US Navy
Man Behind US Navy’s Largest Corruption Case Hires a U-Haul, Cuts Ankle Tag, and Flees
“Fat Leonard” bribed officers with sex parties and fancy feasts in exchange for classified information and defence contracts. Now, weeks from sentencing, he’s vanished.
The Navy Paid a Marketing Firm $2 Million for Its Esports PR Disaster
New documents reveal the broad goals of the U.S. Navy’s esports disaster, as well as some of the money it’s spent.
A U.S. Navy Twitch Stream Included Jokes About Nagasaki and the N-Word
For just over an hour, a member of the U.S. Navy’s esports team played with ‘close friends’ who used ‘Nagasaki’, ‘Japan 1945’, and ‘Gamer Word’ as their screennames.
The Skeptic’s Guide to the Pentagon’s UFO Videos
The videos aren’t proof of extraterrestrial life, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t interesting.
US Navy Officially Publishes Three UFO Videos
The three videos were originally released by former Blink-182 singer Tom DeLonge.
Coronavirus Just Took an Entire U.S. Aircraft Carrier Out of Commission
The coronavirus pandemic is starting to take a toll on military operations, even as the civilian authorities increasingly turn to the Pentagon for emergency assistance.
The Growing Costs of Bad Government, at Home and at Sea
From the Foxconn boondoggle in Wisconsin to the 7th Fleet, the system is failing the people that depend on it.
A Giant Sun Storm During the Vietnam War Likely Exploded Dozens of Mines
“The extreme space weather events of early August 1972 had significant impact on the US Navy, which have not been widely reported.”
The US Navy Wants Undersea Gas Stations for Underwater Drones
Access to undersea gas stations could allow Gavias and other underwater drones to spend more time scanning the seabed, searching for crash survivors or locating enemy mines.
As the Ice Melts, Nuclear Submarines Train for Arctic War
Hundreds of sailors from the US Navy and British Royal Navy meet under an ice floe in the Arctic Sea for ICEX 2018.
These Women Spent Five Months Lost at Sea with Their Dogs and Tons of Pasta
Before the Navy came to rescue them, they had been floating aimlessly through a pack of sharks.