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US Navy ships shadowed Russian-Chinese flotilla off Alaskan islands
U.S. Northern Commands officials said Monday that the combined Russian-Chinese patrol didn't enter U.S. waters.
Five years later: Inside the Navy’s data-driven quest to avert a future Fitzgerald or McCain collision
The surface navy has worked since 2017 to avoid future fatal collisions. But Navy-wide, there's evidence of failure to learn. The service is now turning to data to ensure it never has another Fitzgerald or McCain disaster again.
‘An absolute slap in the face’: Medical group superintendent kept her job after investigation found she created a toxic workplace
One master sergeant who previously worked in the group called their time under Williams’s leadership “probably the darkest period of my whole career.”
These warships are leaving Japan after more than two decades overseas
Both are set to join U.S. 3rd Fleet on the West Coast.
After McCain, Fitzgerald collision reports, Navy says it’s focused on ‘fundamentals’ of warfighting
The findings of the comprehensive reviews of the 2017 collisions of the guided-missile destroyers Fitzgerald and McCain have prompted the Navy to devote greater attention to the fundamentals of warfighting.
By Diana Stancy
Best pics of the week: April 18, 2021
A day battle drill at the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, refueling a Raptor over Alaska, an aircraft fire drill on the USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
As Biden improves support with vets, Afghanistan plan a plus to some
Results from around the country last year suggest Biden has an edge with some military voters unlike his recent predecessors.
Navy warship’s transit of Taiwan Strait a first under Biden administration
The guided-missile destroyer John S. McCain’s transit “demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” 7th Fleet said in a statement.
China accuses US of provocation with Taiwan Strait passage
It was the U.S. Navy’s second FONOP in the Taiwan Strait in little more than a week.
John S. McCain conducts Christmas Eve FONOP in South China Sea
It was the warship's second such operation in the disputed waters this week, but this time challenging Vietnam's maritime claims.
Destroyer McCain conducts FONOP in Sea of Japan; Russia claims it led to a tussle with one of its destroyers
“The Russian Federation's statement about this mission is false. USS John S. McCain was not ‘expelled’ from any nation's territory," the 7th Fleet said.
By Diana Stancy