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USNI News Department of Navy Comptroller Harker to Serve as Acting SECNAV February 19, 2021 5:52 PM   This post has been updated to clarify that Thomas Harker was performing the duties of the undersecretary of defense and comptroller. Thomas Harker, who for the last few years has served as the Department of the Navy’s chief civilian financial official, will assume the role of acting Navy secretary once President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in, a Navy official confirmed to USNI News. Since 2018, Harker had served as the assistant secretary of the Navy for financial management and comptroller. ...

“We’ve had significant challenges introducing the ship to the fleet, successfully operating the ship, [and] ensuring it meets the minimum mission capabilities we desire,” said retired Navy Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, now a senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. For the Navy, a system-wide design flaw for the LCS project would represent another misstep in what’s been a draining period of logistical nightmares, public relations missteps and political controversies. The service also is bracing for a leadership change ...

SAN DIEGO —  A massive fire dooms a warship in San Diego’s waterfront. Training accidents kill 11 in San Clemente Island. Some long deployments come to an end as others are just beginning. These are a few of the stories affecting the San Diego military community in 2020. Underpinning it all is the coronavirus pandemic, which sickened many and strained local military forces as they tried to maintain regular operations. The pandemic tested military leaders and changed day-to-day operations. Sailors endured weeks-long quarantines before going to sea. and Marine recruits isolated in hotel...

Top Stories 2020: COVID-19 Pandemic December 28, 2020 11:39 AM Sailors prepare to man the rails as the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), returns to Yokosuka, Japan following a six-month underway period. US Navy Photo This post is part of a series of stories looking back at the top naval news from 2020. The coronavirus pandemic affected almost everything the Navy did in 2020, from the way the service deploys forces, to the way its contractors built ships and weapons, to the way sailors and officers were educated and trained. The outbreak on USS Theo...

SAN DIEGO —  After leaving its home port of San Diego more than two weeks ago, the Navy announced the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt has officially begun its second deployment in less than a year. The ship and its more than 5,500 sailors have been operating off the coast of California since leaving its berth at Naval Air Station North Island Dec. 7. It began sailing west on Wednesday, the Navy said in a statement. “We are at the highest state of readiness to support America’s interests around the world at a moment’s notice,” said Capt. Eric Anduze, the ship’s commanding...