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With a $150 million price tag, Navy’s CIC simulators now running on both coasts

Officially, it’s called the “Combined Integrated Air and Missile Defense and Anti-Submarine Warfare Trainer” and it started teaching sailors on Monday.

By Mark D. Faram

3 years ago

VCNO on the go: Moran stops in Norfolk to eye surface warfare reforms

Adm. Bill Moran's visit is part of a larger Navy effort to fix the surface warfare fleet after a pair of fatal collisions with commercial vessels in 2017.

By Mark D. Faram

4 years ago

The ghost in the Fitz’s machine: why a doomed warship’s crew never saw the vessel that hit it

A secret Navy report details broken sensors that were reported for repairs but never fixed; schedule changes ordered by superiors high above the Fitz’s command triad that delayed crucial maintenance; taped-up radar controls and, worse, sailors who had no idea how to use the technology.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

4 years ago

Worse than you thought: inside the secret Fitzgerald probe the Navy doesn’t want you to read

It was kept secret from the public in part because it was designed to prep the Navy for potential lawsuits in the aftermath of the accident.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

4 years ago

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