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Lou Conter, an Arizona crewman, attends ceremonies for the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 2016, in Honolulu. Conter, the last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, died on Monday, April 1, 2024, following congestive heart failure, his daughter said. He was 102. (Craig T. Kojima/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP, Pool, File)

Lou Conter, last survivor of USS Arizona, which sank during Pearl Harbor attack, dies

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A U.S. military CV-22 Osprey takes off from Iwakuni base, Yamaguchi prefecture, western Japan, on July 4, 2018. Air Force Special Operations Command said Tuesday it knows what failed on its CV-22B Osprey leading to a November crash in Japan that killed eight service members. But it still does not know why the failure happened. Because of the crash almost the entire Osprey fleet, hundreds of aircraft across the Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy, has been grounded since Dec. 6. (Kyodo News via AP) **FILE**

Pentagon to lift ban on V-22 Osprey flights, 3 months after fatal crash in Japan

Associated Press

United States Navy sailors carry a U.S. flag during Opening Day celebrations before the San Diego Padres play the Atlanta Braves in a baseball game Thursday, April 14, 2022, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

New Navy regs allow sailors to keep their hands in pockets, wear false eyelashes

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The USS Paul Hamilton is seen after passing through the Strait of Hormuz, May 19, 2023. The U.S. Navy is starting to enlist individuals who didn’t graduate from high school or get a GED, marking the second time in about a year that the service has opened the door to lower-performing recruits as it struggles to meet enlistment goals.. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

No diploma? No problem! Navy again lowers requirements as it struggles to meet recruitment goals

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, who heads the Navy's Bahrain-based 5th Fleet, speaks at an event at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 21, 2023. Iran is "very directly involved" in attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels on shipping over Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Cooper told The Associated Press on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

Iran is ‘directly involved’ in Yemen Houthi rebel ship attacks, U.S. Navy’s Mideast chief tells AP

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

This undated photograph released by the U.S. military's Central Command shows what it is described as the vessel that carried Iranian-made missile components bound for Yemen's Houthi in the Arabian Sea. U.S. Navy SEALs seized Iranian-made missile parts and other weaponry from a ship bound for Yemen's Houthi rebels in a raid that saw two of its commandos go missing, the U.S. military said Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (U.S. Central Command via AP)

Death on the Arabian Sea: How a Navy SEAL fell into rough waters and another died trying to save him

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese naval frigate Binzhou takes part in joint naval drills with Russian warships in the East China Sea on Dec. 27, 2022. The head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, he is “very concerned” about increased joint military actions by China and Russia in the region. (Xu Wei/Xinhua via AP, File)

Congress, Pentagon at odds over Pacific task force needed to prep for China war

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a Chinese Coast Guard ship, left, uses its water cannons on a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel as it approaches Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea on Saturday Dec. 9, 2023. The Philippines and its treaty ally, the United States, separately condemned a high-seas assault Saturday by the Chinese coast guard and suspected militia ships that repeatedly blasted water cannons to block three Philippine fisheries vessels from a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

Increased military exercises with Pacific allies seek to deter China, top U.S. admiral says

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Wyoming approaches Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga., Jan. 9, 2008. In a rare comment about a vessel that’s part of the Navy’s “Silent Service,” the Pentagon on Monday confirmed that an Ohio-class submarine is now operating in the Middle East as part of the Biden administration’s effort to keep the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas from spiraling out of control. Pentagon officials declined to identify the submarine. (Lt. Rebecca Rebarich/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

Pentagon deploys nuclear-powered sub to Middle East to keep Israel-Hamas war from widening

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The tanker Empire State sits at a pier at Joint-Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023 before the U.S. military next week begins draining fuel from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. The fuel will flow downhill through pipelines for 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) to tanker ships. The Red Hill facility is being drained and closed after it leaked fuel into a drinking water well and poisoned 6,000 people two years ago. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

US military to begin draining leaky fuel tank facility that poisoned Pearl Harbor drinking water

By Audrey McAvoy - Associated Press

The U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon aircraft, rear, is parked on a tarmac at at Ngurah Rai Military Air Base in Bali, Indonesia on Saturday, April 24, 2021. An American reconnaissance plane, P-8 Poseidon, is expected to join the search for a missing Indonesian submarine Saturday. The oxygen supply for the crew members of the Indonesian submarine missing in waters off Bali is believed to have run out early Saturday with no sign of the vessel while the search resumed, bolstered by the arrival of a sonar-equipped Australian warship. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati) **FILE**

U.S. warplane flies over Taiwan Strait

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Enlisted sailors line up and wait to march on the field at Sun Life Stadium before the NFL football game in Miami, Nov. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)

The Navy will start randomly testing SEALs and special warfare troops for steroids

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Navy Adm. Lisa Franchetti speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on her nomination for reappointment to the grade of admiral and to be Chief of Naval Operations, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Milestone Navy nominee faces some familiar questions at Senate grilling

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, leaves the chamber as senators arrive for votes, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Tuberville is delaying civilian and flag officer nominations in the Pentagon as he protests a Defense Department policy providing leave and reimbursement for service members who need to travel to get an abortion. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Hundreds of military promotions are on hold as a Republican senator demands end to abortion policy

By Kevin Freking and Tara Copp - Associated Press

Security personnel gather near the entrance of the Wuhan Institute of Virology during a visit by the World Health Organization team in Wuhan, China, Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Report: Pentagon’s medical intel arm uncovered evidence suggesting COVID-19’s lab origins

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Members of U.S. Special Operations Command Korea and South Korea's Army Special Warfare Command take part in a joint maritime infiltration training as part of the Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise, at a shore in Yangyang, northern South Korea, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. The 11-day Ulchi Freedom Shield drills are computer-simulated command post training. During this year’s training period, the U.S. and South Korean militaries also plan more than 30 field training exercises. (Kim Hong-ji/Pool Photo via AP)

Kim Jong-un calls for North Korean military to be constantly ready to smash U.S.-led invasion plot

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) **FILE**

Temps filling senior Navy jobs as Tuberville-Pentagon standoff grinds on

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Notre Dame quarterback Sam Hartman (10) throws against Navy during an NCAA college football game in Dublin, Ireland, Aug. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Hartman throws 4 TD passes as No. 13 Notre Dame opens with a win over Navy in Ireland

By Ken Maguire - Associated Press

Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) is underway off the coast of Japan near Mt. Fuji. Antietam is on patrol in the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, Nov. 22, 2014. The U.S. Navy is sailing the USS Antietam and the USS Chancellorsville warships through the Taiwan Strait Sunday, in the first such transit publicized since US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan earlier in August, at a time where tensions have kept the waterway particularly busy. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman David Flewellyn/U.S. Navy via AP)

Navy carrier strike group deployed near Taiwan

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 1, 1970, a warship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet fires while taking part in naval drills in the Black Sea. The Russian Defense Ministry said the navy conducted drills that simulated action to seal a section of the Black Sea. The maneuvers come after Moscow declared large areas of the Black Sea dangerous for navigation following its withdrawal from a deal allowing exports of the Ukrainian grain. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

‘Lost at Sea’: The future of the Navy Commission that Congress created

By Brent D. Sadler