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Pentagon officials are pushing back against criticism — mostly from Democrat lawmakers — that the department has not acted fast or done enough to protect troops from coronavirus despite relatively low hospitalizations.

The ex-commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt Navy Capt. Brett Crozier tested positive for coronavirus before he was removed from command.

Trump said he backed the Navy’s decision to fire the commander of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt “one hundred percent.”

Milley said the Navy had reason to believe that ex-USS Theodore Roosevelt commander Captain Brett Crozier went outside his chain of command.

The Navy is expediting thousands of sailors off the USS Theodore Roosevelt in Guam, as about 100 test positive for coronavirus.

A Navy captain commanding the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is reportedly asking his commanders to allow his sailors off the ship to self-quarantine while docked in Guam.

The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort will arrive alongside New York City as early as next week, Navy officials said Thursday.

The Navy is deploying two hospital ships to treat non-coronavirus patients to help alleviate a potential strain on civilian hospitals.

The Pentagon said it was deploying its two hospital ships at the direction of the president to assist with the nation’s coronavirus response.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) has launched a new effort to support fellow veterans in bids for Congress as part of an organized campaign designed to help Republicans secure their U.S. Senate majority and retake the majority in the U.S. House in November.

The Navy has punished sailors who were seen wearing patches that said “Make Aircrew Great Again” with an image of President Trump during a visit by the president to the USS Wasp last May, according to a report.

Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg claimed Wednesday he was “shaped by the American Heartland” despite his elite upbringing and education.

A 62-year-old handyman and Navy veteran got a new set of pearly whites for Christmas thanks to the small town Idaho community that supported him.

This is the president’s third time attending the annual Army-Navy matchup game.

White House spokesman Judd Deere confirmed that the president would attend the game for the third time since he was elected president.

Former Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer, who was fired earlier this week, published an op-ed Wednesday evening in the Washington Post declaring that President Donald Trump “has very little understanding of what it means to be in the military, to fight ethically or to be governed by a uniform set of rules and practices.”

Tuesday, former Navy Secretary Richard Spencer discussed President Trump’s intervention in the review of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher’s Trident. Defense Secretary Mark Esper asked Navy Secretary Richard Spencer to resign on Sunday for going behind his back in removing Gallagher’s pin. Spencer

Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher thanked President Donald Trump for intervening in his case on Sunday and prohibiting the Navy from pulling his Trident pin.

President Donald Trump announced that Ambassador to Norway Ken Braithwaite would be nominated to replace Navy Secretary Richard Spencer.

A Navy veteran who served for 29 years has been gifted a new smile thanks to the help of Dr. Jamiah Dawson, a Navy veteran and Navy dentist.

A Navy veteran struggling to make ends meet after Hurricane Florence damaged his North Carolina home has received a new roof free of charge.

A Navy lieutenant has been indicted on charges related to conspiring to smuggle military-style inflatable boats and motors to China.

The U.S. Military will reportedly no longer use floppy disks in nuclear weapon systems, a process that dates back to the 1970s.

Mayor Pete Buttigieg does not appear to have engaged in combat during his six months deployed in Afghanistan, despite months of ignoring multiple media requests about the issue, including from Breitbart News.

U.S. Navy Commander Admiral Craig Faller affirmed that his forces are “ready” to do whatever “needs to be done” in Venezuela should the Trump administration wish to pursue military intervention in the socialist-controlled country. 

Command Sgt. Maj. John Troxell, the top senior enlisted officer in the U.S. military, has dubbed the workout, “CHS Viking PT.”

The Navy announced Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson was taking over any post-trial action in the case of SEAL Eddie Gallagher.

The Navy has decided to drop all charges against Lt. Jacob Portier, the former platoon commander for Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher.

President Trump ordered the Navy to rescind achievement medals awarded to prosecutors involved in the case against Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, who was found not guilty of war crimes in a trial earlier this month.

“Salute to America” recognized American military and civilian heroes, celebrated America’s birth and history, and featured military flyovers.

The Navy denied ever following through with an alleged White House Military Office staffer’s request to obscure the USS John S. McCain.

“Remember last November when WH said Trump could not attend WW1 memorial at US cemetery in France due to rain?” reporter Jason Leopold asked on Twitter. “Well, his transport really was canceled by the Navy due to rain.”

The family of Eddie Gallagher, the decorated Navy SEAL veteran of eight combat tours currently facing war crimes charges over allegations that members of Congress say video proves untrue, is speaking out this Memorial Day weekend about the “terror” Navy prosecutors have put them through.

The Navy is planning a massive expansion of its warship fleet, announcing recently that it would add 30 heavily armed destroyers to its lineup of warships.

The attorney for imprisoned Navy veteran Michael White said he is concerned for his client’s health but “hopeful” Iran will release him to the U.S. so he can be with his family.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Monday dismissed rampant media speculation of his leaving the administration, after President Trump was asked about the topic on a recent 60 Minutes interview.