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F/A-18 Super Hornet pilots practice touch-and-go landings — on Iwo Jima
Since 1991, Iwo Jima, known today in Japan as Iwo To, has been the practice site of “touch-and-go” landings for pilots looking to hone their skills.
SECDEF discusses possibility of reinstatement for fired Theodore Roosevelt captain
"We’ve taken nothing off the table."
By Diana Stancy
F-22s intercept Russian maritime recon aircraft near Alaska
“COVID-19 or not, NORAD continues actively watching for threats and defending the homelands 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year."
By Shawn Snow
Former SECNAV’s trip to Guam for in-person speech to sailors cost $243,000
The near quarter-million dollar tab included approximately 35 hours of round-trip flight time in a C-37B.
By J.D. Simkins
Nimitz sailor tests positive for COVID-19 as carrier preps for deployment
The sailor is the first individual who has physically been onboard the carrier to test positive.
By J.D. Simkins
The Corps starts fielding new lightweight plate carrier to grunts
“When you lighten the load, Marines can get to their destinations faster and they’re going to have more endurance, which increases their lethality.”
By Shawn Snow
‘You are justified in being angry with me’ — Read the SECNAV’s final memo to the fleet
Modly distributed one final memo to the fleet as his last act as Navy secretary.
By J.D. Simkins
Dispatch from Rome: On hope and COVID-19
After all this time, everyone would much prefer to be outside.
By Robert Bruce Adolph
SECNAV: Roosevelt skipper either ‘too naïve or too stupid’ to command aircraft carrier
Modly said Crozier sent the letter either on purpose, or because he was "too naïve or too stupid to be a commanding officer of a ship like this."
In speaking truth to power, Captain Crozier made us proud
The aircraft carrier commander will likely never be promoted to rear admiral because he put the welfare of his sailors above his career.
By Lawrence J. Korb