Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell L. Smith addresses the crew aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) during an all-hands call in the ship’s hangar bay on April 22, 2022. US Navy Photo
The top enlisted officer in the Navy told a House panel it will be next year before the sea service reports its findings into a rash of suicides aboard carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73), as well as sailors’ living conditions aboard carriers undergoing extensive...
Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman Jon Leonard A. Rodriguez Finister, from San Bernardino, California assigned to the Air department aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) on Feb. 23, 2022. US Navy Photo
The string of deaths of sailors assigned to carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) are prompting Navy leaders to rethink manning for longer ship maintenance periods, the head of the service’s East Coast carrier force said on Tuesday.
George Washington ente...
USS George Washington (CVN-73) in 2020. US Navy
THE PENTAGON – The mid-life repair and refueling of carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) will extend into 2023 and last well over five and half years, according to Navy budget documents.
The service now estimates the refueling and refurbishment will finish in March of 2023, almost 19 months later than the expected August 2021 initial delivery, the service said in its recently released Fiscal Year 2023 budget material.
As recently as March, Naval...
The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) begins the transit to Newport News, Va., on Aug. 4, 2017, to begin a refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) maintenance at Newport News Shipyard. US Navy photo.
A sailor assigned to USS George Washington (CVN-73) died last week from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the carrier, USNI News has learned.
According to a determination from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia, Master-at-Arms Seaman Recruit Xavier Hunter Mitchell-Sandor...
USS George Washington (CVN-73) leaving dry dock on Sept. 27, 2019. HII Photo
Three junior enlisted sailors assigned to aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) died earlier this month in three separate apparent suicides within a week of each other, Navy officials have told USNI News.
The most recent, Master-at-Arms Seaman Recruit Xavier Hunter Mitchell-Sandor, was found aboard the carrier on April 15 and was pronounced dead later that day in a local hospital, the Navy said in a statement...
Hurricane Laura on Wendesday. NOAA Image
The Navy and National Guard units in Texas and Louisiana are tracking the progress of Hurricane Laura as it moves north across the Gulf of Mexico toward an expected landfall early Thursday morning.
At its current track, Laura is headed for landfall in the vicinity of Lake Charles, La., according to data from the National Weather Service.
The current track puts Laura east of the Navy’s aviation training center in Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas and...
Quartermaster 1st Class Byron Johnson, from Atlanta, notates in the decklog on the bridge of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) on May 22, 2020. US Navy Photo
The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) is resuming operations in 7th Fleet three years after a devastating collision killed 10 sailors.
Last week, the ship and the crew completed the six-month basic phase training, a key milestone before returning to the fleet.
“We’re back, and...
This post is part of a series of review stories looking back at the top naval news from 2019.
The Gallagher Case, AftermathArguably no criminal case has changed the Navy more than the service’s troubled prosecution of Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward Gallagher.
After an investigation sparked from complaints from fellow SEALs, the service charged Gallagher “with murder, attempted murder and a string of other alleged war crimes,” as part of a deployment in 2017 with SEAL Team 7, reported Navy...
https://news.usni.org/2020/01/02/top-stories-2019-law-policy-and-the-navy
Cmdr. Bryce Benson, then-executive officer, assists in bringing down the battle ensign aboard USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) in 2016. US Navy Photo
The former commander of a guided-missile destroyer that was involved in a fatal collision in 2017 will retire at his current rank and will be eligible for retirement and medical benefits, his lawyer confirmed to USNI News on Wednesday.
Cmdr. Bryce Benson will retire from the Navy on Dec. 29 after a two-year legal battle with the Navy over his role in the...
https://news.usni.org/2019/11/20/former-uss-fitzgerald-co-benson-to-retire-as-commander-next-month
USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) departs Fleet Activities Yokosuka to conduct comprehensive at-sea testing on Oct. 28, 2019. US Navy Photo
USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) is back at sea after completing repairs from a fatal 2017 collision off the coast of Singapore, U.S. 7th Fleet announced on late Sunday.
The guided-missile destroyer departed its pier at Fleet Activities Yokosuka around 11 a.m. local time on Monday and is currently headed out to open water, USNI News understands.
McCain has been in...