WASHINGTON (AP) — Citing an internal misinterpretation of a change in policy, the U.S. Navy is backing away from statements that it would begin to restrict press and public access to sailors’ service histories — information that has been freely offered for decades.
“The Navy continues to fulfill service record requests under our longstanding, standard disclosure procedures,” the Navy said in a statement hours after The Associated Press reported a policy change that meant sailor biographies would be off limits to the press.
