US Navy to Send 2 Warships to Black Sea as Russia-Ukraine Tensions Simmer
The United States will send two warships to the Black Sea next week, Turkey’s foreign ministry said on Friday, prompting Russia, which has boosted its military forces near Ukraine, to raise concerns about NATO powers that do not have a coast line in the region of increasing naval activity.
“A notice was sent to us 15 days ago via diplomatic channels that two U.S. warships would pass to the Black Sea, in line with the Montreux Convention. The ships will remain in the Black Sea until May 4,” Turkey’s foreign ministry said, referring to the international pact that gives Turkey control over the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits and regulates the movement of naval warships.
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Navy ‘Struggling’ to Modernize Aging Cruiser Fleet As Tight Budgets Push Pentagon to Shed Legacy Platforms
April 5, 2021 6:44 PM
Guided-missile cruiser USS Hué City (CG-66) was inducted into the Cruiser Modernization program on Oct. 3, 2019. US Navy Photo
This post has been updated to clarify the timeline for the Flight III DDGs’ entry to the fleet.
A plan to keep the Navy’s guided-missile cruiser fleet operating through the end of the 2030s is struggling as the ships show there’s a very real cost in time and money to keep old platforms around for the sake of having a larger fleet.
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World War II veteran and 106-year-old retired U.S. Navy pilot Robbie Roberts gets a tour of the MH-60R Seahawk helicopter during a ceremony at Orlando Executive Airport, Thursday, March 11, 2021. Roberts is the oldest living Naval helicopter pilot and was presented with the Naval Helicopter Association "Lifetime Achievement Award" by several U.S. Navy Florida-based flight crews, including pilots from the HSM-40 Airwolves maritime strike force from Naval Station Mayport, Jacksonville. The Airwolves flew two Seahawks from Mayport to Orlando for the ceremony, Thursday morning. Roberts will celebrate his 107th birthday on April 17. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
KSLA Salutes: Navy veteran turned VA police officer says helping people is greatest part of career VA Police Officer Kylie Johnson (Source: KSLA) By Chandler Watkins | March 10, 2021 at 1:54 PM CST - Updated March 10 at 10:42 PM
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - VA police Officer Kylie Johnson joined the U.S. Navy in February of 1998. VA Police Officer Kylie Johnson (Source: VA Police Officer Kylie Johnson)
âI got into the military, graduated from boot camp, and went to my first duty station at Naval Station Mayport in Florida,â Johnson said. âI stayed there for six years. Left Mayport and did my first tour in Iraq nine months after I had my daughter. I was embedded with the Army. Did some time in Fort Dix, New Jersey. I crossed into security operations. I came back to a battalion in Gulfport, Mississippi. I went back to Afghanistan to Camp Leatherneck. Came back and then went to Japan, returned and went back to Afghanistan. After that, my time was up and I made t