Paparo takes helm of INDOPACOM as Aquilino retires from 40-year Navy career
Flanked by the nation’s top defense officials, Adm. Samuel Paparo took the reins of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command during a ceremony in Hawaii, relieving Adm. John Aquilino.
Flanked by the nation’s top defense officials, Adm. Samuel Paparo took the reins of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command during a ceremony in Hawaii, relieving Adm. John Aquilino.
Thirty sailors and Marines suffered injuries in an amphibious watercraft accident off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla., during a training exercise late Wednesday, Navy officials said.
Brian Jessup, a retired Navy diver, testified in Hawaii federal court Thursday that he and his family experienced numerous health issues, including stomach pains, nausea, dizziness and headaches, as a result of contaminated water at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
The next America-class amphibious assault ship will be named after the Helmand province campaign during America’s 20-year conflict in Afghanistan, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced.
Dr. Steven Storage said Nastasia Freeman, one of 17 plaintiffs in Feindt vs. United States, suffered health problems that resulted from consuming water tainted by jet fuel in November 2021.
Lawmakers are resisting plans by the Navy to cut the size of its ship and submarine fleet, rallying behind a push to procure an additional attack submarine and raising alarm about impending ship retirements.
The Navy said it will repair the USS Boxer at Naval Station San Diego and might be able to get the vessel to resume its deployment to the Indo-Pacific as early as this summer.
The “Kraken,” or the the GL-6000 Disorientation Research Device, creates realistic motion simulations and has been described as a “spacial disorientation device.” It’s essentially a human-rated centrifuge.
A pair of environmental scientists testified in Hawaii federal court Tuesday that more than 2,000 gallons of jet fuel from a spill at a Navy fuel facility in late 2021 made its way into drinking water used by more than 90,000 residents living near Pearl Harbor.
Lyndon Joel Cosgriff-Flax, 22, was with a harbor security boat team conducting a familiarization exercise on the York River when he died after falling overboard at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown.