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Congress seeks to help military bases at risk from flooding, severe weather Sixteen Navy bases are declared 'at-risk.' Three Marine Corps bases in North Carolina sustained $3.8 billion in damages from Hurricane Florence in 2018. Author: Mike Gooding Updated: 7:12 PM EDT May 13, 2021 NORFOLK, Va. — Sixteen Navy bases, including Naval Station Norfolk, have been declared by the Department of Defense for being at risk for recurrent flooding. Congress has appropriated $927 million in the Fiscal Year 2021 budget for a variety of construction projects at the nation'...

‘I'D LIKE TO MODIFY MY ORIGINAL ASSESSMENT’: By his own account, Chris Miller, installed as acting defense secretary by President Donald Trump after he fired Mark Esper for insufficient loyalty, was itching to testify before Congress and set the record straight.

10-May-2021 Source: US Marine Corps Command of Fleet Readiness Center East returned to a Marine Corps officer as Col. Thomas A. Atkinson assumed leadership of the facility in a brief ceremony held May 7. Capt. Mark E. Nieto, the first Navy officer to take the helm of the depot, formally transferred authority and responsibility for the depot to Atkinson in a short, in-office change of command ceremony led virtually by acting Commander, Fleet Readiness Centers Capt. Christopher Couch. The ceremony also marked the conclusion of Nieto’s military career; the outgoing FRCE commanding officer will...

Capt. Mark E. Nieto, the first Navy officer to take the helm of the depot, formally transferred authority and responsibility for the depot to Atkinson in a short, in-office change of command ceremony led virtually by acting Commander, Fleet Readiness Centers Capt. Christopher Couch. The ceremony also marked the conclusion of Nieto’s military career; the outgoing FRCE commanding officer will be retiring following 28 years of service. Retired Rear Adm. Paul Sohl, former commander of the Navy’s Operational Test and Evaluation Force and former commander of all Fleet Readiness Centers, retired...

3 MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. – Aircraft maintenance professionals with Fleet Readiness Center East’s F-35 Rapid Response Team play a critical role in keeping the Marine Corps’ F-35B Lightning II fleet healthy. In support of this goal, FRCE’s F-35 Rapid Response Team (RRT) recently conducted simultaneous deployments to Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, and aboard the USS Makin Island, underway in the Arabian Sea. RRT maintainers inspected and repaired 12 F-35B aircraft, all in under 40 days – including travel, precautionary restriction of move...