Current and former U.S. Navy leaders have cited broadband as one of the key communication and connectivity issues that the service branch must tackle when deploying its vessels for coronavirus response missions,
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Richard Spencer, the secretary of the U.S. Navy and a 2018 Wash100 awardee, said the service is naming its newest towing, salvage and rescue ship in honor of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian tribe from Michigan.The Navy
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The U.S. Navy has authenticated the keel of its first John Lewis-class fleet oiler, marking the beginning of the ship's construction. USNS John Lewis underwent its keel-laying ceremony Monday at General Dynamics
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The Military Sealift Command unveiled a new training facility at Joint Base Langley-Eustis intended to hone newly employed civil service mariners. The Military Sealift Command Center for Excellence opened with a ribbon
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The U.S. Navy named a new class of towing, salvage and rescue ships to honor Native Americans for their contributions to the military. The new Navajo class will consist of ships designed
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The U.S. Navy has returned the USS Frank Cable submarine tender to working status following a series of repairs and upgrades in the amount of $56 million. Vigor Industrial performed the maintenance, repair and modernization
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Senior military leaders from four defense organizations have discussed potential challenges on future operations at an industry partners meeting in Missouri, DoD News reported Wednesday. Terri Moon Cronk writes U.S. Air Force
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The U.S. Navy has named the T-AO 209 and T-AO 210 fleet replenishment oilers in honor of two American civil and human rights heroes during a ceremony held at the Boston Public Library. T-AO
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Navy Rear Adm. Dee Mewbourne, former director of maritime operations at the U.S. Fleet Forces Command, formally assumed duties as commander of the Military Sealift Command during a ceremony held Thursday aboard the USNS Lewis B.
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The U.S. Navy has transported its newest oceanographic survey vessel to Port Everglades near Florida to its construction site Pascagoula, Mississippi in the ship’s first voyage. The Naval Oceanographic Office’s civilian survey detachment assessed USNS
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