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USS George Washington to Depart for Japan via South America

24 April 2024

USS George Washington (CVN-73) returning from sea trials on May 25, 2023. HII Photo

Carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) is set to depart Naval Station Norfolk, Va., this week for its new homeport in Japan, the Navy announced on Wednesday.
George Washington is scheduled to leave Norfolk on Thursday to sail down the coast of the U.S., through the Caribbean Sea and enter the Pacific by rounding Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America.

The carrier will be part of U.S. 4th Fleet’s Southern...

https://news.usni.org/2024/04/24/uss-george-washington-to-depart-for-japan-via-south-america

How USS Makin Island, Fleet Medical Team Responded to COVID-19 Outbreak on USS Kidd

17 May 2020

Amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD-8) underway in the eastern Pacific on April 20, 2020. US Navy Photo

When a COVID-19 outbreak hit USS Kidd (DDG-100) last month, the Navy sent a medical team with specialized lab equipment to the guided-missile destroyer to test for novel coronavirus among the crew. An outbreak at sea could easily and quickly overwhelm a warship’s small medical department, in this case an independent-duty corpsman and two hospital corpsmen in a crew of about 330.

Fortun...

https://news.usni.org/2020/05/17/how-uss-makin-island-fleet-medical-team-responded-to-covid-19-outbreak-on-uss-kidd

2 USS Kidd Sailors Evacuated as COVID-19 Outbreak Spreads; USS Makin Island Steaming to Assist

27 April 2020

USS Kidd (DDG-100) transits the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Nov. 27, 2019. US Navy Photo

The Navy has dispatched an amphibious warship with a specialized medical team to assist with a spreading COVID-19 outbreak on a deployed guided-missile destroyer, the service said on Saturday.

USS Makin Island (LHD-8) has been ordered to rendezvous with USS Kidd (DDG-100) in the Eastern Pacific. The big deck amphib is embarked with a fleet surgical team, an onboard intensive care unit, ventilators and testing...

https://news.usni.org/2020/04/26/2-uss-kidd-sailors-evacuated-as-covid-19-outbreak-spreads-uss-makin-island-steaming-to-assist

Pentagon Confirms 18 COVID-19 Cases on Deployed USS Kidd, Destroyer Heading to Port

3 May 202024 April 2020

USS Kidd (DDG-100) transits alongside the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) while participating in Exercise Northern Edge 2019 on May 16, 2019. US Navy Photo

The second deployed U.S. warship is suffering an outbreak of COVID-19, Pentagon leaders confirmed on Friday.

Guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG-100) has reported 18 cases of the virus aboard, a defense official confirmed to USNI News on Friday.

A medical team has been embarked on the destroyer and the ship is heading back...

https://news.usni.org/2020/04/24/pentagon-confirms-18-covid-19-cases-on-deployed-uss-kidd-destroyer-heading-to-port

Report to Congress on Venezuela’s Political Crisis

21 March 2019

The following is the March 14, 2019 Congressional Research Service Report, Venezuela: Political Crisis and U.S. Policy.

From the report

Venezuela has been in a deep crisis under the authoritarian rule of Nicolás Maduro of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). Maduro was narrowly elected in 2013 after the death of populist President Hugo Chávez, who had served since 1999. Maduro’s regime has exhibited high levels of corruption and economic mismanagement, which have exacerbated the impact...

https://news.usni.org/2019/03/21/report-congress-venezuelas-political-crisis

Report to Congress on Political Crisis in Venezuela and U.S. Policy

1 March 2019

The following is the March 1 Congressional Research Service report, Venezuela: Political Crisis and U.S. Policy.

From the report

Venezuela has been in a deep crisis under the authoritarian rule of President Nicolás Maduro of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). Maduro was narrowly elected in 2013 after the death of populist President Hugo Chávez, who had served since 1999. Maduro’s regime has exhibited high levels of corruption and economic mismanagement, which have exacerbated the...

https://news.usni.org/2019/03/01/report-congress-political-crisis-venezuela-u-s-policy

Littoral Combat Ships Headed to SOUTHCOM for Drug Interdiction Patrols This Year

7 February 2019

USS Wichita (LCS-13) conducts acceptance trials on Lake Michigan on July 11, 2018. Lockheed Martin Photo

A Littoral Combat Ship, with an embarked Coast Guard law enforcement detachment, will hunt for drug runners in U.S. Southern Command later this year, the command’s top officer told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.

Adm. Craig Faller said the LCS deployment was top of his list of wants for his command followed by more intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets, a...

https://news.usni.org/2019/02/07/littoral-combat-ships-headed-southcom-drug-interdiction-patrols-year