This website was created and maintained from May 2020 to May 2021 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Stars and Stripes operations in the Pacific.
It will no longer be updated, but we encourage you to explore the site and view content we felt best illustrated Stars and Stripes' continued support of the Pacific theater since 1945.
2017 Warship Accidents
Families of sailors who died in Navy collisions hope for answers in court
Families of some of the 17 sailors killed in two U.S. Navy collisions in Asia last summer say the courts-martial beginning this week probably won’t give them closure. What they really want is answers.
Report details terror, heroism in aftermath of USS Fitzgerald collision
An initial report into the USS Fitzgerald collision released by the Navy Thursday details the terror sailors experienced in the moments after the collision along with the heroic efforts crew members undertook to save lives.
Sailors who died in Fitzgerald collision receive posthumous promotions
The Navy has posthumously promoted the seven USS Fitzgerald sailors who perished in a deadly June 17 collision with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan.
Mother of fallen sailor wants answers about deadly Navy crashes
Even as Rachel Eckels sat poised and smiling Thursday afternoon in a crowded and tense congressional hearing room, a long list of urgent and painful questions haunted her.
