Category: Navy

Navy SEALs Told They’re Undeployable If They Don’t Get COVID-19 Vaccine: Lawyers

Navy SEALs have been informed by their superiors that they won’t be deployed if they refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine, even if they’re granted a religious or medical exemption, according to lawyers representing the elite special operations troops and a document seen by The Epoch Times. “What they’ve been told is if they apply…


Boeing to Build Navy Aircraft at MidAmerica, Invest $200M

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—Chicago-based aerospace giant Boeing Co. will invest $200 million to begin manufacturing the U.S. Navy’s latest unmanned aircraft at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in a project that could add more than 150 jobs on the company’s southwest Illinois campus, according to an announcement scheduled for Friday. Boeing plans to build the MQ-25 Stingray, the…


Boeing to Build Navy Aircraft at MidAmerica, Invest $200 Million

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—Chicago-based aerospace giant Boeing Co. will invest $200 million to begin manufacturing the U.S. Navy’s latest unmanned aircraft at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in a project that could add more than 150 jobs on the company’s southwest Illinois campus, according to an announcement scheduled for Friday. Boeing plans to build the MQ-25 Stingray, the…


Navy Identifies 5 Sailors Killed in California Helicopter Crash

The U.S. Navy on Sunday released the names of the five sailors who died when their helicopter crashed off the coast of Southern California during a routine flight on Tuesday. The five sailors, all crew members of the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 8, were identified as Lt. Bradley A. Foster, 29, a pilot from…


Florida Dry Cleaner Presses Flags for Caskets in Military Funerals Free of Charge to Honor Their Sacrifice

Jacksonville businessman Steve Thompson has been pressing clothes at his dry-cleaning shop in Arlington since it opened 25 years ago. For 24 of those years, the owner of Sand Dollar Cleaners has been pressing American flags destined to be laid over military caskets for funerals—and has been doing it free of charge, a service to…


Navy Mom and Daughter Get Rare Chance to Serve on the Same Ship: ‘It’s Awesome’

A Norfolk, Virginia-based mom and daughter, both in the Navy, have been given the rare opportunity to serve on the same ship. For the married mom of two daughters, who has dedicated nearly 30 years to the U.S. Naval service, it’s the first time she gets to take a piece of her family with her…


Senate Confirms Biden Nominee for Navy Secretary

The Senate on Aug. 7 confirmed Carlos Del Toro as the secretary of the Navy. President Joe Biden nominated Del Toro for the position on June 11. The Senate confirmed him on a voice vote on Saturday. During his confirmation hearing, Del Toro told senators that he would be “exclusively focused” on the threat from China….


Navy Helps Widow Celebrate 100th Birthday by Flying Her Around Ship Named After Late Husband

On her 100th birthday, the widow of the Navy’s first master chief petty officer in World War II visited the ship named after her late husband. The birthday girl was welcomed aboard the USS Delbert D. Black at Naval Station Mayport in Florida earlier in July to celebrate her 100th year of life. Irma Black…


Navy Charges Sailor With Setting Fire That Destroyed Warship

SAN DIEGO—The U.S. Navy charged a sailor on Thursday with starting a fire last year that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard docked off San Diego, marking the maritime branch’s worst warship blaze outside of combat in recent memory. The amphibious assault ship burned for more than four days. Left with extensive structural, electrical and mechanical…


2 US Navy Sailors Die of COVID-19

WASHINGTON—Two Navy sailors have died due to complications from COVID-19. A Navy reservist based in Idaho died Monday, and a doctor assigned to the Naval Medical Center at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, died last Friday, bringing the total number of sailor COVID-19 deaths to 10. The Navy identified the solders Wednesday as Master-at-Arms First Class…