Mark D. Faram

Mark D. Faram is a former reporter for Navy Times. He was a senior writer covering personnel, cultural and historical issues. A nine-year active duty Navy veteran, Faram served from 1978 to 1987 as a Navy Diver and photographer.

Why the Navy thinks the carrier Gerald R. Ford will work after all

The combination punch of good news at the Senate Armed Services' Seapower Subcommittee included testimony that the Navy has recorded significant cost savings during the building of the John F. Kennedy, the next Ford-class carrier, and is prepping to purchase two similar flattops in Fiscal Year 2020.

The US Navy’s new command puts Russia in the crosshairs

The move is the latest sign that the Navy is focusing its attention away from the war on terrorism and toward its major competitors China and Russia.

Naval aviation plagued by ‘disturbing’ trend of ground mishaps

The head of all Naval Air Forces says there has been a six-year rise in Class C mishaps caused by a drop in the experience of sailors.

Navy’s personnel and training modernization gaining steam

The Navy will soon incorporate technology that lets sailors negotiate new orders using a smartphone.

Test your tech on the military’s coolest boat

Arguably the coolest looking boat in the military, the M80 Stiletto is actually a technology test bed than can showcase the best new technology to potential military end users.

CMV-22 Osprey will deploy on Vinson with F-35C in 2021

The Navy readies the new CMV-22s for carrier onboard deliver.

Sailors driving the McCain were not qualified to be on watch, Navy says

McCain’s bridge team was neither experienced nor qualified to the level they should have been.

Navy to send destroyer to Far East to boost ballistic missile defense

Amid growing tension with North Korea, the U.S. Navy is surging a ballistic missile defense ship to the west Pacific after two catastrophic collisions this summer diminished the missile defense options there.

US Carrier Ike Leaves Norfolk To Wage War Against ISIS

About 7,000 sailors of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group 10 departed Naval Station Norfolk Wednesday, bound for the Middle East to join the mounting effort to destroy ISIS.

Navy Personnel Boss Chosen for Vice Chief

Vice Adm. Bill Moran has been nominated for a fourth star.

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