HII Delivers Attack Boat New Jersey to Navy
HII Newport News Shipbuilding has delivered the 23rd Vrginia-class nuclear attack submarine to the U.S. Navy, the company announced in a Thursday statement.…
Report on Navy Laser, Railgun and Gun-Launched Guided Projectiles
The following is the April 2, 2020, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Gun-Launched Guided Projectile: Background and…
Modly Apologizes to Roosevelt Crew, Former CO as Navy Extends Investigation; Trump Says He ‘May Just Get Involved’
This post has been updated to include additional statements from Rep Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Rep. Joe Courtney ((D-Conn.) and…
COVID-19 Pandemic Pushing Navy to 100 Percent Virtual Recruiting
Naval operations might be slowed because of the Department of Defense’s work trying to stop the spread of COVID-19, but…
Navy Rolls Out Temporary Fix for Networks Strained from Telework Requirements
Nearly a month into encouraging a large portion of its force to work remotely as a part of a COVID-19…
Modly Tells Carrier Roosevelt Crew Former CO Could Have Broken Military Law
The acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly said the former commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-72) may have…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: April 6, 2020
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world…
President of Sub Builder Electric Boat Tests Positive for COVID-19
The president of submarine builder General Dynamics Electric Boat has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, according to a Saturday…
UPDATED: COVID-19 Patients Accidentally Transferred to Hospital Ship Comfort; Pentagon Easing Rules on Patients Treated
This post has been updated with additional information about five COVID-19 patients who were transferred to USNS Comfort on Saturday.…
USS Makin Island Departs San Diego in Early Test of COVID-19 Fleet Countermeasures
Eight days after 1,900 sailors boarded the ships of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, two of the ARG’s three…
USS Bataan Enters Persian Gulf; Carrier Truman Now in the Mediterranean
The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are now in the Persian Gulf as…