President Joe Biden has selected Admiral Lisa Franchetti to be the Navy’s top officer. If confirmed, she would be the first woman in the Navy’s history to hold the job, and the first woman in the joint chiefs of staff.
Relatives of eight Marines and a sailor who drowned in a training accident off the coast of San Clemente Island in 2020 Thursday sued the manufacturer and designer of the amphibious assault vehicle in which they were conducting training. The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit names as defendants Bae Systems Inc., which also supplies the […]
(CNN) — Search and rescue efforts are underway after a US Navy helicopter crashed off the San Diego coast Tuesday, officials said. One crew member was rescued and the search is ongoing for five others, a Navy spokesperson told CNN. The condition of the rescued crew member was not disclosed. The helicopter, based on the […]
A total of seven medical crew members on the Navy Hospital Ship USNS Mercy have now tested positive for coronavirus as of Tuesday. This comes after four were diagnosed last week. The ship docked in the Port of Los Angeles in late March — to help Los Angeles area hospitals with the COVID-19 response. The […]
(CNN) — There are now 23 sailors who have tested positive for the coronavirus aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, just two days after the Pentagon announced that three sailors aboard the ship had tested positive for the virus, a Navy official has confirmed to CNN. Earlier in the day, acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly had said there […]
(CNN) — The US Navy’s 6th Fleet is instituting a 14-day self-quarantine between port visits by US Navy ships in Europe over concerns of the coronavirus, according to two US Navy officials, a move intended to bring the fleet inline with instructions from the US Pacific Fleet. Ships will stay at sea for at least 14 days after […]
(CNN) — A 92-year-old veteran finally got the medals he deserved decades after serving in World War II. Thomas Simpson, who served in the Navy, said he was determined to get them after one of his grandsons asked him a question. “He came up to me and said, ‘Pop pop, what did you do during […]
