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A Lebanese army helicopter flies past the USS Ramage on Tuesday as search efforts continue following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane into the sea off Beirut. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Navy extends service life of four guided-missile destroyers

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro speaks during an event to announce that the Navy will hold its May 2024 Fleet Week in Miami, Friday, July 14, 2023, at PortMiami, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) ** FILE **

Navy names ship after American Indian tribal leader

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Mexican Navy officers stand guard next to a security checkpoint at the Benito Juarez International Airport, in Mexico City, Friday, June 30, 2023. Mexico's armed forces are taking control of the capital's main airport and the government plans to give the military control of nearly a dozen more across the country as the president aims at corruption and mismanagement. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Mexican military to take over airports as president takes aim at corruption, mismanagement

By Maria Verza - Associated Press

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., right, walks with Representative Ryan Zinke after a bipartisan meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., Wednesday, April 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

From warfighters to lawmakers: Ranks of Navy SEALs growing in Congress

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Illustration on the contributions of American privateers to victory in the Revolutionary War by Alexander Hunter/The Washington times

Citizen sailors and the American Revolution

By Thomas C. Stewart

This undated image provided by OceanGate Expeditions in June 2021 shows the company's Titan submersible. The wrecks of the Titanic and the Titan sit on the ocean floor, separated by 1,600 feet and 111 years of history. How they came together unfolded over an intense week that raised temporary hopes and left lingering questions. (OceanGate Expeditions via AP, File)

U.S. Navy: Hefty salvage system not required in probe of fatal Titan implosion

By Jennifer McDermott and Steve LeBlanc - Associated Press

In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane based at Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., flies over the French research vessel, L'Atalante approximately 900 miles East of Cape Cod, Mass., during the search for the 21-foot submersible, Titan, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP)

U.S. Navy acoustic system detected ‘anomaly’ that was likely Titan implosion, official says

Associated Press

This photo provided by OceanGate Expeditions shows a submersible vessel named Titan used to visit the wreckage site of the Titanic. In a race against the clock on the high seas, an expanding international armada of ships and airplanes searched Tuesday, June 20, 2023, for the submersible that vanished in the North Atlantic while taking five people down to the wreck of the Titanic. (OceanGate Expeditions via AP)

U.S. Navy’s deep sea recovery system arrives in Canada for submersible search

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Adm. Sam Paparo, U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, speaks at a news conference at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii on Thursday, June 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy, File)

Navy admiral with Pacific experience tapped as next top naval leader

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

In this photo provided by U.S. Navy, the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Missouri (SSN 780) departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled deployment in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility, Sept. 1, 2021. Australia will purchase U.S.-manufactured, Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarines to modernize its fleet, a European official and a person familiar with the matter said Thursday, March 9, 2023, amid growing concerns about China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region. (Amanda R. Gray/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

Navy at risk of losing submarine edge to advanced undersea defenses by China and Russia

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Members of the Naval Academy's class of 2023 toss their caps in the air at the conclusion of the U.S. Naval Academy's graduation and commissioning ceremony at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on Friday, May 26, 2023 in Annapolis, Md. (Jerry Jackson /The Baltimore Sun via AP)

Defense secretary tells Navy graduates they are ready to serve

By Brian Witte - Associated Press

The nuclear aircraft carrier USS George Washington pier side at Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Va., Sept. 30, 2016. A Navy investigation triggered by a series of suicides is recommending widespread improvements in housing, food, parking and internet for sailors, as well as changes to mental health and other personnel programs. The investigation began last year after seven service members assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington died over a 12-month period ending April 2022, including three in one week. The carrier was docked for overhaul at Newport News shipyard. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) **FILE**

Navy probe prompted by suicides condemns conditions at shipyard: ‘We let our people down’

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Illustration on advances of the communist China navy by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

U.S. Navy’s lack of readiness is cause for concern

By Tom Jurkowsky

United States Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro talks during an interview at the financial district of Makati, Philippines, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. Del Toro warned any Asian aggressor who would violate the sovereignty of other countries in the region risks facing punitive counter actions by the West and its allies like what Russia is confronting now after invading Ukraine. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

‘Not appropriate’: Senate Republicans chide Navy over drag queen ‘digital ambassador’

By Valerie Richardson and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, Capt. Brian Drechsler, commanding officer, Naval Special Warfare Center (NSWCEN), speaks during a change of command ceremony at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, on July 23, 2021. U.S. officials say Dreschler, who was reprimanded in connection with the death in 2022 of a Navy SEAL candidate, has been pulled out of his job about two months early.(Mass Communication Spc. 1st Class Anthony W. Walker/U.S. Navy via AP)

Navy commander pulled from job in connection with SEAL death

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

The Pentagon is seen in this aerial view made through an airplane window in Washington, Jan. 26, 2020. U.S. officials tell The Associated Press the number of reported sexual assaults across the military inched up by about 1% last year, as a sharp decline in Army numbers offset large increases in the other three services. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Military sex assault reports rise, even as Army numbers fall

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

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

Long-range Navy shipbuilding plan fails on multiple levels

By Brent D. Sadler

'Operation Underworld' by Matthew Black (book cover)

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Operation Underworld’

By Paul Davis

This Nov. 30, 2016, file photo shows the USS Gabrielle Giffords, a Naval Littoral Combat Ship built at the Austal USA shipyards, docked on the Mobile River in Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Shipbuilding execs indicted on fraud charges involving Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Robert Decker, father of sailor Kody Lee Decker, speaks in his home in Chesapeake, Va., on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, about his son's October 2022 suicide. Robert believes Kody might still be alive if he had been given better access to mental health instead of being put on limited duty, deprived of his sense of purpose and made to “muster in and go sit in a damn car all day.” (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

U.S. Navy deploys more chaplains for suicide prevention

By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Giovanna Dell'Orto - Associated Press