U.S. Navy

Frequent noise from Growler jets as they train on Whidbey Island is part of the picture for residents. A new environmental analysis of the jets’ impacts is out for public comment.

Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay “Miley” Evans and Lt. Serena “Dug” Wileman were both 31 and from California, and recently served nine months on a tour in Yemen.

The two missing crew members of the EA-18G Growler crash are deceased, the U.S. Navy said Sunday.

The U.S. Navy is searching for two aviators whose EA-18G Growler crashed in Washington state during a routine training flight.

The Gulf of Tonkin incident led to direct U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. One of the reasons for that escalation, and one of the greatest controversies of the war, is currently docked in Bremerton.

Economic activity along the waterfront and lower home prices could help define a new era for Bremerton, Washington.

The return of salmon to the tidelands below Indian Island’s bluffs has been swift following the removal of a causeway. Bill Kalina, the island’s environmental program manager for the Navy, was taken aback by the jump in the number of juvenile salmon since the causeway was replaced with the bridge. Only six juvenile salmon were found in five years before the bridge opened. During two days in May, volunteers netted almost 1,000 juvenile salmon.

The Navy SEALs won’t be able to use Washington State Parks as training grounds. A judge on Friday ruled against an earlier decision to allow the training at up to 28 parks.

A metallurgist in Washington state was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison and a $50,000 fine Monday after she spent decades faking the results of strength tests on steel that was being used to make U.S. Navy submarines.

A metallurgist from Auburn pleaded guilty to fraud Monday after she spent decades faking the results of strength tests on steel that was being used to make U.S. Navy submarines.