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Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships Will Be on the Front Lines in the Pacific, SWO Boss Says Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) launches a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) during exercise Pacific Griffin. (U.S. Navy/Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon Renfroe) 13 Jan 2021 After years of setbacks, the Navys littoral combat ships are going to see a surge in missions in the Pacific, where leaders say theyll be out front as the U.S. seeks to counter Chinas growin...

SWO boss: ‘Many challenges remain’ in fixing surface fleet’s manning problems January 12 Quartermaster 3rd Class Annie Kilcrease uses an alidade aboard the guided-missile destroyer Ross in the Denmark Strait July 1, 2019. (MC2 Krystina Coffey/Navy) Chronic manning shortfalls aboard U.S. Navy warships were found to have contributed to the fatal 2017 collisions of the Fitzgerald and John S. McCain, disasters that killed 17 sailors and scarred many more of their shipmates for life. Whi...

 December 31, 2020 (UNDATED) – In April 2020, the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence County received grants to produce a state-of-the-art makerspace for the youth of Lawrence County, Dr. Brett Seidle was named Executive Director of Naval Sea Systems Command’s Naval Surface and Undersea Warfare Centers, Dave Flinn was named Bedford’s street commissioner, Katie Messman was named the Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative Coordinator for Lawrence County, and a fallen Marine was la...

Johnston (DD-557). 1 Declaring to his new crew and guests, “This is going to be a fighting ship,” he motioned toward the bunting-draped destroyer and added, “I intend to go in harm’s way, and anyone who doesn’t want to go along had better get off right now.” He continued resolutely, “I will never again retreat from an enemy force.”  In recognition of his valiant spirit and heroism in fighting his ship until she sank in the Battle off Samar on 25 October 1944, Evans posthumously...

Top Stories 2020: COVID-19 Pandemic December 28, 2020 11:39 AM Sailors prepare to man the rails as the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), returns to Yokosuka, Japan following a six-month underway period. US Navy Photo This post is part of a series of stories looking back at the top naval news from 2020. The coronavirus pandemic affected almost everything the Navy did in 2020, from the way the service deploys forces, to the way its contractors built shi...