Coast Guard signs agreement to help manatees
The Coast Guard can do more to keep Florida manatees safe thanks to an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The agreement, announced Sept. 6, means Fish and Wildlife can tap the Coast...
View ArticleMichelle Kwan is engaged to a Coastie
Ice skating superstar Michelle Kwan is engaged to Lt. Clay Pell, a U.S. Coast Guardsman and director for strategic planning on the National Security staff at the White House, People Magazine reported....
View ArticleSEAL’s book tops Fifty Shades of Grey
Last week, Americans were far more interested in war than love. “No Easy Day,” a former SEAL’s account of the bin Laden raid, pushed “Fifty Shades of Grey,” a sultry romance, out of the No. 1...
View ArticleMidshipmen show off their moves in “Gangnam Style” parody
Korean pop sensation Psy, star of the viral Youtube video “Gangnam Style,” said on The Ellen Show that the mindset of his signature horse-riding dance move is to “dress classy and dance cheesy.”...
View Article‘Boardwalk Empire’ director in talks to work on Coast Guard drama
Move over “Act of Valor” and “Battleship.” It’s time for the Coast Guard to get some time on the silver screen. Tim Van Patten, who has worked on HBO hits like “The Sopranos,” “Sex and the City” and...
View ArticleSailor calls Romney a ‘narrow-minded bigot’
The military community will likely play a huge role in the upcoming presidential election, and the internet knows which way at least one sailor will swing. A man who identifies himself as a sailor...
View ArticlePortsmouth Olympic gold medalist aces Navy fitness test
All of that headline is true. Lt. Pete Reed, an engineering officer and member of a gold medal rowing team at the London Games, did complete a perfect fitness test in Portsmouth. But now for those...
View ArticleNo ratings boom for “Last Resort”
Just because a few nuclear missiles get launched doesn’t mean everybody’s paying attention. The ABC-TV submarine-based drama “Last Resort” premiered Thursday to “OK” or “soft” ratings, depending on...
View ArticleNavy ship goes pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
For the second year in a row, the flight deck of the USS Yorktown will shine pink every night in October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Live 5 News in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. reported. The retired...
View ArticleSEAL to make another attempt at pull-up record
Chief Special Operator (SEAL) David Goggins will try again to set a new world record for the most pullups in a 24-hour period, continuing his effort to bring attention to the Special Operations Warrior...
View ArticleThe Navy This Week – Oct 5, 2012
Introducing the Navy Times interactive map showing what sailors are doing around the world, with deployment information provided by Navy public affairs for the week ending Oct. 5. View The Navy This...
View ArticleTest pilot answers everything you want to know
Lt. Cmdr. Leland “Chip” Shanle made a career as a Navy test pilot, but in his civilian life he had the awesome opportunity to safely crash a 727 for science. Now, he’s on social news site Reddit doing...
View ArticleFather, daughter serve together aboard carrier Truman
Though Senior Chief Aviation Machinist’s Mate (AW/SW) David Janssen missed being with his daughter during past deployments, it won’t be a problem in his upcoming one. Janssen will deploy aboard the...
View ArticleThe 3-Mile Club gets new membership badges
Are you sick and tired of those smug people with those obnoxious bumper stickers touting the fact that they’ve run 26.2 miles? Now you, a proud member of the elite 3-Mile Club, can fight back with...
View ArticleGet some air: Fly like the SEALs do
It’s tough enough trying to become a Navy SEAL, so you can image the sharp skills and good luck needed to nab one of the coveted spots on the U.S. Navy Parachute Team, the “Leap Frogs.” But who says...
View ArticleBlogger calls ‘Kissing Sailor’ sexual assault
Unrestrained celebration or forceful assault? One feminist blogger is saying that the iconic Times Square kiss was the latter. London-based blogger “Leopard” wrote that Alfred Eisenstaedt’s “Kissing...
View ArticleThe Navy This Week – Oct 12, 2012
Here is this week’s Navy Times interactive map, showing what sailors are doing around the world. Deployment information for the week ending Oct. 12 is provided by Navy public affairs.
View ArticleCake update: A gallery of birthday goodness from amphib Iwo Jima
Subscribers to Navy Times (Not a subscriber? Don’t make us beg) got a full rundown in their print and/or digital editions this week about the birthday-cake preparations aboard the amphibious assault...
View ArticleUkranian navy is training killer dolphins
They may not be Dr. Evil’s sharks with frickin’ laser beams on their heads, but the Ukranian navy is getting something pretty close. The Ukranian navy is beginning to train dolphins to attack enemy...
View ArticleFormer sailor joins high school’s Class of 1965 … in 2012
Navy Times talked briefly to former Aviation Storekeeper 3rd Class Fred Stroman a few weeks back when we found out he’d be graduating high school — just a few years late. Stroman enlisted in the Navy...
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