Military Personnel

Swedish Navy Chief: Russian Gray Zone Threats Makes Presence, Info-Sharing Critical

Chief of Swedish Navy Rear Adm. Ewa Skoog Haslum. Swedish Armed Forces Photo

The threat of Russian gray zone activity in Northern European waters makes at-sea presence and information-sharing all the more important, the chief of the Swedish Navy said today in an online event.

Rear Adm. Ewa Skoog Haslum said during an American Enterprise Institute online discussion today that the Baltic and North seas are busy waters for merchant, military and recreational traffic and that keeping the waters free...

https://news.usni.org/2021/01/26/swedish-navy-chief-russian-gray-zone-threats-makes-presence-info-sharing-critical

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Jan. 25, 2021

USNI News Graphic

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Jan. 25, 2021, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Total U.S. Navy Battle Force:297Ships Underway

Deployed Ships UnderwayNon-deployed Ships UnderwayTotal Ships Underway
583391

Ships Deployed by Fleet

Fleet Forces3...

SEAL Sentenced to 10 Years in Death of Green Beret Logan Melgar

Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar. US Army

The SEAL who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Green Beret Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar in 2017 was sentenced to 10 years of confinement on Saturday, USNI News has learned.

In addition to the confinement, Chief Special Warfare Operator Anthony DeDolph was reduced in rank to E1, loss of pay and a dishonorable discharge, DeDolph’s defense attorney Phil Stackhouse told USNI News on Saturday.

DeDolph, formerly a member of the Naval Special Warfare Development...

https://news.usni.org/2021/01/24/seal-sentenced-to-10-years-in-death-of-green-beret-logan-melgar

Lloyd Austin’s First Message to the Pentagon

The following is the Jan. 22, 2021 message from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to the Department of Defense.

MEMORANDUM FOR ALL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

SUBJECT: Day One Message to the Force

I am honored to have this chance to serve again and to do so alongside you and your families. My wife, Charlene, and I know all too well the sacrifices you make to keep this country safe. That safety is job one, and I promise to work as hard as you do at it.

The way I see it, my job as Secretary of Defense is...

https://news.usni.org/2021/01/22/lloyd-austins-first-message-to-the-pentagon

Third Sailors Dies From COVID-19 Complications

Master-at-Arms Justin Wilson plays ‘Taps” during a burial at sea aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson’s (CVN-70). US Navy Photo

A Navy Reserve sailor in Ohio died earlier this month from complications related to COVID-19, the service announced on Thursday.

Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Abdigafar Salad Warsame, 52, was assigned to Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Columbus, Ohio, according to a statement from the Navy Reserve. His home of record was in Georgia, according to his...

https://news.usni.org/2021/01/22/third-sailors-dies-from-covid-19-complications

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Jan. 21, 2021

USNI News Graphic

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Jan. 21, 2021, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Total U.S. Navy Battle Force:297Ships Underway

Deployed Ships UnderwayNon-deployed Ships UnderwayTotal Ships Underway
523688

Ships Deployed by Fleet

Fleet Forces3r...

Acting SECNAV Harker’s First Message to the Fleet

The following is the text from the Jan. 20, 2021 message from Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Harker sent to the Department of the Navy.

To all of our Sailors, Marines, Civilians, and Military Families,

I am honored to return to the Department of the Navy Team as your Acting Secretary.

From my years on active duty in the Coast Guard and as a Career Civilian at several federal agencies, I am keenly aware of the sacrifices all of you make, and the dedication you show, every day in service to...

https://news.usni.org/2021/01/20/acting-secnav-harkers-first-message-to-the-fleet

Navy COVID-19 Teams Assisting Navajo Nation as Army North Expands Support Mission

U.S. Public Health Service Lt. Cmdr. Jennifer Manning, right, deputy incident commander, Northern Navajo Medical Center, speaks with U.S. Navy medical providers during their hospital orientation at the Northern Navajo Medical Center, Shiprock, N.M., on Dec. 18, 2020. US Army Photo

As states across the U.S. braced for a winter resurgence in COVID-19 cases, some Navy medical personnel got mid-December deployment orders to an unusual destination: Navajo Nation.

Twenty Navy nurses and four...

https://news.usni.org/2021/01/18/navy-covid-19-teams-assisting-navajo-nation-as-army-north-expands-support-mission

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