Navy

Military contractor Leonard Glenn “Fat Leonard” Francis was sentenced to 15 years in prison and was ordered to pay $20 million restitution, NBC 7’s Todd Strain reports. 

Military contractor Leonard Glenn “Fat Leonard” Francis was sentenced to 15 years in prison and was ordered to pay $20 million restitution.

Military contractor Leonard Glenn “Fat Leonard” Francis will be sentenced on Tuesday, nearly nine years after pleading guilty to bribing Navy officials in a wide-ranging corruption scheme.

The Miramar Air Show and the Blue Angels will return this weekend, reports NBC 7’s Steven Luke, who went along for the ride of his life.

A new government study shows the Navy doesn’t have enough sailors or ship parts to keep its fleets mission or combat ready. That’s an obvious concern for national security and trade.

NBC 7’s Jackie Crea spoke to the author of the report about how urgent the problem is for San Diego’s military community and for the U.S.

The Navy said Cameron Yaste, commanding officer of the destroyer USS John McCain, was relieved of duty “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command the guided-missile destroyer.

A local Navy detective and former El Cajon police officer who used the largely banned carotid restraint neck hold on a handcuffed man, causing him to lose consciousness, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges.

A former shipyard contractor is heading to federal prison after stealing $600,000 worth of computer equipment from several Navy ships undergoing maintenance.

A man who stole nearly $600,000 worth of computer equipment from four U.S. Navy ships while working as a civilian contract employee at General Dynamics-NASSCO in San Diego was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison.

The Navy is weighing what to do about the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier, which has been battling Houthi rebel attacks on shipping in the Red Sea for nearly nine months. The question is how to replicate the carrier’s combat power if the ship returns home. The service has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, based primarily in Norfolk, Virginia, and...

On the anniversary of the Invasion of Normandy, a 104-year-old local veteran remembers landing on Omaha Beach, reports NBC 7’s Joe Little.

On the anniversary of the Invasion of Normandy, a 104-year-old local veteran remembers landing on Omaha Beach

A new documentary called “The Blue Angels” takes you in the cockpit of the F/A-18 Super Hornets and puts you at eye-level with the pilots.

The documentary takes viewers inside the cockpit with the Navy’s elite fighter pilot squadron. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford has details. 

A civilian contractor at General Dynamics-NASSCO in San Diego pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal theft of government property charges for stealing nearly $600,000 worth of computer equipment from three U.S. Navy ships.

A San Diego Navy sailor accused of selling military secrets to the Chinese government pleaded not guilty to three new charges on Thursday.

The San Diego navy sailor accused of selling military secrets to the Chinese government was back in federal court facing new charges. Jinchao Wei was originally arrested last August. NBC 7’s Jeanette Quezada has the latest.

Authorities asked for the public’s help Wednesday in identifying and locating the suspects responsible for the murder of 22-year-old U.S. Navy sailor Corneilius Donte Brown in 2021.

Authorities are asking for the public’s help in
identifying and locating the suspects responsible for the murder of 22-year-old U.S. Navy sailor Corneilius Donte Brown in 2021.