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Navy ships are getting fewer steaming hours because of growing maintenance delays and costs, a new report says.

Navy ships are getting fewer steaming hours because of growing maintenance delays and costs, a new report says.

Navy ships are getting fewer steaming hours because of growing maintenance delays and costs, a troubling trend that comes as at time when the U.S. is struggling to keep pace with China's growing fleet.

Ships from Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70 and Commander, Task Force (CTF) 71 completed the Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercise for 2023 in the Philippine Sea.

Earlier this week, China marked the 10th anniversary of its first aircraft carrier by sailing offshore with dozens of fighter jets on deck.

By Ensign Brittany Crocker, Navy Office of Community Outreach

(SMYRNA, TN) Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Eldridge, a 2018 Stewarts Creek High School graduate, joined the Navy four years ago. “I was originally going to college for nursing,” said Eldridge. “A Navy recruiter visited my high school and I was energized to join as a corpsman. I am the first female in my family to join the military.”Today, Eldridge serves as a hospital corpsman. Eldridge is responsible for training emergency medicine and maintaining the me...

A native of St Catherine, Jamaica, with hometown ties to Queens, New York, serves the US Navy aboard USS Boxer, which is homeported in San Diego. Petty Officer Third Class Juanita McCurdy-Davis, ...

A native of Raeford, North Carolina, is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the guided-missile cruiser, USS Cowpens.

A native of Garner, Iowa, serves the U.S. Navy aboard USS Boxer, which is homeported in San Diego. Lt. Cmdr. Charity Edgar, a 2004 Garner-Hayfield Hig