February 24, 2021 USS Bonhomme Richard, Navy assault ship damaged by fire, should be sunk, lawmakers say A bipartisan group of 22 lawmakers from Congress is asking Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker to "save taxpayers millions of dollars" and sink the irreparably damaged USS Bonhomme Richard somewhere near Florida, according to a report.
February 24, 2021 Navy vet died after California police knelt on his neck for nearly 5 minutes, family alleges A Navy veteran suffering from a mental health emergency died after a northern California police officer knelt on his neck for nearly five minutes, according to his family, who filed a wrongful death lawsuit regarding the incident being compared to the death of George Floyd.
February 22, 2021 Pensacola Navy shooting victims accuse Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of helping to facilitate attack The 158-page complaint, filed in federal court in Pensacola on Monday, claims the shooter, Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) 2nd Lt. Ahmed Mohammed Al-Shamrani, had fellow Saudi military trainees as "accomplices" to assist him in carrying out the attack.Â
February 21, 2021 Newt Gingrich: 'Woke' American military puts US in danger. Here's how The recent revelation that a senior Navy task force is proposing an oath to be taken by every member of the Navy was a warning of how deep woke-think has penetrated American institutions – even the Defense Department.Â
February 10, 2021 Senior Navy commanders take on extremist behavior among the ranks The U.S. Navy is working to tackle radicalism after two racist incidents aboard naval ships were reported, contributing to the Secretary of Defense’s call for the military to stand-down and address extremism in the ranks.
February 10, 2021 California shooting victim ID’d as Navy sailor from Louisiana: reports A 36-year-old man who was fatally shot in California shortly after midnight Saturday has been identified as a Navy sailor who was originally from Louisiana, according to reports.
February 9, 2021 USS Theodore Roosevelt coronavirus outbreak: Navy failed to follow protocols, watchdog says The Navy failed to follow protocols, including implementing stringent social distancing guidelines and prematurely releasing dozens of sailors from quarantine, which ultimately led to a massive coronavirus outbreak onboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt last March, according to a newly released report by the Department of Defense.
February 6, 2021 Shooter in snow-shoveling murder-suicide was decorated Navy vet The Pennsylvania man caught on video ruthlessly gunning down two neighbors during a snow-shoveling dispute Monday before turning the gun on himself was an engineer and a decorated Navy veteran.
February 5, 2021 US destroyer sails by disputed islands, shadowed by Chinese warships One day after sailing through the Taiwan Strait, the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain conducted a freedom of navigation operation near the disputed Paracel Islands while shadowed by Chinese warships.
February 4, 2021 US warship crosses through Taiwan Strait for first time in Biden presidency The USS John S. McCain sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, its first such operation since Joe Biden took office.