The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency suggested the unprecedented step of disinterring the Arizona crew and re-interring them, unidentified, back on the sunken battleship in Pearl Harbor.
House and Senate lawmakers voiced concern Thursday over the acting Navy secretary’s move to cancel the service’s nuclear sea-launched cruise missile in fiscal 2023 as top defense leaders said they had not been briefed on the decision.
The Japan-based aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan will deploy to the Middle East to support the planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, multiple U.S. media outlets reported Wednesday.
The Defense POW /MIA Accounting Agency is considering taking the unprecedented step of placing their remains back in the sunken Pearl Harbor battleship that accounted for the greatest loss of life on Dec. 7, 1941.
The Ford’s long path toward a first deployment, now slated for next year, has sparked years of criticism about the way the Navy acquires ships — and how it sells the need for multi-billion dollar budgets to Congress.
Though they were once competitors in building submarines, Newport News Shipbuilding and General Dynamics Electric Boat are now collaborating with the Navy in design and engineering work for the nuclear fleet.
On Friday, the city of Mobile will roll out a “Tardy Gras” parade celebrating a rare convergence: A U.S. Navy ship built in a city, with the name of that city, being commissioned in that city.
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