Report to Congress on U.S. Defense Infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific
The following is the June 6, 2023, Congressional Research Service report, U.S. Defense Infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific: Background and Issues…
Destroyer USS John Finn Joins U.S. Forward-Deployed Forces in Japan
Destroyer USS John Finn (DDG-113) is now part of the forward-deployed naval forces in Yokosuka, Japan, the Navy announced this…
NTSB 2020 Digest of Maritime Accident Investigations
The following is the National Transportation Safety Board recently released Safer Seas Digest 2020 that summarizes major maritime accidents and…
IKE is Back: USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Wraps Up Back-to-Back Deployments
ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER – The busiest aircraft carrier on the East Coast is back home…
Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Med After 3 Months in the Middle East
The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is in the Mediterranean Sea, heading home after three months in the Middle East, Navy…
Japan-based USS Ronald Reagan Now in the Middle East to Cover Afghanistan Withdrawal
The Navy’s Japan-based carrier strike group is now operating in the North Arabian Sea to support the U.S. withdrawal from…
Japan-based Carrier USS Ronald Reagan Will Make Rare Middle East Patrol to Cover Afghanistan Withdrawal
This post has been updated with a statement from the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The American aircraft carrier…
Carrier USS Ronald Reagan Leaves Japan Ahead of Spring Patrol
The Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier left Japan to complete qualifications ahead of its spring patrol on Wednesday, U.S. Navy officials…
NTSB: ‘Unexplained’ Course Change Was ‘A Critical Error’ in Fatal USS Fitzgerald Collision
Federal investigators highlighted an “unexplained course change” by a U.S. guided-missile destroyer as “a critical error” that put the warship…
USS Fitzgerald Returns to Sea After Repairs Caused by Fatal 2017 Collision
This post has been updated to clarify where USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) was built. The destroyer was constructed at Bath Iron…