Geoff Ziezulewicz

Senior Reporter

Geoff is a senior staff reporter for Military Times, focusing on the Navy. He covered Iraq and Afghanistan extensively and was most recently a reporter at the Chicago Tribune. He welcomes any and all kinds of tips at geoffz@militarytimes.com.

All Stories By Geoff

Navy will extend service life of destroyer Arleigh Burke

The first of its class warship was originally slated to retire in FY 2026 after 35 years of service.

11 days ago

Pilot error caused F-35 carrier crash and plunge into South China Sea

A Navy probe found the pilot did not act "in a reckless manner." The officer remains in the service, but is no longer flying.

5 weeks ago

A return to the Philippines

The longtime ally could again host U.S. naval forces in the not-too-distant future.

New in 2023: Here comes the first-ever surface drone fleet

Over the past year or so, Task Force 59 has operated surface drones in U.S. 5th Fleet waters for more than 25,000 hours.

Could the LCS fleet be getting a new mission?

A provision in the FY23 defense bill calls on U.S. Southern Command to study the feasibility of permanently assigning LCSs to the combatant command.

Four-year-old LCS Wichita suffers propulsion plant casualty

Officials said they are confident the mishap did not involve the ship's combining gear, an issue plaguing the Freedom-class LCS fleet.

Navy ends safety standdown for part of the T-45C Goshawk jet fleet

Jets affected by an engine blade problem remain grounded, but the Navy is declining to say how many jets that involves.

Here’s why Navy and Marine Corps training jets are grounded

The fleet safety stand-down began Oct. 14.

Navy grounds T-45 Goshawk fleet over engine blade failure

The so-called "safety pause" began Friday but was not announced by the Navy until Tuesday.

This LCS just completed an ‘historic’ deployment

USS Sioux City was still able to deploy despite not receiving a fix for a class-wide propulsion problem, officials said.

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U.S. offers up Marine transports to partner nation

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Coast Guard wants $1.6 billion extra to hasten modernization projects

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Did Ukraine funding spare the US Army from budget cuts?

Supply chain issues impede mass production of new Chinese engine