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…
VIDEO: 27 Fully Loaded Tankers Parked off L.A. with No Place to Put Their Oil
More than two dozen oil tankers are parked just off the California coast, holding the equivalent of 20 percent of…
Navy Leaders Recommend Former Theodore Roosevelt CO Be Put Back in Command; SECDEF Esper Delays Final Decision
The carrier commander fired over his memo asking for help dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak on his ship should be…
Navy Confirms 18 COVID-19 Cases on Deployed USS Kidd, Destroyer Heading to Port
This post has been updated with a Friday statement from the Navy and corrects the approximate location of USS Kidd.…
26 Navy Battle Force Ships Have Had COVID-19 Cases
Twenty-six of the Navy’s battle force ships have reported at least one positive COVID-19 case as of Thursday, as the…
Panel: North Korea Intent on Flexing Military Muscle During Pandemic
As questions linger about the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un following a recent surgery, Pyongyang has left…
Trump: Hospital Ship USNS Comfort Could Leave New York City Soon
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) might end its COVID-19 support in New York City soon and…
COVID-19-Related Supply Chain Disruptions Slowing F-35 Production
COVID-19 is slowing F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter production because of supply chain disruptions caused by national and international…
SECDEF Esper Extends Pentagon ‘Stop Movement’ Order Until Late June
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has signed a stop movement order that halts most Department of Defense travel until June…
Navy Silently Commissions Nuclear Attack Boats USS Vermont, USS Delaware
USS Vermont (SSN-792), the Navy’s first block IV Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine, joined the fleet over the weekend in a…