Commissioned in 1995, the Nimitz-class carrier entered the Newport News shipyard in May 2021 for maintenance. Aircraft carriers are overhauled at around 25 years to extend their lifespans to a cumulative 50 years.
The shipyard producing the US Navy’s new frigate has been hobbled by a failure to “achieve engineering and skilled workforce levels” for the medium-sized vessel, according to a service document on the project that’s now forecast to run as much as three years late.
Recommendations from a panel of lawmakers tasked with improving the quality of life for troops include a 15% pay raise for junior enlisted service members, no more referrals for physical therapy, optometry, women’s health and other specialties, and a basic allowance for housing that covers 100% of estimated costs.
When Tim Sheehy completed Navy SEAL training in 2009 and shipped off to Iraq, the elite fighting force was not a household name. That all changed in 2011, when a SEAL team conducted the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, a shift that took Sheehy, now the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Montana, by surprise.
Ukraine’s successful drone and missile attacks on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet are being studied by the U.S. Navy and NATO as the West develops strategies to confront potential Russian aggression, the service’s top admiral in Europe said.
The U.S., South Korean and Japanese navies trained together in the East China Sea on Thursday and Friday as President Joe Biden met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Washington.
Command of the Navy’s only aircraft carrier strike group permanently stationed in a foreign country changed hands during a ceremony at Yokosuka Naval Base.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., called the small number of military housing construction projects in the Navy budget “insanity” during a Thursday hearing of the House Appropriations Committee’s subpanel on military construction, veterans affairs, and related agencies.
A court-martial for a chief petty officer accused of espionage began this week at Naval Station San Diego, a Navy spokesman said.
The Marine Corps schooled the Navy over social media Wednesday after the sea service uploaded a photo of an officer firing an improperly configured rifle.