The U.S. Navy has announced increased High Year Tenure (HYT) waiver authority for Active Component Sailors E7-E9 desiring to continue sea duty. Chief, senior chief, and master chief petty officers ...

For the first time, the U.S. Navy has granted a waiver to allow a transgender sailor to continue her military service despite the president’s ban on transgender people serving openly in the armed ...

The Navy has granted the military’s first waiver to allow a transgender service member to continue serving openly since the Trump administration banned most transgender military service. “The acting ...

SAN DIEGO (Tribune News Service) — A U.S. District Court judge in Texas issued a temporary injunction Monday in one of the ongoing federal lawsuits brought by service members challenging the ...

This post has been updated with a statement from Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro. The Navy has downplayed the effects of the current nine-week stopgap spending measure that freezes its spending ...

WASHINGTON — The Navy will no longer issue permanent shaving waivers for sailors diagnosed with razor bumps because whiskers can hinder the effectiveness of breathing devices, the service announced ...

A person holds a transgender pride flag at a rally in New York. A transgender naval officer was just granted a waiver to remain in the service (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty) The U.S. Navy granted its ...