NCIS News

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,... 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.