WASHINGTON — The Navy is on track to meet its recruiting ... Before joining Stars and Stripes, she was the military reporter for The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Va.

The Navy is rescinding its long-standing tradition requiring sailors to have 12 years of blemish-free conduct to rate gold stripes, officials announced Monday. Soon, it won't be so easy to spot ...

Stars and Stripes reported. The Navy abandoned that policy in 2017, replacing it with the two consecutive fitness-assessment failures mandate. At the time, the Navy was seeking to recruit 4,000 ...