Caitlyn Burchett The Virginian-Pilot (TNS) Three sailors assigned to Norfolk’s naval maintenance center have died by suicide in recent weeks. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine confirmed the rash of suicides Monday, which occurred throughout the month of November. All three sailors were assigned…
Andrew Dyer The San Diego Union-Tribune (TNS) The former commanding and executive officers of the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard were each fined $5,000 as punishment for failing to prepare the ship and its crew to fight the July 2020 fire that destroyed the…
Caitlyn Burchett The Virginian-Pilot A Navy sailor living in Virginia Beach was convicted of dealing illegal machine guns by a federal jury Monday in U.S. District Court. Patrick Tate Adamiak, 28, is facing 10 years in prison for receiving, possessing, and transferring unregistered machine guns.…
Julia Marnin The Charlotte Observer (TNS) An active-duty member of the U.S. Navy began cyberstalking and harassing his ex-wife after their separation as part of a plan to portray her as “a mentally unstable parent,” federal prosecutors say. At one point, the…
Gavin Stone The Virginian-Pilot (TNS) Navy sailor Jason Jablonski pleaded guilty to manslaughter Wednesday after being charged with murder in March in the killing of a man with a dumbbell during what was described in court documents as a “crack bender.” In the…
Richard Cowen nj.com The mother of a New Jersey sailor who died after completing “Hell Week” exercises to become a Navy SEAL isn’t satisfied with the investigation of her son’s death or the “letter of warning” that the Navy issued to three officers in charge of the training.…
