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Fighter jet slips off carrier hangar deck in Red Sea, one minor injury
An F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hangar deck of an aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East, as sailors were towing the aircraft into place in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman on Monday, the Navy said. The crew members who were in the pilot seat of the Super Hornet and on the small towing tractor both jumped out before the jet and the tug went into the Red Sea. Accor...[Read More]
Final Independence-class combat ship delivered to Navy
Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the end of a construction phase that’s lasted 15 years. The Alabama-based Austal has built a total of 19 Independence-class littoral combat ships for the service. The first, the Independence, was commissioned in 2010. The final ship will be christened as the Pierre, named after th...[Read More]
Fincantieri jockeying for position in US naval shipbuilding revamp
ROME — The CEO of shipbuilder Fincantieri has claimed the Italian state- controlled yard can be a catalyst in President Donald Trump’s shake-up of U.S. naval shipbuilding. Pierroberto Folgiero said Fincantieri could “enable and support a kind of renaissance of shipbuilding in the U.S.” Speaking to analysts on Monday, the Italian manager added that Trump’s executive order issued last month to boost...[Read More]
Fire extinguished aboard USS New Orleans
U.S. and Japanese crews extinguished the fire aboard amphibious transport docking ship New Orleans off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, two defense officials told Military Times. U.S. Navy crews, along with the Japan Coast Guard and military, had been working to put out the blaze since around 5 p.m. Japan Standard Time on Wednesday. There were no injuries, according to the officials. Another defense o...[Read More]
Fire extinguished aboard USS New Orleans
This story has been updated. U.S. and Japanese crews extinguished the fire aboard amphibious transport docking ship New Orleans off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, two defense officials told Military Times. U.S. Navy crews, along with the Japan Coast Guard and military, put out the fire by 4 a.m. Thursday, Japan Standard Time. They had been working to extinguish the blaze for about 11 hours, since 5 ...[Read More]
Fire Extinguished After 12-Hour Fight on USS New Orleans Off Okinawa
Two sailors received minor injuries in the response, U.S. 7th Fleet officials said.
Firing Artillery Over Interstate 5 Considered Unusual for Camp Pendleton, Some Experts Say
A simulated beach assault in which artillery was fired from the sand toward the interior of the sprawling base was intended to be a capstone demonstration of the capabilities of the Marine Corps
First 10 Migrants Arrive at Guantanamo Bay and Will Be Held in Terrorist Prison
The flight comes just days after a detachment of several hundred troops — including 170 Marines — arrived on the base and, according to multiple officials, set up tents that can accommodate about 1,000 people.
First Black officer to earn Medal of Honor sacrificed all in Vietnam
From the Revolutionary War to World War II, Black American soldiers have undergone centuries of having to repeatedly prove their worth with each conflict in which they served. The issuance by President Harry S. Truman of Executive Order No. 9981 finally integrated the United States Army, but it was not until Vietnam that Black and white soldiers truly became accustomed to depending on one another ...[Read More]
First Forward-Deployed Virginia-Class Submarine Arrives in Guam
NAVAL BASE GUAM (Nov. 26, 2024) – The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) arrived to its new homeport of Naval Base Guam, Nov. 26, as part of the U.S. Navy’s strategic laydown plan for naval forces in the Indo-Pacific region.
First look at ‘Warfare’ brings viewers into tenacity of Iraq War
Fresh off the release of his 2024 blockbuster “Civil War,” writer and director Alex Garland (”Ex Machina,” “28 Days Later”) is joining Navy SEAL veteran and budding filmmaker Ray Mendoza to helm the Iraq War film “Warfare.” Set in 2006, the film “embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs in the home of an Iraqi family, [observing] the movement of U.S. forces through insurgent territor...[Read More]
First Royal Australian Navy Enlisted Students Graduate Nuclear Power Training
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – The first eight enlisted sailors and five additional officers from the Royal Australian Navy graduated from the U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Power Training Unit (NPTU) Charleston as part of the Australia, United Kingdom, United States (AUKUS) trilateral security partnership.