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Navy's current course illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Our Navy’s current course headed into shoal waters

By Tom Jurkowsky

Air Force Academy cadets make their way to their seats as family and friends cheer from the stands during the United States Air Force Academy's Class of 2021 graduation ceremony at the USAFA in Colorado Springs, Colo., on May 26, 2021. Four cadets at the Air Force Academy may not graduate or be commissioned as military officers in May 2022, because they have refused the COVID-19 vaccine, and they may be required to pay back thousands of dollars in tuition costs, according to Air Force officials. (Chancey Bush/The Gazette via AP, File)

4 Air Force cadets may not graduate due to vaccine refusal

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Navy on April 13, 2022, shows USS Abraham Lincoln, front, and other warships sail in formation during a U.S.-Japan bilateral exercise at the Sea of Japan. U.S. and Japanese warships, led by the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group, are conducting their joint naval exercise in waters between Japan and the Korean Peninsula for the first time in five yeas, in a show of their close military alliance amid growing speculation of North Korea's missile or nuclear testing later this week. (U.S. Navy via AP)

Crew not at fault in 2021 San Diego chopper crash that killed five, Navy says

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro speaks at a news conference at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy, File)

New administration policy further undermines trust in military commanders

By Thomas Spoehr

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) is underway as it is positioned to conduct lifesaving actions in support of disaster relief efforts in Tonga on Jan. 25, 2022. China protested Wednesday, April 27, 2022, against the sailing of a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer through the Taiwan Strait the previous day, accusing the American side of hyping the maneuver.(Naval Aircrewmen 2nd Class John Allen/U.S. Navy via AP)

Chinese protest as Navy missile destroyer transits Taiwan Strait

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Navy on April 13, 2022, shows USS Abraham Lincoln, front, and other warships sail in formation during a U.S.-Japan bilateral exercise at the Sea of Japan. U.S. and Japanese warships, led by the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group, are conducting their joint naval exercise in waters between Japan and the Korean Peninsula for the first time in five yeas, in a show of their close military alliance amid growing speculation of North Korea's missile or nuclear testing later this week. (U.S. Navy via AP)

House Armed Services Republicans blast Navy’s long-term shipbuilding plan

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A U.S. Marine Corps carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Gunnery Sgt. James W. Speedy of Cambridge, Ohio, during a casualty return, Friday, March 25, 2022, at Dover Air Force Base. According to the Department of Defense, Speedy died March 18, in an Osprey crash during a NATO exercise in Norway. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Sikhs, Muslims, Jews sue Marine Corps, Navy over restrictions on beards, hair

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Navy on April 13, 2022, shows USS Abraham Lincoln, front, and other warships sail in formation during a U.S.-Japan bilateral exercise at the Sea of Japan. U.S. and Japanese warships, led by the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group, are conducting their joint naval exercise in waters between Japan and the Korean Peninsula for the first time in five yeas, in a show of their close military alliance amid growing speculation of North Korea's missile or nuclear testing later this week. (U.S. Navy via AP)

Navy to test cargo-carrying drones for ships at sea

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Hunter Pemberton assigned to the USS Cole takes part in an exercise on the Red Sea March 29, 2022. The U.S. Navy said Wednesday, April 13, 2022, that it will begin a new task force with allied countries to patrol the Red Sea after a series of attacks attributed to Yemen's Houthi rebels in a waterway that's essential to global trade. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Christopher Stachyra/U.S. Navy, AP)

U.S. Navy says new task force to patrol Red Sea amid Yemen war

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

President Joe Biden salutes first lady Jill Biden after he introduced her to speak during a commissioning ceremony for USS Delaware, Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, at the Port of Wilmington in Wilmington, Del., Saturday, April 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President, first lady commission USS Delaware

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is prepared at Lurie Children's hospital, Nov. 5, 2021, in Chicago. Some people getting Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines should consider waiting up to eight weeks between the first and second doses, instead of the three or four weeks previously recommended, U.S. health officials said.,Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Federal judge in Texas broadens vaccine-exemption lawsuit against Navy

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Staff Sgt. Travis Snyder, left, receives the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine given at Madigan Army Medical Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, Dec. 16, 2020, south of Seattle. The Army says 98% of its active duty force had gotten at least one dose of the mandatory coronavirus vaccine as of this week’s deadline for the shots. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ** FILE **

Inside U.S. troops’ fight against the Pentagon’s ‘unjust’ COVID-19 vaccine mandate

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

This Monday May 4, 2020, photo provided by the U.S. Navy shows SEAL candidates participating in &quot;surf immersion&quot; during Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training at the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Center in Coronado, Calif. Navy SEAL recruits and their instructors are being tested for the coronavirus as the candidates in one of the military's most grueling programs return to training with new social distancing guidelines, a top official said Tuesday, May 5, 2020. (MC1 Anthony Walker/U.S. Navy via AP)

Navy SEAL candidate dies, another hospitalized after grueling Hell Week training

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A tunnel inside the Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility is seen in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Jan. 26, 2018. The U.S. Navy will comply with Hawaii's order to remove fuel from a massive underground storage tank facility near Pearl Harbor blamed for contaminating drinking water, officials said Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. (U.S. Navy via AP, File)

Navy begins draining millions of gallons of treated water after fuel leak in Hawaii

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A health care worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami on Oct. 5, 2021. The Navy said Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, that it has discharged 23 active-duty sailors for refusing the coronavirus vaccine, marking the first time it has thrown currently serving sailors out of the military over the mandatory shots. It comes as the number of service members being discharged across the services due to the vaccine begins to climb. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) **FILE**

Navy discharges 1st active-duty sailors for vaccine refusal

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Sailors and Marines line the deck of aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) as it deploys from San Diego on Monday, Jan. 3, 2021. The USS Abraham Lincoln deployed Monday from Naval Air Station North Island as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, under the command of Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt, the first woman to lead a nuclear carrier in U.S. Navy history. (K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP) ** FILE **

Navy seized record amounts of drugs, weapons in the Middle East last year

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This photo provided by Virginia State Police shows the wreckage of a Navy helicopter after making an emergency landing in Isle of Wight County, Va. The helicopter hit several trees as it made an emergency landing, leaving a passenger with minor injuries, Virginia State Police said. (Virginia State Police via AP)

Navy helicopter crashes near Norfolk, Va.

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this July 24, 2017, file photo, the USS Constitution, the world's oldest commissioned warship still afloat, is docked at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Navy Cmdr. Billie Farrell to be first female skipper of USS Constitution

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 11, 2021 photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Mobile Diving Salvage Unit One performs inspection and sampling of a water well near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. U.S. Navy divers are trying to remove fuel from a water water shaft at Red Hill near Hawaii's Pearl Harbor. Divers are beginning to make progress and are now able to start &quot;skimming&quot; contaminants that have floated to the surface. The water supply serves about 93,000 people. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aja Bleu Jackson via AP)

Hawaii orders Navy to shut down WWII-era leaking fuel tanks

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Staff Sgt. Travis Snyder, left, receives the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine given at Madigan Army Medical Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, Dec. 16, 2020, south of Seattle. The Army says 98% of its active duty force had gotten at least one dose of the mandatory coronavirus vaccine as of this week’s deadline for the shots. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ** FILE **

Federal court sides with Navy SEALs seeking religious exemption to COVID-19 vaccination order

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times