Navy
Just doesn’t feel quite right
You may remember back to July 2020, when a US Marine Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) went down in training and killed 8 Marines and a sailor. At the time, the Corps did a thorough inspection of the vehicle fleet: The thorough inspection, based off of initial tests developed by the manufacturers, found that nearly all […]
Valor Friday
Samuel Perry (sometimes his middle name is listed as Powhatan) Carter is, in American history, the only man to have been commissioned in the armed forces as both a general officer and a flag officer (admiral). There have been others, who have served on active duty as a general officer in one of the branches […]
Okinawa governor wants SOFA amended to give Japan the lead to investigate and prosecute
Ridge Alkonis, Navy Lieutenant, was sentenced to three years in in a Japanese prison for manslaughter. After returning with his family from Mount Fuji, he lost control of his vehicle and hit pedestrians. Two Japanese citizens died as a result of the collision. The U.S. tried to get him to be released to serve the […]
Navy lays out policy for 21-day administrative leave for abortion and reproductive care
The Department of the Navy laid out a policy that would accommodate Sailors and Marines in need of uncovered medical care. This uncovered medical care involves reproductive care and abortion. Those who are authorized for administrative leave would not get charged leave or lose pay. They would be able to use this time to transit […]
Navy Touts All Female Flyover
Poetrooper gave us a head’s up on this. Inside how the Navy axed male pilots to stage all-women Super Bowl flyover Navy changed plans to have only female pilots just days before Super Bowl By Emma Colton | Fox News An all-female team of pilots conducted the Super Bowl pregame flyover for the first time […]
“No approaching any more or you will pay full responsibility”
A U.S. Navy P-8 flying over international waters, over the South China Sea, heard this warning from the Chinese Military. This warning was followed up by a Chinese fighter jet flying 500 feet from the P-8’s left wing. The P-8 continued its mission, then broke away when the mission was completed. From Fox News “Typically […]
China outpacing the U.S. with warship production
Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy, warned that China’s warship production surpasses that of the U.S., threatening US naval supremacy. Toro pointed out the inconsistency between China’s actions and beliefs with the rules based international orders as well as with individual freedoms, democracy, and human rights. From Fox News: “It is no secret that […]
Flight testing next year for ship based hypersonic missile
Lockheed Martin is set to be in position to conduct hypersonic launch tests from a Navy ship. Both the Army and the Navy are working with developers to test hypersonic weapons, and to eventually field them on a platform specific to these services. The Army would utilize a truck-towed launcher, and the Navy would utilize […]
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