Navy

Maybe think twice about it.

• By James McWilliams

Neither the Navy nor the Department of Veterans Affairs has a comprehensive list of which ships went where during the Vietnam War. As a result, veterans themselves often have to prove their ships served in areas where Agent Orange was sprayed.

• By Charles Ornstein & Terry Parris Jr.

The U.S. Navy agrees to give marine mammals off California and Hawaii a break from deafening noise.

• By Brian Palmer

Though most didn’t step foot in Vietnam, some 90,000 Navy vets who served offshore may have been exposed to the chemical brew and seek benefits. The battle is playing out in the courts and in Congress. It boils down to a comma.

• By Charles Ornstein

A military study finds the length of service and dishonorable discharges have a much larger influence on suicide risk than being sent to war.

• By Nathan Collins

The military will exhume a grave in the Philippines that may hold the remains of Bud Kelder, an American POW whose family has long been fighting the Pentagon to get him home.

• By Megan McCloskey

Preying on people’s very best impulses for the very worst reasons.

• By Lauren Kirchner

The head coaches at Army, Navy, and Air Force make the most money in the Pentagon—and it's not all that surprising.

• By Ryan O'Hanlon

Because someone has to.

• By Christie Thompson