new aircraft carrier is more than floating a big ship.

Each of the military services significantly ramped up their use of direct hiring in 2019. The Air Force Sustainment Center, for instance, is using the authority to fill more than 70 percent of all job openings.

Defense chief Esper fires Navy Secretary Spencer, ending clash between Trump and top military leadership over fate of SEAL accused of war crimes in Iraq

The Navy is working on a way to standardize the way it handles data for different scenarios.