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  1. Navy SEALs Long Awaited Dry Sub in Operation by Memorial Day

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  2. After 35 years in flight, the US military says it's done buying one of its most unique and controversial aircraft

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  3. Navy Considering Extending USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Past 2027

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  4. USS Gerald R Ford leaves Norfolk for first full-length deployment

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  5. U.S. Navy Sends Untraditional Ships to Support Sudan Evacuation

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  6. Conquering the Abyss: Navy’s New DSEND Suit Revolutionizes Deep Sea Diving

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  7. Why The U.S. Navy Decommissioned The Incredible X-47B Stealth Drone

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  8. World’s 1st Carrier-Based UAV, US Navy Announces Return Of USS George Washington To Japan To Replace Ronald Reagan

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  9. Deep Impact: New Diving Suit Could Increase Undersea Range of Navy Divers

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  10. Navy failing to learn lessons from shipboard fires over the years: GAO

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  11. US Navy not reporting many ship fires or learning lessons from them, GAO finds

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  12. U.S. Navy To Get New Unique Submarine: Virginia SSW

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  13. Navy to Decommission 2 Carriers in a Row, 2 LCS Set for Foreign Sales, Says Long Range Shipbuilding Plan

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  14. Swift Actions by JOs Prevented Warship Collision in San Diego Harbor, Investigation Finds

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  15. Lockheed Martin Developing New, Larger VLS For DDG(X)

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  16. First Constellation-Class Frigate Set For August Keel Laying

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  17. Newest US Aircraft Carrier is Heading for Deployment After a Decade of Hard Lessons the Navy Says it Should 'Never' Do Again

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  18. USS Gerald R. Ford Set to Deploy in May, Kennedy Deployment Schedule Unaffected by Delivery Change

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  19. US Navy Commissions First Ship With GE Marine’s Lightweight Gas Turbine Enclosure

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  20. U.S. Navy Commences USS Connecticut (SSN 22) Repairs

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  21. Navy re-ups guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke for another 5 years

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  22. Nuclear-powered sub Boise, docked since 2017, may get funds for overhaul by end of this year

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  23. Marines furious over the Navy’s plan for troop-carrying ships

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  24. Navy’s Secretive F/A-XX Combat Jet Gets Big Funding In New Budget

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  25. US Navy Newest Supercarrier Underway With All Available Airpower for First Time

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      Navy Medicine Announces FY23 Sailor of the Year

      FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Peter Munoz from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, California was announced as Navy Medicine's 2023 Sailor of the Year (SOY), on April 24, 2024.
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      USS George Washington to Depart for Japan via South America

      Carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) is set to depart Naval Station Norfolk, Va., this week for its new homeport in Japan, the Navy announced on Wednesday. George Washington is scheduled to leave Norfolk on Thursday to sail down the coast of the U.S., through the Caribbean Sea and enter the Pacific by rounding Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America. The carrier will be part of U.S. 4th Fleet’s Southern Seas 2024 event that will team Washington up with the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78), and Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO-189). The carrier will embark with a partial air wing from Carrier Air Wing 7, Naval Air Force Atlantic announced. Outlined earlier this month, Southern Seas will have the U.S. group sail with warships from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay. Washington plans to make port calls in Brazil, Chile and Peru. An international staff will of about 24 officers from 11 partner nations will serve on the carrier.
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      AUTHORIZATION OF COMBAT AWARDS AND DEVICES FOR THE RED SEA AREA

      CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 241633Z APR 24 MID600117378955U FM SECNAV WASHINGTON DC TO ALNAV INFO SECNAV WASHINGTON DC CNO WASHINGTON DC CMC WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS ALNAV 034/24 MSGID/GENADMIN/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC/-/APR// SUBJ/AUTHORIZATION OF COMBAT AWARDS AND DEVICES FOR THE RED SEA AREA// REF/A/MEMO/ASST SECNAV MRA/8 MAR 24/NOTAL// REF/B/INST/SECNAVINST 1650.1/16 AUG 19// NARR/REF A MEMO FROM ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF NAVY FOR MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS "DESIGNATION OF NEW AREA AUTHORIZED FOR COMBAT ACTION AWARDS AND DEVICES" DESIGNATED THE RED SEA AND GULF OF ADEN AS NEW AREAS FOR COMBAT AWARDS. REF B IS SECNAV MANUAL 1650.1, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AWARDS MANUAL.// RMKS/1. Pursuant to reference (a), the geographic area enclosed by the latitude and longitude coordinates below, and the air space above, is an area within which may be awarded: the Combat Action Ribbon (CAR); personal military decorations that include the "V" and "C" devices (including the Bronze Star Medal without devices); and the Air Medal on a Strike/Flight basis. The "R" device may be awarded on personal military decorations that recognize direct hands-on impact on combat operations and engagements that occur within this geographic area. This authorization is effective from 19 October 2023 to a date to be determined. The designated area is bounded by the following coordinates: 27-00N 032-05E 09-38N 043-00E 11-49N 051-16E 16-39N 053-07E 19-10N 051-56E 17-30N 043-05E 28-40N 035-53E 2. To qualify for any of these awards and devices, a Service Member must meet all the requirements set forth in reference (b). a. Imminent danger pay is not currently authorized for this geographic area. Therefore, award of the Bronze Star Medal, CAR, and personal decorations with the "V" and "C" devices will be limited to instances in which the awardee received hostile fire pay for the incident for which the award was made, or at some date within the merit dates of the award. b. A mission involving aerial flight may only be credited toward the Strike Flight Air Medal if at least a portion of that mission took place within the designated airspace. 3. Released by the Honorable Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy.// BT #0001 NNNN CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED//
      Tony in Navy Evals, Awards, PRT, Uniform & Grooming
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