ARLINGTON, Va. — Thomas B. Modly resigned as acting Navy secretary on April 7, a day after calling the ousted captain of the coronavirus-infected USS Theodore Roosevelt “stupid” in a profanity-laced speech to the aircraft carrier’s crew. Defense Secretary Mark…
Surface Warfare Center Technology Division, Maryland Distillery Partner to Produce Hand Sanitizer
INDIAN HEAD, Md. — The Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (IHEODTD) is helping one business give back to emergency responders in dire need of virus-killing hand sanitizers, the division said in an April 6 release. Following Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s…
Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton Returns Home After Drug-Busting Patrol
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton returned home on April 6 to Charleston after completing an 80-day patrol throughout the eastern Pacific Ocean, according to the Coast Guard 7th District. The crew offloaded $324 million worth of cocaine and marijuana April…
Navy Deploys Medical Personnel to Support COVID-19 Response in New Orleans, Dallas
WASHINGTON — U.S. Navy medical personnel assigned to Expeditionary Medical Facility-M (EMF-M) have deployed as part of a U.S. Northern Command-led COVID-19 response to support civil health authorities in existing facilities in New Orleans and Dallas, the Navy said in a release. See: New…
President Grants New York Governor’s Request for Hospital Ship Comfort to Take COVID-19 Patients
ARLINGTON, Va. — The governor of New York, the state hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, wants the hospital ship USNS Comfort to switch missions and accept patients with the novel coronavirus ahead of an anticipated spike in infections and…
Navy Awards $200 Million Contract to Upgrade USS Boxer
SAN DIEGO — BAE Systems has received a $200 million contract from the U.S. Navy to drydock and perform nearly 18 months of maintenance and modernization work aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer, according to a company release. The drydocking of the USS Boxer will…
Wicker Praises HII Contract for Amphibious Transport Dock Ship
ARLINGTON, Va. — The earlier-than-expected April 3 award to Huntington Ingalls Industries’ shipbuilding division of a $1.5 billion contract modification for the procurement of the detail design and construction of amphibious transport dock ship LPD 31 was praised by a U.S. senator as a…
Coast Guard, Air Force, FEMA Deliver Medical Supplies to American Samoa
HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard and Air Force worked together with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to ensure the April 1 delivery of a shipment of personal protective equipment (PPE) to medical responders in American Samoa and the strategic deepwater Port of Pago Pago, according to a Coast Guard release. “FEMA notified the Coast Guard of the need…
Coast Guard Oversees Disembarkation of Port Everglades Cruise Passengers; 31 Medically Evacuated
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard on April 2 helped oversee the offloading of more than 1,200 passengers from the cruise ships Zaandam and Rotterdam in Port Everglades, Florida, according to a Coast Guard Headquarters release. This combined with one remaining disembarkation being coordinated represents the processing of more than…
Boeing Extends Temporary Suspension of Puget Sound Production Operations
SEATTLE — Boeing is extending the temporary suspension of production operations at all Puget Sound area and Moses Lake sites until further notice, the company said in a release. These actions are being taken in light of the company’s continuing focus on the…
