Acting Navy Secretary Resigns Over Response to Outbreak on Ship
WASHINGTON (CN) — Acting secretary of the U.S. Navy Thomas Modly stepped down Tuesday following the release of leaked audio
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Captain of Virus-Stricken Ship Fired for Talking Too Much
The captain of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier facing a growing outbreak of the coronavirus on his ship was fired by Navy leaders who said he created a panic by sending his memo pleading for help to too many people.
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2,700 Sailors to Leave Stricken Aircraft Carrier
Nearly 3,000 sailors aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier where the coronavirus has spread will be taken off the ship by Friday, Navy officials said as they struggle to quarantine crew members.
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Man Sends Locomotive Crashing Towards Rescue Ship: ‘You Only Get This Chance Once’
A train engineer at the Port of Los Angeles was arrested on federal charges after he intentionally crashed a locomotive near the U.S. Navy hospital ship Mercy, believing it signaled a looming government takeover disguised as a response to the Covid-19 outbreak, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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Navy Hospital Ship Arrives in LA to Ease Coming Burden on Hospitals
A U.S. Navy hospital ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles on Friday as medical facilities in Southern California prepare for a surge of Covid-19 patients in the coming weeks.
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Audit: Unclogging Navy Ship Toilets Costs $400K Per Flush
Backed-up toilets on two U.S. Navy ships will cost $400,000 per acid flush to fix, according to a government watchdog report that outlines the costs of poor planning.
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Developer Sues Tetra Tech and Feds Over Hunters Point Project
Land developer Five Point Holdings hit Tetra Tech and the U.S. government with separate lawsuits for special damages Thursday for their roles in the Hunters Point Naval shipyard scandal.
Read moreNot Hazardous Substances
A federal court in Pennsylvania dismissed two families’ case against the Navy brought after they discovered the Navy’s facilities had contaminated their private wells with chemicals. The substances, perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid, are not considered “hazardous substances,” under the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act.
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Military Academies Probe Possible White Nationalism
West Point cadets and U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen flashed what looked like a sideways OK finger gesture during a weekend TV broadcast of the Army-Navy football game — a possible white supremacy signal that the Navy said it will investigate.
Read moreFBI Presumes Base Shooting Was Act of Terrorism
The Saudi gunman who killed three people at the Pensacola naval base had apparently gone on Twitter shortly before the shooting to blast U.S. support of Israel and accuse America of being anti-Muslim, a U.S. official said Sunday as the FBI confirmed it is operating on the assumption the attack was an act of terrorism.
Read moreOfficial: Pensacola Base Shooter Was Saudi Aviation Student
An aviation student from Saudi Arabia opened fire in a classroom building at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola on Friday morning, a U.S. official said, an attack that left three dead in addition to the assailant.
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China Tells US to ‘Correct Its Mistakes’ Over Hong Kong
China said Monday it will suspend U.S. Navy visits to Hong Kong and sanction several U.S. pro-democracy organizations in retaliation for U.S. congressional of legislation supporting human rights in the semi-autonomous territory.
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In Virginia, Bloomberg Blasts Trump for Navy Leader’s Ouster
New presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg traveled to the city that hosts the world’s largest Navy base on Monday and blasted President Donald Trump over the recent ouster of the nation’s Navy secretary.
Read moreDefense Secretary Says Trump Demanded Navy SEAL Keep Status
One day after firing the Navy’s top official, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday that President Donald Trump ordered him to let a SEAL accused of war crimes retire without being stripped of his status.
Read morePentagon Chief Fires Navy Secretary Over SEAL Controversy
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday fired the Navy’s top official over his handling of a disciplinary case involving a Navy SEAL.
Read moreSecretary of Navy Does Not Consider Trump’s Tweet a Formal Order
The secretary of the U.S. Navy said Saturday he doesn’t consider a tweet by President Donald Trump an order and would need a formal order to stop a review of a sailor who could lose his status as a Navy Seal.
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SEALs Face Review Board for Death of Iraqi
Navy officials on Wednesday notified a SEAL convicted of posing with a dead Islamic State militant and three of his superior officers during a 2017 deployment to Iraq that all four will face a review to determine if they should remain on the elite force.
Read moreJudge Won’t Recuse Himself From Shipyard-Cleanup Suits
Refusing to recuse himself from 23 lawsuits claiming widespread fraud in the $1 billion cleanup of a radiation-contaminated shipyard, a federal judge said Friday a Navy contractor’s claim of bias against him “borders on the frivolous.”
Read moreFukushima
The Ninth Circuit dismissed an appeal Tuesday finding it lacks jurisdiction to consider the case of hundreds of U.S. sailors who were exposed to radiation while on a humanitarian mission following the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, Japan, in 2011.
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