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War Grave Protected

| February 13, 2024 | 4 Comments
War Grave Protected

Ships Bell, USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) Relic Recovered from U.S. Destroyer Lost in WWI JOHN GRADY The bell of the USS Jacob Jones (DD-61), the only American destroyer sunk during World War I, has been recovered by a special salvage unit with the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense at the request of the U.S. Naval […]

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Navy Recruit: Pop Positive for Weed? No Problem!

| February 9, 2024 | 63 Comments
Navy Recruit: Pop Positive for Weed? No Problem!

Navy Now Forgiving Recruits’ Prior Marijuana Use as It Looks to Cut More Losses at Boot Camp Military.com | By Konstantin Toropin The Navy is no longer immediately kicking out recruits who arrive at boot camp at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois, with detectable amounts of marijuana in their system. The service has […]

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Iran warns US off Houthi linked ship

| February 9, 2024 | 29 Comments
Iran warns US off Houthi linked ship

  Iran has warned the US not to target one of their ships passing targeting info to the Houthis. The clip describes Behshad as a “floating armoury” involved in missions to “counteract piracy in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden”. Iran is not known to have taken part in any recent anti-piracy campaigns […]

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Throwing dollars at quality of life

| February 6, 2024 | 57 Comments
Throwing dollars at quality of life

Both the Army and Navy have been shocked – SHOCKED –  that enlisted barracks, to be polite, suck. Water leaks, black mold, rats (freakin’ RATS?) and a host of other problems have surfaced in the last several months, and leadership is determined to throw money at it fix the situation. Or at least get it […]

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Fired USS Lake Erie captain instilled a ‘culture of fear’

| February 2, 2024 | 63 Comments
Fired USS Lake Erie captain instilled a ‘culture of fear’

Capt. Danielle DeFant Report: Fired USS Lake Erie captain instilled a ‘culture of fear’ By Sarah Sicard The commanding officer of the cruiser Lake Erie fostered a hostile environment on the ship by tormenting crew members before she was relieved of duty in October, according to a Navy investigation obtained by Navy Times. Capt. Danielle […]

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Navy: No GED? No Problem!

| January 28, 2024 | 92 Comments
Navy: No GED? No Problem!

Big Navy missed all of its recruiting goals for FY 2023. The target number was 37,700 new sailors yet Navy ended FY 2023 with only 30,236, ~7400 shy. Regular Navy Officer and reserve personnel goals fared no better. It missed the officer goal by 452, reserve enlisted missed by 2,048 and reserve officer by 773. […]

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Missing off Yemen

| January 27, 2024 | 77 Comments
Missing off Yemen

The Telegraph points out something very interesting. In the relatively shallow coastal waters off Yemen (think they describe that as a “littoral” area), there is one class of Navy ship not heard from. Multiple ships of various categories have been leading the way. Shooting down Houthi missiles and drones, blowing their little attack boats out […]

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Sad news for Navy

| January 22, 2024 | 32 Comments
Sad news for Navy

  If you recall, last week two Navy SEALs were reported missing when during a ship boarding January 11th one was swept off by high seas and his partner went into the water after them. Sadly, after a 10 day search of over 21,000 square miles of ocean, the sailors have been declared dead and […]

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