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Coast Guard ship programs facing delays amid national worker shortage
The Coast Guard worries several Gulf Coast yards are competing for a limited pool of workers, putting several shipbuilding programs at risk of delay.
3 Navy officers reprimanded in death of SEAL trainee
The death of Seaman Kyle Mullen has triggered a number of changes in how sailors are monitored during the physically and mentally exhausting test.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Why Latin American partners need a better way to share intel than WhatsApp
Better tools could help with a host of regional problems.
By Todd South
‘Perfect leader’: Woman takes command of USS Constitution
Cmdr. Billie J. Farrell became the 77th commanding officer of the 224-year-old warship that earned the nickname “Old Ironsides.”
How the landlocked state of Nebraska got its own navy
Nebraska admirals are in charge of the tadpoles and the goldfish.
By Sarah Sicard
The Navy needs about six months to separate unvaccinated sailors; here’s what they can expect
More than 900 sailors have become vaccinated since Nov. 14, the deadline for active duty sailors to receive their final COVID-19 vaccine shot.
By Diana Stancy
Navy unveils new enlisted career policy designed to encourage sailors to remain at sea
The Navy has unveiled an enlisted career management policy that aims to cut gaps at sea by “eliminating the maximum sea duty tour length constraint and redistributing sailors."
By Diana Stancy
US Fleet Forces Command gets new commanding officer
Adm. Daryl Caudle took over as commanding officer of U.S. Fleet Forces Tuesday, relieving Adm. Christopher Grady, who has been tapped to serve as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
By Diana Stancy
US, Japanese navies conduct anti-submarine warfare exercise in South China Sea
The exercise involved the guided-missile destroyer Milius and a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft.
By Diana Stancy
US Navy accepts first Freedom LCS since discovering widespread defect in combining gear system
The Navy is satisfied that land-based and at-sea testing of the new combining gear system — and its bearings, specifically — sufficiently wrung out the new design, and now the service can move forward with installing the fix in new-construction and in-service ships.
Sailors who refuse COVID-19 vaccine face these administrative actions, as well as separation, Navy says
Sailors who reject the vaccine and do not have a pending or approved exemption request could lose out on education benefits and bonus pay, among other things.
By Diana Stancy