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See aboard USS George Washington, an aircraft carrier with a checkered recent history
On April 25, the GW was deployed to participate in maritime exercises in the US Southern Command ar…
Lauren Frias
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The US Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan, is leaving Japan after nearly a decade in the Pacific
USS Ronald Reagan, stationed in the Pacific for roughly nine years, will be replaced by USS George …
Ella Sherman,Chris Panella
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3 US Navy sailors assigned to the USS George Washington found dead within a week
Two sailors were found dead at off-base locations on April 9 and 10. A third was found unresponsive…
Sinéad Baker
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After 45 years, the Navy is planning to 'recycle' a first-of-its-kind missile submarine
The Navy plans to retire 304 vessels by 2051. One of them will be USS Ohio, bringing an end to a fo…
Benjamin Brimelow
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US aircraft carrier fleet set to shrink as Pentagon reportedly decides to retire USS Truman 2 decades early
While the Post estimated $4 billion in total savings, Breaking Defense writes that the decision may…
Ryan Pickrell
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President George H.W. Bush dies at age 94
On August 2, 1990, Bush faced what was arguably his greatest test. Iraq, led by Saddam Hussein, inv…
David Choi
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The US Navy's Eisenhower carrier strike group racked up over 100 drone and missile kills battling the Houthis
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group spent months engaged in Red Sea combat operations aga…
Jake Epstein
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The US Navy has no aircraft carriers deployed in Pacific as Middle East conflicts pull the Pentagon's focus from China
The US faces a carrier gap in the Pacific, where tensions continue to rise amid aggressive actions …
Chris Panella
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What it's like setting sail aboard the only remaining US Navy ship to have sunk an enemy warship in battle
At well over 200 years old, the storied USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship in the …
Jake Epstein
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The chaotic history of how we elect presidential candidates
Because of how we pick presidential candidates using a primary system, Democrats are likely stuck w…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville argues the Navy is 'too woke' because 'people are doing poems on aircraft carriers'
The Alabama Republican and former college football coach is refusing to relent on his controversial…
Brent D. Griffiths,Christophe…
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A 32-ton anchor from America's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is finding new life
A 62-year-old anchor from the USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, w…
Ryan Pickrell
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Half the US Navy's aircraft carrier fleet can't deploy, but the service says it has what it needs to maintain the fleet
While the carrier's commanding officer says the Stennis is in a non-deployable state, according to …
Ryan Pickrell
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The US Navy brags it has 7 carriers at sea - half the fleet was stuck pier-side over a month ago
Right now, the Truman is underway in the 6th Fleet area of operations while the Stennis, Ike, and F…
Ryan Pickrell
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The US Navy says it's becoming 'nearly impossible' to maintain its ships with Congress holding more than $20 billion hostage
The service has been under the budgetary restrictions of a short-term continuing resolution for jus…
Ryan Pickrell
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How the US Navy's nuclear-powered submarines have quietly dominated the seas for 67 years
In the 67 years since the Navy launched the world's first nuclear-powered sub, USS Nautilus, its bo…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Here's how the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier lives on in other US Navy flattops
"We are harvesting as many parts as we can from the Enterprise," Chris Miner, Vice President of In-…
Ryan Pickrell
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The Pentagon wants to retire an aircraft carrier decades early, but a key lawmaker says it's not going to happen
"The Truman is only about 25 years old, which in [terms of] an aircraft carrier is actually pretty …
Ryan Pickrell
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Meet the Navy's 'Swiss army knife': The sailors who keep carriers and other warships running
According to the Navy CyberSpace website on enlisted jobs, "Machinist's mates (non-nuclear) operate…
Petty Officer 2nd Class Marla…
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The US Navy is having so many problems maintaining its aircraft carriers that it asked Carnival Cruise Line for ideas
A few months back, several members of the Carnival Cruise Line team, including former Vice Adm. Wil…