Navy decommissions littoral combat ship Milwaukee
The ship, which was designed to serve for 25 years, is one of the Freedom-class variants that the Navy is mothballing early.
By Diana Stancy
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Fire breaks out aboard USS Milwaukee
No sailors were injured in the Class C mishap, officials said.
Frontline Photos: Jan. 9, 2022
A winter watch, the Stars and Stripes flying high, peeping through a life preserver and more in this week’s Frontline Photos.
USS Milwaukee back to sea following COVID-19 outbreak
While the Navy says infected sailors had mild or no symptoms, the outbreak still sidelined the littoral combat ship for several weeks.
Nearly 25 percent of USS Milwaukee crew has COVID-19, officials say
The USS Milwaukee has a crew of a bit more than 100, and it was forced to pause its deployment late last week because of the coronavirus outbreak.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
USS Milwaukee sidelined in Cuba following COVID-19 outbreak
The crew is completely vaccinated, and some sailors are exhibiting mild symptoms.
More than 5,000 VA patients are dealing with active cases of coronavirus
The virus levels are at VA's highest point in more than two months.
Police fatally shoot gunman at VA hospital in Milwaukee
A man armed with a shotgun was killed by police as he tried to enter a Milwaukee veterans hospital, according to Department of Veterans Affairs officials.
Warships sail to safety as Dorian looms
The Navy also issued an emergency evacuation order Wednesday evening for all non-essential active-duty service members and their families, activated reservists and civilian Department of Defense and Navy employees for a wide swath of coastal North Carolina.
By Navy Times staff
These Moon-landing innovations changed life on Earth
We can only wonder what innovations from the effort to send people to other planets will affect earthlings 50 years after the first Marswalk.
By Jean Creighton, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Cleveland rocks! Navy names new littoral combat ship after Ohio city
This article fails to mention it, but it's most likely a Freedom-class LCS.
Wisconsin lawmakers seek to create 'Green Alerts' for vulnerable vets
Wisconsin might become the first state in the nation to create a Green Alert system for missing vulnerable veterans, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The system would be similar to state Amber and Silver alerts for missing children and older adults, respectively.
By Ken Chamberlain