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.

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Inside the historic decision to deep-select the Navy’s top officer

The Senate bestowed a fourth star on Michael Martin Gilday and the son of sailor is prepared to lead the sea service into the 21st century.

2 years ago

Why wearable technology might end the Navy’s fitness test

It's like the old Air Force test, only wearable.

2 years ago

Sexting, salacious snapshots: Inside SEAL Team 6′s spoofing scandal

It's the latest imbroglio to embarrass the SEALs, the elite special operators once lauded as “silent professionals” who eschewed the shenanigans that snagged headlines.

Prosecutors: Minesweeper drug dealer nabbed in acid, ecstasy plot

If found guilty on a single charge of wrongful possession with the intent to distribute, he faces a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances and up to 15 years behind bars.

Warship returns to Rota

The warship traveled roughly 20,000 miles after leaving the Spanish port on March 23 on its sixth patrol since joining the 6th Fleet in 2015.

More senior enlisted spot advancements!

The Navy's ongoing experiments in offering spot advancements to enlisted will continue for the second year in the senior enlisted ranks. This year, chief petty officers will get an extra shot at putting on E-8.

Navy identifies missing 5th Fleet sailor

A Virginia man has been identified as the sailor missing from the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea since Wednesday.

An image of a Venezuela SU-30 Flanker that “aggressively shadowed” a U.S. EP-3 Aries II at an unsafe distance July 19, 2019, jeopardizing the crew & aircraft.

Venezuelan fighter jet ‘aggressively shadows’ US Navy recon aircraft

Venezuela sent a fighter jet to buzz a U.S. reconnaissance operating in the Caribbean Sea on Friday, the Miami-based U.S. Southern Command reported Sunday.

Sailor pleads guilty to hiring a hit man to kill wife

But the hit man was an undercover federal agent.

Search underway for sailor missing in the Arabian Sea

Warships from three nations are searching the Arabian Sea

Kearsarge ARG’s unusual cruise is over

The three warships left Norfolk on Dec. 17 but their tour really became three separate cruises.

What’s next for enlisted female submariners

About one of out every five submariners on integrated sub crews is a woman.

General McConville: The Army, Industry, and The Next Steps in Modernization

Updates on U.S. hypersonics development

How does aviation feature in Project Convergence?