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USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Jan. 4, 2021

4 January 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. 4, 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 Underway	Non-deployed Ships Underway	Total Ships Underway
50	5	55

Ships Deployed by Fleet

Fleet Forces

3rd...

https://news.usni.org/2021/01/04/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-jan-4-2021

Pentagon: Carrier USS Nimitz Will Stay in Middle East After Threats from Iran

4 January 2021

USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) sail in formation during a scheduled transit of the Strait of Hormuz on Nov. 9, 2020. US Navy Photo

Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and its strike group will remain in the Middle East in the wake of threats from officials in the Iranian government on the one-year anniversary of the U.S. killing of Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani, the Pentagon announced late Sunday.

“Due to the recent threats issued by...

https://news.usni.org/2021/01/03/pentagon-carrier-uss-nimitz-will-stay-in-middle-east-after-threats-from-iran

VIDEO: Navy Expanding Use of Virtual Trainers for Surface Ship Crews

30 December 2020

The crew of USS Benfold (DDG-65) trains in the Combined Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD)/Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Trainer (CIAT) in San Diego, Calif., on March 5, 2020. USNI News photo.

The surface navy continues to expand and evolve its use of virtual trainers, as it looks to train and certify individual sailors and watch teams ashore so they can make best use of their time at sea.

The Navy now fields systems as simple as a microphone paired with a simulator display screen to...

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Dec. 28, 2020

28 December 2020

USNI News Image

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Dec. 28, 2020, 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 Underway	Non-deployed Ships Underway	Total Ships Underway
49	1	50

Ships Deployed by Fleet

Fleet Forces

3rd...

https://news.usni.org/2020/12/28/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-dec-28-2020

First Female Nuclear Carrier CO Will Command USS Abraham Lincoln

24 December 2020

Capt. Amy N. Bauernschmidt, then commanding officer of USS San Diego (LPD-22), met with Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russel Smith during MCPON’s visit to the ship in 2019. US Navy Photo

Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt, a veteran pilot, will take the helm of the Nimitz-class USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), becoming the first woman to command an aircraft carrier, the Navy announced Wednesday.

Bauernschmidt will take command of Lincoln this summer after she completes nuclear power, aviation and...

https://news.usni.org/2020/12/23/first-female-nuclear-carrier-co-will-command-uss-abraham-lincoln

Document: Trump Letter on Veto of FY 2021 Defense Authorization Bill

24 December 2020

The following is the text of the letter President Donald Trump sent to Congress as part of his veto of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 on Dec. 23, 2020.

TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:

I am returning, without my approval, H.R. 6395, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (the “Act”). My Administration recognizes the importance of the Act to our national security. Unfortunately, the Act fails to include critical national security measures, includes...

https://news.usni.org/2020/12/23/document-trump-letter-on-veto-of-fy-2021-defense-authorization-bill

Navy Releases Fourth Round of USS Thresher Inquiry Documents

23 December 2020

This week, the Navy released the fourth set of documents from a previously classified investigation into the April 10, 1963 loss of USS Thresher and its crew of 129 sailors off the coast of New England.

A freedom of information lawsuit from retired Navy Capt. James Bryant, a former Thresher-class submarine commander, compelled the Navy to release the documents on a rolling basis.

The following is the fourth set of 12 volumes of proceedings of the court of inquiry ordered by the commander of the...

https://news.usni.org/2020/12/23/navy-releases-fourth-round-of-uss-thresher-inquiry-documents

Final Department of Defense Board on Diversity and Inclusion Report

21 December 2020

The following is the Department of Defense Board on Diversity and Inclusion Report: Recommendations to Improve Racial and Ethnic Diversity and Inclusion in the U.S. Military that was released on Dec. 18, 2020.

From the report

For more than 200 years, the U.S. military has fought to defend this nation and its interests, earning the reputation as the greatest military force in history. The U.S. military attracts highly qualified men and women who represent a wide variety of creeds, religions,...

https://news.usni.org/2020/12/20/final-department-of-defense-board-on-diversity-and-inclusion-report

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