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In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, sailors aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Stout handle mooring lines during the ship's return to home port at Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Va., in this Oct. 12, 2020, photo. Navy ships are getting fewer steaming hours because of growing maintenance delays and costs, a troubling trend that comes as at time when the U.S. is struggling to keep pace with China’s growing fleet. (Spc. Jason Pastrick/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

Report: Navy ships face growing maintenance delays, costs

Associated Press

Illustration on cuts to the defense budget by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

House budget concessions should not be allowed to affect our military

By Tom Jurkowsky

In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) conduct a passing honors ceremony with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Murasame-class destroyer JS Ikazuchi (DD 107) and the Kongo-class guided-missile destroyer JS Chokai (DDG 176) in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 19, 2021. A spate of recent Chinese military flights off Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own, and naval maneuvers by the United States and its allies to reinforce maritime routes challenged by China are fueling increasing tensions in a region already on edge. (Haydn N. Smith/U.S. Navy via AP)

Nimitz carrier strike group sails in disputed South China Sea

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida looks on during a joint press statement with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni at the end of their meeting they held at Chigi Palace government office, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. Kishida is in Italy as part of a five-nation tour abroad. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Family of jailed Navy officer to protest Japanese prime minister’s White House visit

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this aerial photo taken Nov. 6, 2013, the Navy Yard Complex, along the Anacostia River, lower right. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Museum of the U.S. Navy names 5 finalists for concept art

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

The Army march-on takes place before the start of the Army Navy college football game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. (Heather Khalifa/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Lowering standards for Navy recruiting is hiring in bad faith

By Brent D. Sadler

This Oct. 22, 2022, photo provided by University of Buffalo Athletics shows University at Buffalo NCAA college football player Damian Jackson (38) carrying the American flag as the team takes the field before a game against Toledo, in Buffalo, N.Y. Jackson has no expectation of growing emotional in preparing to play the final game of his college career next week. (Paul Hokanson/Univ. of Buffalo Athletics via AP)

Former Navy SEAL brings real-life experiences for Buffalo into Camellia Bowl

By John Wawrow - Associated Press

In this April 14, 2017, file photo, as crew members stand on the deck, the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford heads to the Norfolk, Va., naval station. The U.S. Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier embarked on its first-ever deployment Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, and will train with other NATO countries at a time of increasing Russian aggression in Ukraine. The USS Gerald R. Ford left the world’s largest Navy base in Norfolk, Virginia, along with destroyers and other ships that make up its carrier strike group. (Bill Tiernan/The Virginian-Pilot via AP, File)

NDAA’s boost in defense spending sends message to Russia, China

By Brent D. Sadler

Army players celebrate after Army defensive back Noah Short (47) blocked a punt return by Navy punter Riley Riethman (90) for a touchdown in the second quarter of an NCAA college football game in Philadelphia, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. (Heather Khalifa/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Army tops Navy in first OT game in 123 rivalry games

By Dan Gelston - Associated Press

This undated photo made available by Nabeel Hashmi shows Liberian-flagged oil tanker Pacific Zircon, operated by Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping in Jebel Ali port, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Aug. 16, 2015. An oil tanker associated with an Israeli billionaire has been struck by a bomb-carrying drone off the coast of Oman amid heightened tensions with Iran. (AP Photo/Nabeel Hashmi)

U.S. says Iran responsible for drone attack on oil tanker in Middle East

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, urea and ammonium perchlorate are seen on a dhow intercepted in the Gulf of Oman on Nov. 8, 2022. The U.S. Navy said Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, it found 70 tons of a missile fuel component hidden among bags of fertilizer aboard a ship bound to Yemen from Iran, the first-such seizure in that country's yearslong war as a cease-fire there has broken down. (U.S. Navy via AP)

