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

DoD pauses debt collection for retirees overpaid due to Navy error

“I’m sure DFAS is looking at the Navy like, what the hell did you do to us?," said one affected retiree.

2 days ago

Investigation: Four sailor suicides from same command not connected

Fair winds and following seas ET2 Kody Decker, ETSN Cameron Armstrong, MMFN Deonte Autry and FC2 Janelle Holder.

3 days ago

Why the drinking water got tainted on the carriers Nimitz and Lincoln

The Navy has released its investigations into water contamination that plagued the two carriers last fall.

Defense Secretary Austin to deliver Naval Academy commencement address

Austin will deliver the speech to the grads later this month in Annapolis, Maryland.

Chaplains taking frontline role in surface fleet mental health

Destroyer chaplains are providing sailors with a confidant outside their chain of command who they can vent to about anything, officials say.

Navy error upends pay for more than 1,200 retirees

A Navy "software issue' has led to issues with the pay of 1,283 retirees.

Naval Base San Diego cracking down on parking scofflaws

While increasing penalties, base leaders also admit that there's a parking space shortage along the waterfront.

Inside the Navy’s pay and personnel crisis

A sprawling, multiyear effort to modernize sailor HR systems has instead led to lots of pain in the fleet.

NCIS seeks help in solving ship fire case

The agency is offering cash money to anyone with knowledge about a suspected arson aboard the warship Carney in December.

Navy drops Confederate namesake from Naval Academy residence

The superintendent's residence at the academy is being renamed after David Glasgow Farragut, the Navy's first admiral.

What are federal employees wearing after the COVID pandemic?

Watch an automated Howitzer fire in Israel

Communications Network Challenges in Contested Environments