Navy Opens Up Combat Awards for Actions in Red Sea, Gulf of Aden
The Navy has designated the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden as two new locations for combat awards, according to a service message released Wednesday.…
Report to Congress on Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle
The following is the Dec. 28, 2021, Congressional Research Service report The Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) Program: Background…
Top Stories 2021: Coast Guard
This post is part of a series looking back at the top naval stories from 2021. The past year saw a…
More Than 8,000 Navy Personnel Remain Unvaccinated Against COVID-19 as Reserve Deadline Passes
More than 8,000 members of the Navy remain unvaccinated after deadlines for both active-duty and reservists passed.…
Top Stories 2021: COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to affect the Navy’s functioning, even as vaccines were rolled out to the fleet. The past…
Top Stories 2021: U.S. Marine Corps Acquisition
This post is part of a series looking back at the top naval stories from 2021.…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Dec. 27, 2021
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world…
USS Milwaukee Kept Pierside in Guantanamo After COVID-19 Infects Crew
This post has been updated to correct the deployment date of USS Milwaukee (LCS-5). It departed Florida on Dec 14.…
Top Stories 2021: U.S. Navy Operations
This post is part of a series looking back at the top naval stories from 2021. Naval operations this year…
Damaged USS Connecticut Pulls Into Homeport of Bremerton Ahead of Repairs
Attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN-22) pulled into its homeport in Bremerton, Wash., on Tuesday after transiting the Pacific Ocean on the…
Navy Loses 17th Sailor to COVID-19
This story has been updated to correct the spelling of the Naval reservist’s name. A Naval reservist died from COVID-19-related…