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US Navy charges sailor with arson for fire that destroyed the $750M USS Bonhomme Richard, injuring 63 sailors and civilians The Navy has not released the name of the sailor, who was a member of the ships crew at the time Officials said the sailor is accused of starting the fire and that evidence collected during the investigation is sufficient to direct a preliminary hearing  Vice Admiral Steve Koehler, the Third Fleet commander, is considering court-martial charges and directed a preliminary ...

Commandant’s decision may end Maj. Gen. Robert Castellvi’s career.

Commandant’s decision may end Maj. Gen. Robert Castellvi’s career.

Lester was extremely patriotic but did not talk about the war for a long time because of the friends that he lost - Sophie Kreicar Wawner

By ERIKA I. RITCHIE | The Orange County Register | Published: May 22, 2021 (Tribune News Service) — An environmental group is asking the U.S. Navy to re-examine its operations in the Pacific Ocean following the death of two endangered fin whales that appear to have been struck by an Australian naval destroyer during a joint training exercise off San Diego. One of the whales, which had been towed out to sea after it was dislodged from the ships hull, washed up Wednesday at Orange Countys B...

By WILLIAM COLE | The Honolulu Star-Advertiser | Published: May 16, 2021 (Tribune News Service) — On Sept. 2, 1945, the deadliest war in history officially ended on the deck of the battleship USS Missouri with Japans unconditional surrender. More than 3, 000 service members and dignitaries—most of them Missouri crew members—jammed onto every bit of available real estate to watch the signing. Upwards of 250 allied ships were in Tokyo Bay. More than 1,000 fighters and bombers flew over la...

US likely to boost military presence in Indo-Pacific By Hu Yumin | China Daily | Updated: 2021-05-15 08:33 The CNS Liaoning aircraft carrier leads a fleet during a Peoples Liberation Army Navy training mission in the South China Sea in 2016. [Photo by Mo Xiaoliang/For China Daily] The United States has made clear its intention to strengthen its presence in the Indo-Pacific region. While former US secretary of the navy Kenneth Braithwaite has reiterated his pr...

CHINA: Learning From 1941 Japan  May 11, 2021: Since the 1990s the United States has moved most of its fleet to the Pacific. This was to deal with the growing Chinese naval threat, as well as continuing problems with North Korea and Iran. From 1945 to 2016 the U.S. Seventh Fleet, based in Japan, controlled American naval operations in the West Pacific. In 2016 the Third Fleet took charge of western portions of the Central and South Pacific while Seventh ...

The US Navy has gone though many changes since the 1990s, few of them good and, until recently, not very obvious to the outsider Until the 2020 covid19 epidemic, the navy was able to keep its ships appearing well taken care of, even though years of o

USNI News Search for: Home » Budget Industry » New Navy Fleet Commanders in Pacific, Middle East Nominated; New Picks for N9, Inspector General New Navy Fleet Commanders in Pacific, Middle East Nominated; New Picks for N9, Inspector General April 15, 2021 3:04 PM The White House has put forward nominees to lead the Navy’s two fleets in the Pacific and the fleet in the Middle East, as well as the service’s chief requirements officer and inspector general, the Pentagon announced this week. ...