May 2014 By Valerie Insinna X-47B It’s clear that the Navy intends to buy a carrier-based unmanned aircraft able to conduct reconnaissance and, if needed, strike a target. But after … More »
By Amy Jeter The Virginian-Pilot Starting this spring, more than 400,000 military retirees and senior dependents in the Tricare for Life program will owe the full amount for certain prescription … More »
Apr. 30, 2014 – 07:44PM | By VAGO MURADIAN The Fleet Forces Command, led by Adm. Bill Gortney, is one of the US Navy’s largest, composed of some 100,000 sailors … More »
By Patricia Kime Staff writer A House subcommittee has rejected a Pentagon plan to consolidate Tricare Prime, Standard and Extra into a single system that would have resulted in higher … More »
America’s gazillion-dollar Joint Strike Fighter is supposed to go virtually unseen when flying over enemy turf. But that’s not how things are working out. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter—the jet … More »
By Craig Whitlock For more than two decades, the Navy has labored to overcome and bury memories of perhaps the worst scandal in its history: the 1991 Tailhook convention, when … More »
By Chuck Raasch craasch@post-dispatch.com 202-298-6880 WASHINGTON • The Navy will conduct a battle exercise off the West Coast next month that could help determine whether another 22 more EA-18G Growler … More »
By Craig Whitlock The Washington Post © April 24, 2014 The Navy has reassigned a former commander of the Blue Angels, its acrobatic fighter squadron, and is investigating allegations that … More »