HONOLULU — Crews of two U.S. Coast Guard cutters and a long-range HC-130 patrol aircraft recently completed combined operations to help combat illegal fishing across Oceania, the Coast Guard 14th District said in a release. The crews teamed with shipriders…
Experts Voice Concerns at Forum Over Navy’s 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan
The Navy’s current 30-year plan to achieve a 355-ship fleet may be unworkable because it does not account for the rapidly growing cost of manning and sustaining the force, the almost certain cost overruns for new ship classes it plans…
Coast Guard Interdicts Suspected Smuggler, 11 Cuban Migrants 41 Miles South of Key West
KEY WEST, Florida — The Coast Guard interdicted 11 migrants and a suspected smuggler April 12 about 41 miles south of Key West attempting to illegally enter the United States, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release. Coast…
Coast Guard Interdicts 9 Cuban Migrants on Cay Sal
CAY SAL, Bahamas — The Coast Guard interdicted nine Cuban migrants April 12 on Cay Sal, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release. Coast Guard 7th District watchstanders received a notification from a Coast Guard Air Station Miami…
Future USS Richard M. McCool Jr. Keel Authenticated
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — The keel for the future USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) was ceremoniously laid during a ceremony at Huntington Ingalls Industries Ingalls Shipbuilding Division on April 12, the Naval Sea Systems Command said in a release….
HII Awarded Advance Procurement Contract Modification for Virginia-Class Block V Submarines
NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division has received a $727.4 million contract modification from General Dynamics Electric Boat to continue the procurement of long-lead-time materiel for Virginia-class submarines, the company announced in an April 12…
Coast Guard Interdicts 33 Haitian Migrants Near Tortuga
MIAMI — The Coast Guard interdicted 33 migrants April 8 about 35 miles northeast of Tortuga, Haiti, attempting to illegally enter the United States, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release. At about 7:30 a.m. April 8, the…
Coast Guard Cutter Decisive Conducts Ops With Special Operations Helos
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard cutter Cypress was to return home to Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida on April 12, following a 58-day patrol, during which it conducted training with Army special operations helicopters, the Coast…
Burke Nominated to Be Vice CNO
ARLINGTON, Virginia — The chief of naval personnel (CNP) has been nominated by President Donald J. Trump for promotion to admiral and to become the next vice chief of naval operations (VCNO), Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan announced in…
Moran Becomes First Naval Aviator to Be Nominated for CNO in Two Decades
ARLINTON, Virginia — Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan announced April 11 that President Trump has nominated Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Bill Moran as the 32nd chief of naval operations. If confirmed by the Senate, Moran would…
