Former Navy submariner from Calif. pleads guilty to assault in NH beatingA former Navy submariner charged with beating a man in Portsmouth, N.H., last year has pleaded guilty to assault. Twenty-four-year-old Sandy Portobanco, of Los Angeles, entered the plea Thursday in Rockingham County Superior Court. The New Hampshire Union ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The two largest U.S. military shipyards warned on Wednesday that the U.S. Navy's 30-year shipbuilding plan funded 13 fewer surface ships in the near term, which would likely result in layoffs across the industry and higher shipbuilding costs. David Heebner, executive vice president for marine ...

The US Navy has decided to allow women to serve on submarines, Pentagon officials said, ending one of the last all-male bastions in the American military. Defense Secretary Robert Gates approved the recommendation and sent letters to Congress on Monday informing lawmakers of the plan, officials said. The move came ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Tuesday it is moving ahead with plans to end the U.S. military's ban on allowing women to serve in submarines. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates sent a letter to lawmakers notifying them of the decision by the Navy, which could see ...