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Disaster in the Pacific

Death and Neglect in the 7th Fleet

Broken ships. Poor training. Ignored warnings. Multiple tragedies. The world’s most powerful armada in decline.

Disaster in the Pacific

Faulty Equipment, Lapsed Training, Repeated Warnings: How a Preventable Disaster Killed Six Marines

Marine commanders did not act on dozens of pleas for additional manpower, machinery and time.

by Robert Faturechi, Megan Rose and T. Christian Miller,

Disaster in the Pacific

The Navy Installed Touch-Screen Steering Systems to Save Money. 10 Sailors Paid With Their Lives.

When the USS John S. McCain crashed in the Pacific, the Navy blamed the destroyer’s crew for the loss of 10 sailors. The truth is the Navy’s flawed technology set the McCain up for disaster.

by T. Christian Miller, Megan Rose, Robert Faturechi and Agnes Chang,

Disaster in the Pacific

Years of Warnings, Then Death and Disaster

How the Navy failed its sailors

by Robert Faturechi, Megan Rose and T. Christian Miller,

Disaster in the Pacific

Death and Valor on an American Warship Doomed by its Own Navy

Investigation finds officials ignored warnings for years before one of the deadliest crashes in decades.

by T. Christian Miller, Megan Rose and Robert Faturechi,

U.S. Marine Corps Concludes Its Investigation Into a Fatal 2018 Midair Crash Was Inaccurate

by Robert Faturechi, Megan Rose and T. Christian Miller,

ProPublica and Local Reporting Partner Anchorage Daily News Win Pulitzer Prizes for National Reporting and Public Service

by ProPublica,

It’s Hardly Shocking the Navy Fired a Commander for Warning of Coronavirus Threat. It’s Part of a Pattern.

by T. Christian Miller and Megan Rose,

After Discovering a Sailor With Coronavirus, the U.S. Navy Crowded Dozens Into One Room

by Robert Faturechi, Megan Rose and T. Christian Miller,

Warship Accidents Left Sailors Traumatized. The Navy Struggled to Treat Them.

by Megan Rose, Kengo Tsutsumi and T. Christian Miller,

17 Sailors and Six Marines Died in Avoidable Accidents. Congress Questions Whether the Problems Have Been Fixed.

by Robert Faturechi,

A Preventable Disaster Killed Six Marines. After Our Story, Congress Has Questions for Military Leaders.

by Robert Faturechi,

Trump Says U.S. Is Ready for War. Not All His Troops Are So Sure.

by T. Christian Miller, Megan Rose, and Robert Faturechi,

Adrift: How the Marine Corps Failed Squadron 242

by Katie Campbell, Joseph Singer, Lucas Waldron, ProPublica, and Matt Huynh and MacGregor Campbell, special to ProPublica,

The Men Who Lost Their Lives When Their Tanker Went Down in a Doomed Military Training Flight

by Nate Schweber for ProPublica,

How We Reconstructed the Flawed Navigation Controls Behind the Navy’s Worst Maritime Accident in 40 Years

by Agnes Chang and Al Shaw,

Blame Over Justice: The Human Toll of the Navy’s Relentless Push to Punish One of Its Own

by Megan Rose,

Iran Has Hundreds of Naval Mines. U.S. Navy Minesweepers Find Old Dishwashers and Car Parts.

by Robert Faturechi, Megan Rose and T. Christian Miller,

Trump Keeps Talking About the Last Military Standoff With Iran — Here’s What Really Happened

by Megan Rose, Robert Faturechi, and T. Christian Miller,

Sailors Report Enduring Concerns About Navy Readiness and Leadership

by Kengo Tsutsumi,

The Salty Curmudgeon and the BIC

by Megan Rose,

How the Navy’s Top Commander Botched the Highest-Profile Investigation in Years

by T. Christian Miller and Robert Faturechi,

An Admiral Told a Senator Most Navy Reforms Were “Complete.” Navy’s No. 2 Says Otherwise.

by Robert Faturechi and T. Christian Miller,

Navy Leaders Taken to Task by Lawmakers, Including One Who Was Grilling a Former Boss

by T. Christian Miller and Robert Faturechi,

Help Us Find Out Whether Navy Reforms Are Actually Making a Difference

by Kengo Tsutsumi, Robert Faturechi, and T. Christian Miller,

Navy Promised Changes After Deadly Accidents, but Many Within Doubt It’s Delivering on Them

by Robert Faturechi and T. Christian Miller,

Investigation of Disasters Sparks Debate Over Navy’s Readiness and Responsibilities

by T. Christian Miller, Robert Faturechi, Megan Rose and Kengo Tsutsumi,

Senate Committee Grills Navy Official Over 2017 Collisions, Seeking Data to Prove Conditions Have Changed

by Robert Faturechi and T. Christian Miller,

In Navy Disasters, Neglect, Mistakes, and 17 Lost Sailors

by Nate Schweber and T. Christian Miller,

How We Investigated the Navy’s Twin Disasters in the Pacific

by T. Christian Miller, Robert Faturechi and Megan Rose,