Sailor

The woman, who was alone, had been treading water for nearly 12 hours in 66-degree waters.

A ceremony has been held to honor the 17 sailors who died during the terrorist attack on the USS Cole 20 years ago. The Virginian-Pilot reports the ship’s bell tolled Monday morning for each sailor who died. The remembrance was held at Naval Station Norfolk near Virginia’s coast.

The Marine Corps says eight troops are presumed dead after their landing craft sank off the Southern California coast during a training exercise

Unclaimed for years, the cremated remains of three soldiers and one sailor were finally laid to rest in a solemn military funeral ceremony at Connecticut’s State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown Thursday.

A U.S. Navy sailor died early Saturday morning after falling from an aircraft elevator aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68), which was in port at the Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado.

It’s been about four years since Liv Tyler accepted Dave Gardner’s proposal. However, it looks like the 42-year-old actress won’t be walking down the aisle anytime soon. “I love being engaged, but I don’t really have a desire to get married,’ she told Tatler. “I always felt like marriage should be more of a reward…For surviving your relationship…I feel everyone’s...

The USS Hartford is back home in New London after six months at sea.

The United States Navy has launched a search for a missing active-duty sailor after a reported “overboard incident” onboard USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea.

“Maiden,” a documentary released on June 28, tells Tracy Edwards’ story of navigating the male-dominated world of sailing, in the process becoming a history-making athlete, role model and advocate for women’s education. If you had asked teenage Edwards about her future, creating and skippering the first female crew to compete in the longest race on Earth would not have been...

Boaters are looking forward to a sunny and warm Memorial Day Weekend, but while everyone is looking to have fun on the water, it’s important to ensure it’s done safely.

A U.S. serviceman has fatally stabbed a Japanese woman and then killed himself in Okinawa, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry, amid growing resentment about the presence of American troops in Japan’s southwestern region. U.S. Forces Japan says the Naval Criminal Investigative Service is working with local police to look into the deaths Saturday of a U.S. Navy sailor assigned...

Raina Seitel takes us to Zauo, where you have to catch your dinner!

The ecstatic sailor shown kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II has died. George Mendonsa was 95.

A long-term care facility in Arizona where an incapacitated woman was raped and later gave birth announced Thursday that it would shut down operations. Officials with Hacienda HealthCare said its board of directors determined it’s not sustainable to keep operating its intermediate care facility in Phoenix. It serves infants, children and young adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities who require...

A cargo ship on Friday rescued a British sailor after a violent storm ripped off her mast and flung her yacht end over end in the Southern Ocean as she competed in a solo round-the-world race. British sailor Susie Goodall tweeted “ON THE SHIP!!!” soon after the Hong Kong-registered MV Tian Fu arrived at her location. The cargo vessel had...

US submarine veterans cooked up a massive Thanksgiving meal Thursday to share with the community.

The Navy says it will now allow servicewomen to sport ponytails and other longer hairstyles, reversing a policy that long forbade them from letting their hair down.

A Pablo Picasso painting expected to fetch $70 million at auction was “accidentally” damaged on Friday, according to a statement from auction house Christie’s.

A sailor missing from Groton for a week was found safe an unharmed on Wednesday, according to police.

Update: Tyler Jacob was found safe an unharmed in another state on Wednesday, April 25, according to Groton Police The Groton Town Police Department is searching for a missing sailor. Police said 24-year-old Jacob E. Tyler, a U.S. Navy sailor, was last seen Tuesday morning when he left his Groton home. He has not been seen since. Tyler was riding…