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BWS says it’s suing the Navy “for negligence, nuisance, and trespass resulting in damages where the government of the United States of America, if a private party, would be liable to the BWS.”

The U.S. Navy paused its efforts Thursday to locate a sailor assigned to the carrier Nimitz who disappeared in Guam on April 18. The search and rescue mission for sailor Gabriel D. Holt was halted at 9 a.m. after he was deemed “duty status whereabouts unknown,” the service said. “The Sailor’s family has been notified,” a Navy press release said. Holt was last seen at 11:57 p.m. on April 18 during ...[Read More]

The U.S. Navy has suspended its search for a sailor reported missing from the aircraft carrier George Washington while it was operating in the Timor Sea, the service announced Wednesday. The Navy ended the active search at 12:40 p.m. Wednesday following “an extensive search” involving Navy personnel, the Australian Defence Force and the Australian Border Force, officials said in a brief release. T...[Read More]

Fleet Master Chief John Perryman, who has been the senior enlisted adviser for Fleet Forces Command since 2021, has been chosen to succeed James Honea as master chief petty officer of the Navy when Honea retires in September.

The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Beloit (LCS 29) will be commissioned on Nov. 23, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. CST in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The Navy is cutting its Basic Military Training program from 10 weeks to nine weeks, effective next year, in an attempt to better streamline curriculum. While the Navy’s Basic Military Training, known as boot camp, historically has spanned eight weeks, the service extended the program to 10 weeks in January 2022 to accommodate more life skills training to help sailors adjust from civilian to Navy ...[Read More]

MILLINGTON, Tenn. – The Navy is improving how it takes care of its Reserve Force as it implements the DD Form 214-1, an official summary record of career points and service for those leaving the Reserve Component.

ATLANTA — Atlanta is far from the ocean, but it will have a naval vessel named for it again. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced this week that the Navy will build a Virginia-class attack submarine that will be known as the Atlanta. It wasn’t immediately clear when the construction will start on the submarine, when it will enter service, or how much it may cost. In August, the Navy awarded a ...[Read More]

As of July 31, the Navy’s Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center will stop sharing satellite weather data with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, according to a NOAA release. “This service change and termination will be permanent,” according to the NOAA release. Data gathered from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, or DMSP, all Near-Earth Space Weather ins...[Read More]

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy James Honea’s retirement comes amid shake-ups in other top leadership posts within the military and days before Adm. Daryl Caudle heads to Capitol Hill for confirmation hearings to become the sea service’s top officer.