DECEMBER 14, 2022 – Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced today that a future America-class amphibious assault ship will be named USS Fallujah (LHA 9). The future USS Fallujah will commemorate the First and Second Battles of Fallujah, American-led offensives during the Iraq War. The name selection follows the tradition of naming amphibious assault ships … [Read more...]
Duty, Honor, and Double Overtime
DECEMBER 14, 2022 — Army-Navy is more than just a football game, it’s an event that honors not just the players but their fellow students, as well as past and current service members. Before the start of this year’s game, thousands of screaming fans looked on as exchange students from each service academy marched toward the center of Lincoln Financial Field. This was the … [Read more...]
USNS Comfort Suspends Care in Haiti After 19 Overboard
DECEMBER 14, 2022 - Two U.S. Navy Sailors sustained minor injuries during a man overboard incident in the vicinity of Jeremie, Haiti, at approximately 7:17 p.m. local time yesterday while on deployment with USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations. In total, nineteen personnel fell overboard during transfer from a small boat to Comfort. All … [Read more...]
Navy Retrieves Artemis I Orion Spacecraft
DECEMBER 13, 2022 - Amphibious transport dock USS Portland (LPD 27) retrieved the Artemis I Orion spacecraft in coordination with multiple organizations including NASA, U.S. Space Command, fellow U.S. Navy ship Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8), Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC 23), and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Expeditionary Support Unit … [Read more...]
Surpassing the Standard
DECEMBER 12, 2022 - The Navy is always changing and evolving to better answer the nations call. The newest tool the Navy is implementing to improve combat capability and mission readiness is the Multipurpose Reconfigurable Training System (MRTS) 3D, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) is the first ship in the fleet to test the system during it’s … [Read more...]