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Two deadly collisions involving U.S. Navy destroyers in June and August 2017 may have cost the lives of up to sixteen sailors, leading the Navy to declare a day-long operational pause to reflect upon its safety culture.

Paul Petersen, left, makes his initial appearance in a 3rd District courtroom in Salt Lake City with his attorney, Scott Williams, on Nov. 15, 2019. A judge ordered Petersen, a former elected official from Arizona who admitted running an illegal adoption scheme in three states, to at least one and up to 15 years in the Utah State Prison. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News A Utah couple was overjoyed to welcome a baby boy through adoption. Then investigators got in touch. They were piecing togeth...

Fire and fatigue present much more immediate danger. Heres What You Need to Know: Past aircraft carrier disasters offer lessons for today. Two deadly collisions involving U.S. Navy destroyers in June and August 2017 may have cost the lives of up to sixteen sailors, leading the Navy to declare a day-long operational pause to reflect upon its safety culture. That such similar accidents took place in such close proximity reflects stresses and failings common to the maritime fighting branch. Inde...

 Forrestal just nine months later. Two deadly collisions involving U.S. Navy destroyers in June and August 2017 may have cost the lives of up to sixteen sailors, leading the Navy to declare a day-long operational pause to reflect upon its safety culture. That such similar accidents took place in such close proximity reflects stresses and failings common to the maritime fighting branch. Indeed, the recent spate of collisions echoes a succession of even more catastrophic accidents aboard U.S....

All Work and No Play is Endangering America’s Aircraft Carriers The recent spate of collisions echoes a succession of even more catastrophic accidents aboard U.S. aircraft carriers between 1966 and 1968 that between them claimed the lives of more than two hundred sailors. Heres What You Need to Remember: The incident was a timely warning of the danger of overworking a crew beyond the limits of its manpower; it also demonstrated the vital importance of ensuring that munitions were properly de...