A lengthy and costly effort to modernize the aging cruisers has not gone as planned, the Navy admits.
A Jayhawk helicopter crew based out of Cape Cod discovered all three fishermen clinging to a buoy and hoisted them to safety.
An official has described to Defense News a standoff between the Navy and the Pentagon, and how the White House had to play arbitrator.
The Gold Crew of expeditionary mobile base Hershel “Woody” Williams, which helped conduct the bust in April, was recognized Aug. 22.
