January 24, 2022 Navy says pilot forced to evacuate after jet ‘landing mishap’ that injured seven sailors in South China Sea Seven sailors were injured Monday when a fighter jet suffered a “landing mishap” on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson and was forced to evacuate, the U.S. Navy said.
January 21, 2022 Woman takes command of USS Constitution for the first time Cmdr. Billie J. Farrell, 39, during a ceremony that started on land and ended on board, became the 77th commanding officer of the 224-year-old warship that earned the nickname Old Ironsides when British cannonballs bounced off its hull during the War of 1812.
January 13, 2022 Chief of Naval Operations says continuing resolutions and inflation are damaging readiness Chief Of Naval Operations Admiral Michael M. Gilday issued a stark warning to lawmakers about the dangers of funding the military under continuing resolutions, testifying that the lack of a stable and predictable budget will harm the Navy's ability to confront adversaries, such as China and Russia.
January 12, 2022 Army has relieved six active-duty leaders, including two battalion commanders, for refusing vaccine U.S. Army commanders have relieved six soldiers from positions of leaderships and issued 2,994 general officer written reprimands in response to soldiers who have refused to comply with the COVID-19 vaccination order
January 11, 2022 Navy jet fuel leak near Pearl Harbor believed to contaminate 93K homes prompts evacuation, investigation Multiple Navy admirals are set to testify publicly Wednesday about the status of a jet fuel leak from the Navy’s Red Hill reserve that’s believed to have contaminated the water in up to 93,000 homes of mostly military families just outside of Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu.
January 9, 2022 Navy extends boot camp to encompass ‘extremism’ and sexual assault The Navy is adding two weeks to its eight-week boot camp program this year to focus on improving recruits' emergency skills and war readiness, as well as equipping them to handle issues related to suicide prevention, sexual assault, hazing and racism.
January 6, 2022 Navy discharges first sailors for declining COVID-19 vaccine The Navy removed the first group of sailors from the service for not getting the COVID-19 vaccine, the Navy announced in a Wednesday statement.
January 5, 2022 Navy captain becomes 1st woman in history to lead nuclear carrier The USS Abraham Lincoln deployed this week from San Diego under the command of Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt, the first woman to lead a nuclear carrier in U.S. Navy history.
January 4, 2022 Biden showing 'religious hostility' toward SEALs at center of vax mandate suit: Attorney President Joe Biden and his Pentagon leadership are portraying "religious hostility" toward American servicemembers who do not want to submit to an injection of a coronavirus vaccine as a stipulation of their continuing service, an attorney for a group of Navy SEALs who won an injunction against the administration in that regard this week told ӣƵ on Tuesday.
January 4, 2022 First woman to command USS Constitution, aka Old Ironsides A woman is taking over as the commanding officer of the U.S.S. Constitution for the first time in the warship's 224-year history, the Navy announced Tuesday.