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Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay “Miley” Evans, a naval flight officer, and Lt. Serena “Dug” Wileman, a naval aviator, both 31 years old and from California, died on Oct. 15 when their aircraft crashed near Mount Rainier.

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, MD — The U.S. Navy announced today that it has awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. a $3.5 billion contract to conduct the mission-systems integration for the E-130J, which will be the successor to the E-6B Mercury for the Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) mission.

Later this year, the Navy plans to publish results of a wide-ranging comparative test spanning two years and involving nearly 800 volunteers that may bring it — and perhaps the other services — closer to scientific consensus on the best way to measure body fat. The default method of ensuring troops are within height and weight standards is the tape test — a simple and inexpensive way of measuring ...[Read More]

The U.S. Navy put forward a budget request of $292.2 billion, some of which it intends to use to increase its fleet of warships and modernize century-old shipyards. As proposed, the fiscal 2026 defense budget would require two congressional bills to be passed — a base budget and an upcoming reconciliation bill. The Navy is seeking $248.9 billion in the base budget and $43.3 billion in reconciliati...[Read More]

While government attorneys have admitted in court and in written filings to “serious issues” regarding government misconduct, prosecutors have only provided vague details of that misconduct and not a full reckoning.

MILLINGTON, Tenn. – The MyNavy HR Career Development Symposium (CDS) is coming to the Navy Region Southeast, Dec. 3 to Dec. 5, 2024.