Tag: Navy

Four Navy captains are scheduled to testify aboard the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower, representing the surface, aviation, submarine and construction battalion communities. (AP Photo)

National Security

Many members planning to skip House hearing aboard aircraft carrier

Jacqueline Klimas · May 18, 2016 6:00 pm

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John M. Richardson said the Navy must become a better customer and fundamentally change the way it does business to keep up with rapidly changing technology, otherwise "we will just fall behind." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

National Security

Navy leader to industry: Stop being so polite

Jacqueline Klimas · May 16, 2016 3:23 pm

The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), center-right, leads the George Washington Carrier Strike Group and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships in tactical maneuver training. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ricardo R. Guzman/Released)

U.S. Navy facing first serious competition in decades

Jamie McIntyre · May 16, 2016 4:01 am

Sailors watch as an X-47B Navy drone does a flyby the USS George H.W. Bush after it was launched from the ship off the coast of Virginia Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Navy fuels drone wars

Jacqueline Klimas · May 16, 2016 4:01 am

Energy and Environment

Navy secretary: Green energy saves Marines’ lives

Jacqueline Klimas · May 16, 2016 4:01 am

The official says Eric Rasch failed to provide effective leadership, leading to a lack of oversight, complacency and failure to maintain standards in the unit. (AP Photo)

National Security

Navy fires commander of 10 sailors captured by Iran

Anna Giaritelli · May 12, 2016 10:18 pm

Such "freedom of navigation" operations are "relatively routine," said White House press secretary Josh Earnest. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Earnest says U.S. not poking China with naval exercises

Nicole Duran · May 12, 2016 8:17 pm

Two House Armed Services subcommittees are co-hosting a hearing aboard the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower in Norfolk, Va., on May 23 to see problems facing the fleet first hand. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

National Security

House panel to meet aboard aircraft carrier

Jacqueline Klimas · May 12, 2016 3:48 pm

A U.S. Navy officer was charged with espionage, attempted espionage and involvement with prostitution Friday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

National Security

U.S. warship sails near disputed reef in South China Sea

Kelly Cohen · May 10, 2016 11:50 am

CNN Chief National Security Correspondent Jim Sciutto with Commodore Ollie Lewis, head of Submarine Squadron 12, aboard the attack submarine Missouri. (Jeremy Moorhead/CNN)

National Security

Report: U.S. sailors focused on Russian sub threat

Jacqueline Klimas · May 5, 2016 6:00 am

A U.S. Navy investigative report obtained by the Associated Press shows a Navy officer relieved of commanding a Persian Gulf patrol ship failed to maintain equipment to the point of exposing "his crew to unnecessary risk," interfered with an inquiry into his actions and once slept drunk on a bench at a Dubai port. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Martin Cuaron, U.S. Navy via AP)

National Security

US Navy accuses Gulf commander of misconduct

Associated Press · May 4, 2016 6:01 pm

Analyst said extending a carrier's time at sea could raise costs by creating more wear and tear on the ship. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class M. J. Lieberknecht/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

National Security

Carrier deployment extension could increase maintenance costs by $20 million

Jacqueline Klimas · May 3, 2016 7:21 pm