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Since arriving at Norfolk Naval Shipyard on July 7, 2020, the NNSY-Truman partnership effort, dubbed the “Truman Project” in industry terms, successfully completed a record-breaking quantity of maintenance work and multiple equipment testing evolutions never previously attempted during a maintenance availability. “It’s not hard to see why Truman’s crew was recently declared the best in the Atlantic Fleet with the 2020 Battenberg Cup Award,” said Capt. Kavon Hakimzadeh, Truman’s commanding officer. “Their teamwork always shines through in overcoming challenges to the mission. I...

Posted On May 12, 2021 William L. Thomas Jr. passed away at his home in Melbourne, Fla., at the age of 99 on March 25, 2021. He was preceded in death by his wife Margaret. He is survived by his daughters, Wendy Breithaupt (Keith) and Sue Adams (Bruce, predeceased); son, James (Monica); two granddaughters, Amy Carver (Chris) and Leah Duncan (Jason); step-granddaughter, Rebecca Giles (Joseph); great-grandson, Jonathan Thomas Duncan, and two step great-grandchildren, Gunner Lowery and Shelby Giles. For his entire life, he carried with him a family characteristic of strength through kindnesses as...

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 Fleet the deals with North Korea, northern China and Russia. One things that brought the Third Fleet...

Navy service members return home to NAS Jacksonville Wives, children, friends, and dogs gave hugs and kisses to their loved ones who've returned to NAS Jacksonville after deployment. Author: Leah Shields Updated: 6:26 PM EDT May 4, 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla — Home sweet home. After 6 months in Japan, the "Mad Foxes" of VP-5 are back on American soil. NAS Jacksonville says "VP-5 conducted maritime patrol and reconnaissance operations with the P-8A Poseidon aircraft primarily out of Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan." 29 service members are returning to NAS Jackso...

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