USS Ford returns home after 11-month deployment supporting the Iran war and Maduro’s capture

NORFOLK, Va. — The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world largest aircraft carrier, returned home to Virginia on Saturday after an 11-month deployment, the longest since the Vietnam War, that saw it support the U.S. war with Iran and the capture of Nicolás Maduro when he was Venezuela’s president. The most advanced U.S. warship and … Read more

Sister of sailor on USS Gerald R. Ford discusses her deployment: “That’s the life of the military”

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the Navy’s largest aircraft carrier, will soon return to the U.S. after the longest deployment since the Vietnam War. Among the returning sailors is Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Airman Tiffany Galarza. Her sister, Brianna Caudill, joins “The Daily Report.” Source link

Fire aboard Navy destroyer USS Higgins, officials say

Washington — A major fire broke out earlier this week on the USS Higgins, a guided-missile destroyer and a mainstay of the Navy’s forward presence in Asia, according to U.S. officials.  The fire knocked out electricity and propulsion on the destroyer, one of the officials told CBS News, speaking under condition of anonymity because they … Read more

USS Ford aircraft carrier will be heading home after record-breaking deployment

WASHINGTON — The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, will be heading home following a record-setting deployment of more than 300 days that included participating in the war against Iran and capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, two U.S. officials said Wednesday. The Ford will be leaving the Middle East in the … Read more

New 3D images show wreck of USS Monitor, iconic Civil War ship that sank in 1862

More than 160 years after the USS Monitor sank off the coast of North Carolina, new 3D images are offering a detailed look at an iconic Civil War ship that helped shape naval technology and marine architecture in the 19th century.  First launched in January 1962 from Greenpoint, New York, the Monitor was the U.S. … Read more

US aims to exhume and identify 88 USS Arizona crew members buried as unknowns after Pearl Harbor

HONOLULU — The U.S. military plans to exhume the remains of 88 sailors and Marines killed when the USS Arizona was bombed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and who were buried as unknowns in a Honolulu cemetery. It’s part of an effort to use advances in DNA technology to attach names to those … Read more