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Former Navy Captain Sentenced to 30-Months Following Guilty Plea in ‘Fat Leonard’ Case

Then Cmdr. David Haas. US Navy Photo

A former U.S. 7th Fleet operations officer was sentenced Thursday to 30 months in federal prison – two years after pleading guilty – for taking bribes in exchange for steering lucrative contracts to a foreign defense contractor.

Retired Navy Capt. David W. Haas, 54, of Kailua, Hawaii, originally faced a longer prison time if convicted of eight counts in an August 2018 federal indictment into the wide corruption and bribery scandal surrounding Leonard Glenn...

https://news.usni.org/2023/02/03/former-navy-captain-sentenced-to-30-months-in-fat-leonard-following-guilty-plea

New Details Revealed in ‘Fat Leonard’ Escape, Detention as Manhunt Continues

U.S. Marshals wanted poster for Leonard Francis

An international manhunt continued Tuesday for Leonard Glenn Francis, a former defense contractor and convicted mastermind of a multimillion-dollar U.S. Navy corruption case who fled custody from home detention Sunday morning, just weeks before he was to be sentenced to federal prison.

Francis, a Malaysian national and the former president of Singapore-based Glenn Defense Marine Asia, was convicted in 2015 after taking a plea deal in exchange for...

https://news.usni.org/2022/09/06/new-details-revealed-in-fat-leonard-escape-detention-as-manhunt-continues

Former Carrier Kitty Hawk Arrives in Brownsville for Scrapping

Screenshot of YouTube video from May 31, 2022 of the hull of Kitty Hawk arriving in the Port of Brownsville, Texas.

The Navy’s last conventional super carriers arrived in Brownsville, Texas this week after taking one last towed sail before getting scrapped.

The former USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) reached South Padre Island, near the Texas-Mexico border, on Tuesday as veterans of one of the Navy’s last conventional carriers looked on, according to a report in The Brownsville Herald.

The ship is now at...

https://news.usni.org/2022/06/01/former-carrier-kitty-hawk-arrives-in-brownsville-for-scrapping

Former Navy Captain Pleads Guilty to Bribery in ‘Fat Leonard’ Investigation

Capt. Donald Gayle Hornbeck

A former U.S. 7th Fleet operations officer pleaded guilty to bribery, admitting in a federal court Wednesday that he took nearly $68,000 in gifts that included extravagant meals, prostitutes and luxury hotel stays from defense contractor Glenn Defense Marine Asia, U.S. prosecutors announced Wednesday.

Former Capt. Donald Gayle Hornbeck handed over sensitive, classified ship-movement information and helped Leonard Glenn Francis recruit and manage a network of naval...

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/03/former-navy-captain-pleads-guilty-to-bribery-in-fat-leonard-investigation

Decommissioned US Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk departs for breaker’s yard

The decommissioned US Navy aircraft carrier ex-USS Kitty Hawk has departed the Puget Sound Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) at Bremerton, Washington, with ..

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Sale of Last Conventional Supercarriers Deals Final Blow To Museum Hopes

The former USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) gets underway from its homeport at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan in 2004. US Navy Photo

When James Melka first approached USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), he had no idea the size of the aircraft carrier.

As the 17-year-old walked toward the pier in 1965, he could see the big gray ship, growing larger as he approached. It was “amazing” to walk onto the ship, then just four years into its service life, via its gangplank, Melka recalled.

At 1,047 feet, the former USS Kitty Hawk...

USS Stethem Heads to San Diego After 14 Years in Japan

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG-63) is anchored off the coast of Shimoda, Japan, during the 80th Shimoda Black Ship Festival. US Navy Photo

USS Stethem (DDG-63) returned U.S. 3rd Fleet over the weekend, as the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer steams its new homeport, San Diego, Calif.

For the past 14 years, Stethem was part of the forward-deployed U.S. 7th Fleet force operating out of Yokosuka, Japan. In 2005, when Stethem first arrived in Japan, the...

https://news.usni.org/2019/07/02/uss-stethem-heads-to-san-diego-after-14-years-in-japan