A Navy investigation released Thursday revealed that contaminated drinking water that supplied thousands of military families in Hawaii was the result of human error and poor leadership within the Navy. The report further detailed how jet fuel leaked from Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility situated on a ridge above Pearl Harbor into tap water…
‘God’s Great Outdoors’: Navy Vet Takes Air Force Vet Mom on Epic Tour of 20 States
A retired Navy nurse took her 95-year-old mother, a U.S. Air Force veteran diagnosed with dementia, on a 26,000-mile adventure across the United States. Together, they passed through 70 cities in 20 states, collecting stories and experiences like none they’d had before. Teresa Lee McFarland of Lone Pine, California, is 63 years old. She retired…
China’s New Aircraft Carrier Bolsters CCP’s Ability to Project Power Worldwide: Expert
The Chinese regime just launched its third aircraft carrier, named the “Fujian” after the southern Chinese province directly opposite Taiwan. The vessel is China’s first wholly modern aircraft carrier. It was preceded by the “Liaoning,” a retrofitted Soviet ship, and the “Shandong,” a domestically-built vessel that was designed and augmented off the plans for the…
US Navy Fires 5 Officers in Less Than a Week, Gives No Reason Why
The U.S. Navy announced that it fired five officers in the span of only a few days, with the most recent termination occurring on Tuesday. Commodore of Destroyer Squadron 23 Capt. Patrick O’Mahoney confirmed that Cmdr. Peter Lesaca was fired on Tuesday, with O’Mahoney saying that he lost confidence in Lesaca’s ability to lead the USS…
US Naval Air Force Orders ‘Safety Pause’ for Aircraft After Deadly String of Crashes
The U.S. Naval Air Forces Public Affairs confirmed it would conduct a one-day “safety pause” for non-deployed aircraft following several military aircraft crashes in South Carolina that led to the deaths of five Marines and a Navy pilot. “As a result of recent crashes involving U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aircraft, Commander, Naval Air Forces…
Commanding America’s Oldest Warship
Many a men have helmed the U.S.S. Constitution since the three-masted wooden Navy frigate was built in 1797. After 225 years, a highly decorated commander with as much salt and combat experience as her male predecessors is making history aboard America’s most historic ship. Cmdr. Billie J. Farrell took command of the U.S.S. Constitution on…
Eileen Gu Will Represent Team USA in Winter Olympics Bid?; China’s Third Aircraft Carrier Delayed
June 9, 2022
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China delays the launch of its Type 003 carrier—the long-awaited next-generation warship to compete with the United States. Is the reason technical, political, or something else? We have Michael Cisek to break down the details. Plus, a Chinese company is trying to match Starlink, the internet satellite system by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. What is that…
Fearing China, Southeast Asia Beefs Up Its Militaries
Commentary The Chinese regime’s increasingly aggressive and militarily-backed behavior has, unsurprisingly, sparked a backlash of counter-arming on the part of much of Southeast Asia. China has increasingly used its growing military power to dominate the environs around the South China Sea. It has, for example, built up its naval forces on Hainan Island, deploying nuclear…
China and Cambodia Declare ‘Ironclad Friendship’, Begin Construction on New Naval Facilities
June 8, 2022
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Officials from China and Cambodia said that they had officially begun work on a major expansion to Cambodia’s largest naval base June 8. The project is being funded by China, and one official from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) described it as evidence of the two nations’ “iron-clad partnership.” The announcement is likely to ruffle…
US Navy Identifies Pilot Killed in California Fighter Jet Crash
The U.S. Navy has identified the pilot who was killed in a fighter jet crash during a routine training mission in California last week. Lt. Richard Bullock’s F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet went down at about 2:30 p.m. local time on June 3 in a “remote, unpopulated area” near Trona, an unincorporated Mojave Desert community in…
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