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Master Chief Rick West to be New MCPON
WASHINGTON (NNS) — The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Adm. Gary Roughead announced his selection of Fleet Master Chief (FLTCM) (SS/SW) Rick D. West, as the 12th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) in NAVADMIN 349, dated Dec. 5. West is currently serving as Fleet Master Chief, U.S. Fleet Forces Command and previously [...]
More Analysis Needed on Fate of DDG-1000
Additional analysis needs to be done before the Navy makes a decision on whether to move away from DDG-1000 and restart the DDG-51 production line, according to a top Pentagon official. “I think there’s [a] substantial amount of additional analytical work to be done,” John Young, the Pentagon’s acquisition chief, told reporters during a briefing [...]
Destroyer To Bear SEAL’s Name
SAN DIEGO — The Navy will name its latest Zumwalt-class destroyer for a SEAL from Orange County who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the secretary of the Navy announced Wednesday. Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Monsoor, 25, was killed during a firefight in Ramadi, Iraq, in 2006 when he smothered an insurgent’s grenade [...]
Navy and NASCAR = More Enlistments?
$6.5 million sponsorship with NASCAR team drafts racing superstar to boost enlistments.
DDG 1000
Congress and the Navy are battling over the fate of this new class of destroyer.
USS Freedom (LCS1) Sets Sail
The first ship in the Navy’s new Littoral Combat Ship class, the future USS Freedom (LCS 1), began Builder’s Trials on Lake Michigan July 28.
Congress and Navy Battle over Fate of Destroyer Class
WASHINGTON–Navy shipbuilding executives struggled Thursday to explain plans to abandon a destroyer program that the service’s top brass and the Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer described as vital just a few months ago. Changing threats at sea, including increased deployments of diesel-powered submarines by potential U.S. adversaries, drove the service’s move to end production of the [...]
Bank Puts Hold on Check, Adds to Families Grief
Just days after their son was killed by a Taliban rocket while serving in Afghanistan, Steve and Joy Retmier went to Downey Savings and Loan in Hemet to deposit two government bereavement checks to help pay for his funeral. But once inside, they said, a teller put a hold on the checks for 10 days [...]