A sailor who passed sensitive information about the U.S. military to China was sentenced to over two years in prison and kicked out of the Navy, said federal prosecutors in California.
In the military, loyalty is a highly regarded quality. It runs two ways – from seniors to juniors and from juniors to seniors, each group typically earning the trust of the other. But loyalty also runs in a direction that trumps both these. It is the loyalty owed to country. Tragically, a contagion is loose…
The material two alleged spies for China provided to their handlers point to a sustained interest from the People’s Liberation Army in amphibious operations as threats to Taiwan grow, two naval experts told USNI News. U.S. sailors Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Jinchao Wei and Construction Electrician 2nd Class Wenheng Zhao allegedly fed their Chinese handlers […]
Two sailors in California have been arrested over national security concerns, Department of Justice officials One of the sailors is assigned to amphibious warship USS Essex (LHD-2) ship, the other serves at a construction battalion near Los Angeles, according to the sailors’ bios obtained by USNI News. Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Jinchao Wei, of Wisconsin, […]