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In this July 12, 2020, file photo, smoke rises from the USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego in San Diego after an explosion and fire. The U.S. Navy said Thursday, July 29, 2021, that charges have been filed against a sailor who is accused of starting a fire last year that destroyed a warship docked off San Diego. The amphibious assault ship called the USS Bonhomme Richard burned for more than four days and was the Navy's worst U.S. warship fire outside of combat in recent memory. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File) **FILE**

Sailor accused of torching USS Bonhomme Richard washed out of SEAL school

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The USS Kidd flies its traditional skull and crossbones flag while passing downtown San Diego as it returns to Naval Base San Diego, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, as seen from Coronado, Calif. As the American destroyer heads home with an outbreak in cases of COVID-19, relatives and friends of the 350 crew members prayed for their health while Navy officials vowed to keep the outbreak, the second to strike a Navy vessel at sea, from spreading. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Navy’s top admiral says defense industry working against military needs

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this July 12, 2020, file photo, smoke rises from the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego after an explosion and fire on board the ship at Naval Base San Diego. The U.S. Navy said Thursday, July 29, 2021, that charges have been filed against a sailor who is accused of starting a fire last year that destroyed a warship docked off San Diego. The amphibious assault ship called the USS Bonhomme Richard burned for more than four days and was the Navy's worst U.S. warship fire outside of combat in recent memory. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)

Sailor charged in massive blaze that destroyed U.S. Navy warship

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Capt. Chris Marvin, commander of the USS San Jacinto, observes as Lt. j.g. Colton Drake maneuvers a simulated warship alongside a cargo vessel at the Navigation Seamanship and Shiphandling Trainer in Norfolk, Va., on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (Mike Glenn/The Washington Times)

Navy turns to virtual shipboard training to prevent real-life accidents

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this file photo, an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Vipers of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 48, carries pallets of supplies to the flight deck of the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey. The Monterey, along with the USS Thomas Hudner, participated last month in Sea Shield 2021, a multinational Black Sea naval exercise hosted by Romania. (U.S. Navy photo) **FILE**

Navy warns it’s running out of capabilities to cut, budget moves threaten readiness

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this undated photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese H-6K bomber patrols the islands and reefs in the South China Sea. China’s state broadcaster showed on Sunday, May 7, 2017, navy fighter bombers taking part in exercises over the South China Sea, including one involving the detection and expulsion of foreign military surveillance aircraft such as those deployed regularly in the area by the U.S. and others. The video shown on CCTV’s military channel shows a squadron of two-seater Xian JH-7 Flying Leopards flying in formation and dropping bombs on targets in the ocean below. (Liu Rui/Xinhua via AP, File)

EXCLUSIVE: China begins military flights from disputed South China Sea bases

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) render honors to Battleship Missouri Memorial during the official ceremony for the 75th anniversary of the Japanese surrender that ended World War II, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Honolulu, Hawaii. (Petty Officer 1st Class Devin Langer/U.S. Navy via AP)

‘Woke’ Navy brass not focused on fighting, winning wars, report says

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

China's military members perform near a display showing the navy's aircraft carrier in a segment of a gala show ahead of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing on Monday, June 28, 2021. China is marking the centenary of its ruling Communist Party this week by heralding what it says is its growing influence abroad, along with success in battling corruption at home. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) **FILE**

Rivalry with U.S. heats up with new Chinese supercarrier

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Navy special teams defender Cameron Kinley celebrates a missed field goal by Memphis during an NCAA college football game in Memphis, Tenn., Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. (Joe Rondone/The Commercial Appeal via AP) **FILE**

Pentagon to allow former Navy cornerback Kinley to sign with Buccaneers

By Andy Kostka and Noah Fleischman - The Washington Times

In this July 2, 2019, file photo, Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, right, walks with his wife, Andrea Gallagher as they leave a military court on Naval Base San Diego, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

‘I became a political football’: Ex-SEAL Eddie Gallagher tells his side of the story

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this file photo provided by U.S. Navy, Ensign Grayson Sigler, from Corpus Christi, TX., scans the horizon while standing watch in the pilot house as guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain conducts routine underway operations in support of stability and security for a free and open Indo-Pacific, at the Taiwan Strait, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. China accused the U.S. of staging a show of force by sailing two Navy warships through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday morning. The Navy said the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers USS John S. McCain and USS Curtis Wilbur conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit in accordance with international law. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda/U.S. Navy via AP) **FILE**

Navy warship challenges China with Taiwan Strait voyage

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) conducts routine operations in the Taiwan Strait, May 18, 2021. China on Thursday, May 20, 2021, issued its second protest in as many days over United States naval activity in the region, drawing an unusually sharp response from the U.S. 7th Fleet, which accused Beijing of attempting to assert illegitimate maritime rights at the expense of its neighbors. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zenaida Roth, U.S. Navy via AP) **FILE**

‘Awful message’: Biden’s slimmed-down Navy budget scorned as China threat looms

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A U.S. Navy helicopter approaches to land on the deck of aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), a missile cruiser and a nuclear-powered submarine, as the USS Normady sails in the Bay of Bengal during Exercise Malabar 2015, some 152 miles off eastern coast of Chennai, India, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Arun Sankar K.) ** FILE **

Navy’s cut of nuclear missiles hurts U.S. position ahead of Biden-Putin summit: Rep. Mike Turner

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Navy special teams defender Cameron Kinley celebrates a missed field goal by Memphis during an NCAA college football game in Memphis, Tenn., Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. (Joe Rondone/The Commercial Appeal via AP) **FILE**

Navy’s handling of NFL hopeful Cameron Kinley raises questions

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times

This July 17, 2019, photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows a Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet in flight after refueling over the Pacific Ocean near the coast of Brisbane, Australia. The Navy said Wednesday, July 31, that an F/A-18 Super Hornet jet similar to this one has crashed in the California desert and a search-and-rescue helicopter is en route to the scene, about 60 miles north of the Naval Air Weapons Station at China Lake. (Senior Airman Elora J. Martinez/U.S. Air Force via AP)

In a first, drone refuels U.S. Navy fighter jet in midair

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The transport vessel Transshelf carries the damaged USS Fitzgerald, a U.S. Navy destroyer, towards the Pascagoula River in Pascagoula, Miss., Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. The ship was damaged in a June collision off Japan, that killed seven sailors. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Fatigue and overwork still a problem for the Navy, GAO study says

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This March 27, 2008, file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. The Associated Press has learned that leaders of the military services have expressed reservations to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about removing sexual assault cases from the chain of command. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Military leaders wary of changes in sexual assault policy

By Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns - Associated Press

In this April 8, 2008, file photo, then-Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. John Warner, R-Va., listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington. Warner, a former Navy secretary and one of the Senate’s most influential military experts, has died at 94. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Former Sen. John Warner of Virginia dies at age 94

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Stout handle mooring lines during the ship's return to home port at Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Va., in this Oct. 12, 2020, photo. The USS Stout showed rust as it returned from the 210-day deployment. The rust was quickly removed and the ship repainted. But the rusty ship and its weary crew underscored the costly toll of deferred maintenance on ships and long deployments on sailors. (Spc. Jason Pastrick/U.S. Navy via AP) **FILE**

Navy announces powerful new frigate, with more on the way

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this July 28, 2004, file photo, American sailors line the deck of the USS Curtis Wilbur, a guided missile destroyer as it arrives in Danang, Vietnam. (AP Photo, File) **FILE**

Navy denies PLA claim warship ‘expelled’

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times