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Carrier Ike heads out on its second deployment in a year February 19 Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower prepare for a replenishment-at-sea during a pre-deployment exercise on Feb. 4, 2021. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Mo Bourdi/Navy) The aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower and its strike group left Norfolk Thursday for the carrier’s second deployment in a year. The carrier headed over the horizon after a last-minute push to offer the COVID-19 vaccine to strike group sailors last week. About 80 percent of sailors opted to get the voluntary va...

Could getting the COVID vaccine ease your pre-deployment quarantine? February 3 Master-at-Arms 1st Class Patrick Moore receives the COVID-19 vaccine as U.S. Pacific Fleet Master Chief James Honea observes at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on Dec. 29. (Chief Mass Communication Specialist Jay C. Pugh/Navy) An internal email sent out to members of a U.S. warship last month suggests that sailors who elect to receive COVID-19 vaccinations could receive less-strict pre-deployment quarantine in the future. While Navy officials emphasize that any such policy change remains under consid...

‘People are scared’: COVID-19 outbreak rattles crew of the warship Chafee January 28 The crew of the U.S. warship Chafee is dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak in the ranks. (via Facebook) The U.S. warship Chafee pulled into San Diego from Hawaii for training last Saturday and has been grappling with a COVID-19 outbreak that sailors onboard and internal documents obtained by Navy Times suggest is decimating the crew. U.S. 3rd Fleet officials confirmed Wednesday that some Chafee personnel had tested positive for the coronavirus, but declined to say how many cases had emerged among the gu...

The three legs of the triad, including intercontinental ballistic missiles and ballistic-launching nuclear submarines, are operating “decades beyond their design life,” Lt. Gen. James C. Dawkins Jr., the Air Force’s deputy chief of staff for strategic deterrence and nuclear integration, told a recent online discussion sponsored by The Heritage Foundation, while rivals such as China and Russia press ahead with major modernization plans. “Nuclear threats to our nation are increasing,” Gen. Dawkins said. “We must have the ability to respond appropriately.” The AGM-86B cruise missil...

"Santa and his elves were born into the Order of the Blue Nose," Navy Region Mid-Atlantic tweeted. The command, which coordinates shore-based naval personnel and shore activities in the Mid-Atlantic region, added in an image attached to the tweet that the order "is a special designation reserved for personnel who have crossed the Arctic Circle above 66°34'N." "After completing assigned activities and a line-crossing ceremony, Sailors are welcomed into the Order and given a certificate," the image says. According to Navy tradition, sailors crossing into the Arctic Circle enter the realm of Bo...