It is sad to see that Hermiston High School refused to allow a young Navy recruit to walk during graduation over a Navy-issued stole. This was very disrespectful to the student and the military.

The Navy reversed a major recruiting slump in 2024 and even met its 2025 goals early, but a lack of documentation on how it achieved those gains threatened to undermine future efforts, a government ...

The Navy this year emphasized on-the-ground recruiters as it pushed changes that led to an increase of more than 3,000 sailors compared with last year and a second year in a row of meeting the goal ...

The Navy says that, starting next month, it will shorten the length of its Basic Military Training program -- commonly known as boot camp -- from 10 to nine weeks. Navy officials said in a news ...

The Navy is seeking to recruit 40,600 new sailors in fiscal year 2025 after exceeding its recruitment goals last year, the service announced. The service failed to meet its accession targets for the ...

The Navy beat its goal for new sailors in 2025, with over 44,000 recruits, by streamlining paperwork, including tattoo ...

Editor’s note: This report has been updated to include the recruit’s identity and a release from the Lake County Coroner’s Office. A recruit assigned to Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes, ...