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A helicopter drops water on the USS Bonhomme Richard as crews fight the fire Monday, July 13, 2020, in San Diego. Fire crews continue to battle the blaze Monday after 21 people suffered minor injuries in an explosion and fire Sunday on board the USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Navy: Progress on warship fire, but ship’s fate uncertain

By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press

A helicopter drops water on the USS Bonhomme Richard Monday, July 13, 2020, in San Diego. Fire crews continue to battle the blaze Monday after 21 people suffered minor injuries in an explosion and fire Sunday on board the USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

USS Bonhome Richard Navy ship fire continues to rage in San Diego

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford. The nation’s newest aircraft carrier has headed out to sea for more tests after it underwent a series of upgrades and fixes at a Virginia shipyard. (Steve Earley/The Virginian-Pilot via AP, File) **FILE**

USS Gerald R. Ford supercarrier plagued with mechanical problems

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Strikers picket outside the district lodge of Local 6 across from Bath Iron Works, Monday, June 22, 2020, in Bath, Maine. Production workers at one of the Navy's largest shipbuilders overwhelmingly voted to strike, rejecting the company's three-year contract offer Sunday and threatening to further delay delivery of ships. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Shipbuilder files complaint over union threats during strike

By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press

Navy carrier sidelined by virus returns home to San Diego

By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press

Bath Iron Works lays off some workers during strike

Associated Press

Female Marines go through one of the obstacles in the so-called confidence course at Parris Island Recruit Depot, S.C., on May 27, 2020, that is designed to make them face their fears and gain confidence. In ways big and small, the virus is affecting training at the Marine Corps' Parris Island Recruit Depot and across the military. (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor) **FILE**

Navy, Marine Corps seek cheaper ways to keep recruits safe from COVID-19

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Illustration on Defense Department interference with the Navy by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Navy’s plan for future hijacked by Defense Department’s bureaucracy

By John Lehman

Char Fontan Westfall poses with a memorial of her late husband Jacques Fontan, at her home Thursday, June 25, 2020, in St. Johns, Fla. Fontan was a Navy SEAL who died with 15 other elite U.S. service members when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan during Operation Red Wings 15 years ago. Char wrote a book about her story with Jacque titled “A Beautiful Tragedy: A Navy SEAL Widow’s Permission to Grieve and Recipe for Hope,” from Ballast Books coming out in August. (Will Dickey/The Florida Times-Union via AP)

Widow of Navy SEAL tells story of grief, acceptance

By MATT SOERGEL and The Florida Times-Union - Associated Press

Striking shipbuilders picket outside an entrance to Bath Iron Works, Monday, June 22, 2020, in Bath, Maine. The vast majority of picketers did not wear pandemic facemarks. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Striking shipbuilders are losing health coverage in pandemic

By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press

Kenneth Nguyen, 18, from Portland, Oregon, gets his hair cut by hairstylist Lisa Rivera as incoming freshman midshipmen, or plebes, arrive at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis Tuesday, to begin their Plebe Summer of training during a COVID-19 modified Induction Day. (Paul W. Gillespie/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

Naval Academy Induction Day, Plebes, parents adjust to coronavirus

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Huntington-Ingalls gets $936M contract for another destroyer

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Church and steeple (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Devout Christian seeks accommodation from the Navy to go to indoor church services

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Savage Son (book cover)

Jack Carr on ‘Savage Son’ and his Navy SEAL character James Reece

By Paul Davis

In this May 24, 2020, photo, provided by the U.S. Navy Sailors run on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). When coronavirus made U.S. Navy ship stops in foreign countries too risky, the USS Dwight D Eisenhower and the USS San Jacinto were ordered to keep moving, and avoid all port visits. More than five months after they set sail, they have broken a record they never planned to achieve. As they steamed through the North Arabian Sea on June 25, they notched their 161st consecutive day at sea, breaking the previous Navy record of 160 days. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sophie A. Pinkham/U.S. Navy via AP)

Dodging virus, Navy ships break record for staying at sea

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Striking shipbuilders picket outside an entrance to Bath Iron Works, Monday, June 22, 2020, in Bath, Maine. The vast majority of picketers did not wear pandemic facemarks. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Union awaits invite to resume talks with Navy shipbuilder

Associated Press

This May 10, 2007, photo shows the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. In the fall semester for the 2020-2021 academic year, the USNA has an agreement with neighboring St. John's College to put up some midshipmen in the dormitories on the St. John's campus. St. John's College students will not be on campus in the fall as a measure to prevent coronavirus transmission. (AP Photo/Kathleen Lange) **FILE**

Naval Academy withdraws appointment offer to high schooler over racist comments

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 3, 2020, file photo, workers rub their hands with hand sanitizer as they leave Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. Workers at one of the Navy’s largest shipbuilders overwhelmingly voted to strike, rejecting Bath Iron Works’ three-year contract offer Sunday, June 21 and threatening to further delay delivery of ships. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Production workers to strike against major Navy shipbuilder

By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press

In this March 18, 2020, photo provided by the U.S. Navy, an F/A-18F Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the western North Pacific Ocean. The CDC signed off on a port call in Danang, Vietnam, earlier this year, a Navy admiral said in July 2020. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas V. Huynh/U.S. Navy via AP))

HASC to launch investigation into COVID-19 outbreak aboard USS Roosevelt

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Shipbuilders ready to begin voting on 3-year pact in Maine

By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press