Mark D. Faram

A Navy F-5N Tiger II tactical fighter aircraft from Fighter Composite Squadron 111 crashed into the ocean about 20 nautical miles southeast of Naval Air Station Key West today.

Navy officials are reviewing every senior enlisted sailor’s job assignment and may issue involuntary orders back to sea. Here’s the details.

A bomb threat note on a restroom wall at Norfolk Naval Shipyard is ninth bomb threat in a spate of Norfolk-area security scares this week.

The decision by top Navy officials not to seek a court-martial for Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) Fireman Peter Mims severely restricted their options for disciplining the sailor who was initially thought to be lost at sea in June but was found a week later hiding in an engine room on board his ship.

The guided-missile cruiser Shiloh sailor who was presumed lost at sea only to be found a week later in the ship’s engine room was charged with abandoning watch and dereliction of duty after admitting that he intentionally hid from his fellow sailors, Navy officials say.

IT1 (IW/EXW) Justin Sullivan has served for 10 years, and hopes to make chief in 2017.

Navy officials have changed uniform regulations for female sailors wearing ball caps and will now allow a hair bun through the cap’s opening, a June 21 Navy release said.

Navy officials have identified a sailor from the guided-missile cruiser Shiloh who went missing at sea on June 8 as Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 3rd Class Peter Mims.