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Lauren Wright, a Navy spouse whose family was sickened by jet fuel in their tap water, shows her supply of bottled water at her home in Honolulu, Friday, July 1, 2022. A Navy investigation says shoddy management and human error caused fuel to leak into Pearl Harbor's tap water last year. The leak poisoned thousands of people and forced military families to evacuate their homes for hotels. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

Distrust remains after Navy report on tainted Hawaii water

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Caleb Jones - Associated Press

Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, center, speaks with Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., left, while Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., walks by at right, as the Senate votes to formally begin debate on a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure plan, a process that could take several days, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, July 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress to restore nuclear cruise missile funds

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

The U.S. Navy’s littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) is moored at a South Korean naval port in the southeastern port city of Busan Saturday, March 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Jung Yeon-je, Pool) ** FILE **

Controversial Navy ships saved from the scrap yard

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by U.S. Marine Corps/3rd MAW, an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1 transports ordnance during an Expeditionary Advanced Base Operation (EABO) exercise to Old Highway 101 near Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on May 25, 2022. Five U.S. Marines were killed during a training flight crash of an Osprey tiltrotor aircraft that went down in a remote area in Imperial County, about 115 miles (185 kilometers) east of San Diego and about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from Yuma, Ariz. (U.S. Marine Corps via AP)

Navy orders safety pause after multiple fatal crashes in Southern California

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

U.S. FIFTH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Sept. 27, 2012) The Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65), center right, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers USS Vicksburg (CG 69), far right, and USS Hue City (CG 66) are underway in formation during a passing exercise. Enterprise, Eisenhower, Vicksburg and Hue City are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. Join the conversation on social media using #warfighting. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Scott Pittman/Released) 120927-N-FI736-597 Join the conversation http://www.facebook.com/USNavy http://www.twitter.com/USNavy http://navylive.dodlive.mil

Congress tells Navy not to retire warships

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

People walk on salt flats in Badwater Basin, Sunday, July 11, 2021, in Death Valley National Park, Calif. Death Valley, in southeastern California's Mojave Desert, reached 128 degrees Fahrenheit (53 Celsius) on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service's reading at Furnace Creek. The previous day's temperature reached 130 F (54 C). (AP Photo/John Locher) ** FILE **

Navy IDs jet fighter pilot killed in crash in California

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

China War Ships Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

U.S. Navy’s edge on China dwindling and lawmakers don’t care

By Brent D. Sadler

In this Dec. 10, 2016, file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, pilots perform pre-flight procedures in T-45C Goshawks from Training Air Wing One on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, docked in Norfolk, Va. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Bryan Mai/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

Lawmakers call for mental health services for USS George Washington after suicides

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Tom Cruise poses for the media during the 'Top Gun Maverick' UK premiere at a central London cinema, on Thursday, May 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

‘Top Gun’ and Tom Cruise return to the danger zone

By Jake Coyle - Associated Press

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 the USS Abraham Lincoln, front, and other warships traveling in formation during a U.S.-Japan bilateral exercise at the Sea of Japan. (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