NCIS News

Gregory A. Scovel Jr. Sworn in as NCIS Deputy Director
April 28, 2025 — Special Agent Gregory A. Scovel Jr. was sworn in as the NCIS Deputy Director during a ceremony on April 21 at the Pentagon. The Department of the Navy Chief of Staff, Mr. Jon Harrison, presided over the ceremony with NCIS Director Omar Lopez, retired NCIS acting Director Gregory A. Scovel Sr., and other DON leaders in attendance.Deputy Director Scovel serves as the agency’s Chief Operating Officer, assisting the Director and overseeing all NCIS investigative, operational, and management and... MORE

NCIS Deputy Director Gregory A. Scovel, Jr. takes the oath of office while his wife, Gigi looks on.

NCIS Executes Search Warrant Resulting in Arrests, Federal Immigration Charges for Defense Contractor
April 15, 2025 — "It is essential that government contractors ensure their employees provide authentic documentation that sufficiently demonstrates full compliance with current immigration and citizenship laws and regulations. NCIS and our partners are committed to thoroughly investigating entities that would undermine the integrity of the Department of the Navy’s mission through fraudulent employment." -Special Agent in Charge Nicholas Carter of the NCIS Southwest Field Office... MORE

Close up of NCIS badges on tactical chest plate.

Joint Child Exploitation Operation Leads to Arrests of 10, including 4 Undocumented Foreign Nationals
March 28, 2025 — "Large-scale, proactive child exploitation chat operations such as these directly support Department of Defense priorities to protect Navy and Marine Corps communities from the threat of harm posed by child predators." -Special Agent in Charge Emily Schmid of the NCIS Norfolk Field Office Norfolk, Va. – The NCIS Norfolk Field Office, in conjunction with Homeland Security Investigations and the Hampton Police Department, conducted a proactive child... MORE

Special Agents from the NCIS Norfolk Field Office participate in a proactive child exploitation operation March 20-22 in the Hampton Roads area.

A Legacy of Service to his Country
March 24, 2025 — At Nearly 100 Years Old, Former Sailor and NIS Special Agent Roy Mosteller Reflects on his Navy Career Roy Mosteller was just a lad in high school when he decided he wanted to join the Navy. Being born and raised in Long Beach, California, he felt the Navy was the only choice for him.It was the early years of World War II. He remembers flipping through his high school yearbook and seeing that nearly a quarter of the boys he went to school with were already in the military.Determined to serve, he... MORE

Navy Sailor Arrested for Providing Fraudulent DoD Identification Cards for Illegal Chinese Nationals
March 3, 2025 — "This case represents the importance of joint efforts by NCIS and Homeland Security Investigations necessary to safeguard our critical military infrastructures and disrupt fraudulent methods of access. Our unwavering commitment to working with our law enforcement partners ensures that we can protect our warfighters and their communities, who directly support our national security.” -Special Agent in Charge Norm Dominesey of the NCIS Southeast Field Office... MORE

3C Orion and P-8A Poseidon aircraft occupy the flight line at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.

NCIS Efforts Result in Guilty Plea for Plotting Attack on Naval Station Great Lakes
February 27, 2025 — "This international joint terrorism investigation required a massive effort by the FBI and the NCIS Office of Special Projects to conduct surveillance, execute search warrants, utilize undercover techniques and review many gigabytes of computer data. Mitigating these increasingly complex terrorist threats is not something that NCIS, or the federal government, or any one law enforcement agency, can do alone, which is why we remain committed to working with our law enforcement... MORE

NCIS Provides Support to Marines Deployed to Southern Border
February 21, 2025 — NCIS Director Omar Lopez visited California and Arizona Feb. 18-20 to see firsthand the work being done by the U.S. Marine Corps to secure the southern border, as well as NCIS’ efforts to keep those Marines safe from harm. The NCIS Marine West Field Office, Southwest Field Office, and multiple other NCIS elements are working with a number of agencies and groups, including Northern Command/Joint Task Force North , USMC (I Marine Expeditionary Force/1st Marine Division), U.S. Customs and Border... MORE

Naval Criminal Investigative Service Director Omar Lopez meets with leadership from the U.S. Customs and Border Control at the U.S.-Mexico border at the San Ysidro port of entry, Feb. 19, 2025.

NCIS Warns Sailors, Marines of Foreign Intelligence Gathering Threat
February 21, 2025 — NCIS is warning service members across the fleet about the threat of foreign intelligence information gathering efforts. Foreign intelligence services regularly attempt to contact Department of the Navy and Marine Corps personnel online and solicit sensitive information through social media and mobile applications. Targeting attempts to solicit sensitive information can be independent of your ethnic background, language fluency, and other factors. Members of the military, former members of the... MORE

Supervisory Special Agent Ryan Norris, assigned to NCIS Office of Special Projects (OSP), interviews with national news to discuss NCIS’ investigation into Mr. Zhao’s transmission of sensitive U.S. military information to an intelligence officer from the People’s Republic of China at Port Hueneme, Calif.