NAWCAD Brings Hyper-Realistic Flight Test and Training Simulators to Navy, Air Force
A pilot sits in an F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter cockpit, scanning for cruise missiles fired by an adversary.…
USS Bunker Hill Conducts 2nd South China Sea Freedom of Navigation Operation This Week
This post has been updated with additional details of Bunker Hill’s freedom of navigation operation. Guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill…
Sailors Begin Returning to USS Theodore Roosevelt After Quarantine Period on Guam
The crew of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) is beginning to return aboard the aircraft carrier after almost a month of…
USS Kidd Arrives in San Diego to Treat COVID-19 Outbreak; First Cases Emerged More than A Month After Hawaii Port Visit
The second deployed U.S. warship to suffer a COVID-19 outbreak pulled into San Diego on Tuesday to begin the process…
Assistant Navy Secretary for Manpower Filling in as Service’s Number Two
The Navy’s head of manpower is filling in as the service’s civilian second-in-command, a Navy official told USNI News.…
Report to Congress on Chinese Naval Modernization
The following is the April 24, 2020 Congressional Research Service Report, China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and…
Carrier USS Nimitz Underway for Final Rounds of Training Ahead of Deployment
This post was updated with a statement from U.S. 3rd Fleet. Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) departed Bremerton, Wash., on…
USS Kidd Reports 47 Cases of COVID-19 as Destroyer Heads to San Diego
The COVID-19 outbreak on Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG-100) has resulted in 47 sailors testing positive for the…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: April 27, 2020
This post has been updated to include the Monday departure of USS Nimitz (CVN-68). These are the approximate positions of…
Hospital Ship Comfort Ends NYC COVID-19 Mission After Treating 182 Patients
After a nearly-month-long mission helping New York in the COVID-19 pandemic fight, hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) will leave its…
2 USS Kidd Sailors Evacuated as COVID-19 Outbreak Spreads; USS Makin Island Steaming to Assist
The Navy has dispatched an amphibious warship with a specialized medical team to assist with a spreading COVID-19 outbreak on…