Navy intercepts fishing boat trying to smuggle explosives from Iran to Yemen

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Rear Adm. John Korka, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC), and Chief of Civil Engineers, leads Navy and civilian water quality recovery experts through the tunnels of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 23, 2021. More than two dozen families have joined a lawsuit accusing the U.S. Navy of making them sick from jet fuel that leaked into the tap water in their Hawaii homes. There are now more than 100 people in an amended lawsuit filed Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, that also accuses the Navy of destroying more than 1,000 water samples collected from affected homes. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Luke McCall/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

Lawsuit grows against Navy over fuel-tainted Hawaii water

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher - Associated Press

Military Recruitment Problems Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Commander-in-Chief Biden needs to address the military’s recruiting problem

By Tom Jurkowsky

U.S. Navy SEAL candidates, participate in &quot;surf immersion&quot; during Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training at the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Center in Coronado, Calif., on May 4, 2020. Navy officials and a new report say the Naval Special Warfare Command has reprimanded three officers in connection with the February 2022 death of SEAL candidate Kyle Mullen, who collapsed and died of acute pneumonia just hours after completing the grueling Hell Week test. (MC1 Anthony Walker/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

3 Navy officers reprimanded in death of SEAL trainee

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

In this file photo released by the U.S. Navy, a Saildrone Explorer unmanned sea drone sails in the Gulf of Aqaba on Feb. 9, 2022. The U.S. Navy held a joint drone drill with the United Kingdom on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, in the Persian Gulf, testing the same unmanned surveillance ships called Saildrone Explorers that Iran twice has seized in recent months in the Middle East. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dawson Roth/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

U.S., U.K. hold drone drill in Persian Gulf after Iran seizures

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

US Navy sailor Ryan Sawyer Mays walks past reporters at Naval Base San Diego before entering a Navy courtroom, Aug. 17, 2022, in San Diego. No one disputes that the Navy shares blame for the loss of the USS Bonhomme Richard, the $1.2 billion amphibious assault ship that was consumed by flames in San Diego in July 2020 as officers failed to respond quickly and its crew struggled with broken equipment. But none of that would not have happened, according to prosecution closing arguments, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, without Ryan Sawyer Mays. (AP Photo/Julie Watson, File)

Sailor cleared of arson in massive 2020 fire that destroyed Navy warship USS Bonhomme Richard

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Rear Adm. John Korka, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC), and Chief of Civil Engineers, leads Navy and civilian water quality recovery experts through the tunnels of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 23, 2021. The U.S. Navy "harbored toxic secrets" when jet fuel contaminated drinking water for 93,000 military members and civilians in Hawaii, four families said in a lawsuit filed Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, claiming they continue to suffer maladies such as seizures, gastrointestinal disorders and neurological issues. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Luke McCall/U.S. Navy via AP) **FILE**

Don’t close the Navy’s main Pacific fuel-storage facility without a real replacement

By Brent D. Sadler

The guided missile destroyer USS Zumwalt is assisted by a tugboat at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, in this Tuesday, April 2, 2019, file photo, in Honolulu. (Craig T. Kojima/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP, File)

USS Zumwalt, Navy’s stealth destroyer, arrives in Japan as part of overseas deployment

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

US Navy sailor Ryan Sawyer Mays walks past reporters at Naval Base San Diego before entering a Navy courtroom Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, in San Diego. Mays is accused of setting the USS Bonhomme Richard on fire, and his court martial is scheduled to begin Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. The July 2020 blaze damaged the billion-dollar warship so badly it had to be scuttled and marked one of the worst noncombat US warship disasters in recent memory. (AP Photo/Julie Watson)

Trial to start for sailor accused of igniting Navy warship

By Julie Watson - Associated Press

An Arleigh-Burke Class destroyer is christened at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, Aug. 1, 2009. The U.S. Navy's workhorse destroyer went into production more than 30 years but will soon be replaced by a new destroyer that will feature lasers that can shoot down missiles and attack enemies with hypersonic missiles topping 3,800 mph. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Navy wants new destroyer with lasers, hypersonic missiles

By David Sharp - Associated Press