The US Navy has confirmed that one of its aircraft carriers suffered an onboard fire while pierside in San Diego, California, on Wednesday, June 28. The incident occurred ..
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Nine US Navy sailors suffered minor injuries after a fire ignited on board the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on Tuesday, November 29. The navy said ..
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US Navy and US Coast Guard surface vessels and air assets have been scouring the waters of the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California, to search for five missing crewmem ..
Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan meets with the Qatar Minister of State for Defence Affairs Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., March 12, 2019. DoD Photo
The acting secretary of defense defended the Pentagon’s decision to retire a Nimitz-class carrier 25 years early during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.
In response to chairman Sen. Jim Inhofe’s (R-Okla.) questions on why the Department of Defense was calling...
https://news.usni.org/2019/03/14/acting-secdef-shanahan-defends-truman-carrier-cut-senate-panel
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) conducts a strait transit. Truman is currently deployed as part of an ongoing rotation of U.S. forces supporting maritime security operations in international waters around the globe on April 27, 2018. US Navy Photo
A Pentagon budget plan to sideline an aircraft carrier rather than refuel it as a means to redirect money for other defense priorities would save just $16.9 million in Fiscal Year 2020, USNI News has learned.
That money in the next fiscal year is the first...
https://news.usni.org/2019/02/28/pentagon-plan-sideline-carrier-truman-will-net-just-17m-fy-2020