This is how the Navy plans to break the Big E

This is how the Navy plans to break the Big E The hulk of the ex-aircraft carrier Enterprise is tied up across from the pier from the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, the Gerald R Ford, at the Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipyard, Feb. 5. (Mark D. Faram/Staff) Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, could becomeContinue reading “This is how the Navy plans to break the Big E”

USS Oscar Austin Fire Damage Repairs Will Stretch into 2022 – USNI News

USS Oscar Austin Fire Damage Repairs Will Stretch into 2022 – USNI News 171117-N-VC599-559The guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) arrives at homeport Naval Station Norfolk. Navy photo. The guided-missile destroyer damaged in a fire in a Norfolk maintenance yard last year won’t rejoin the fleet until at least 2022, USNI News has learned. USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) willContinue reading “USS Oscar Austin Fire Damage Repairs Will Stretch into 2022 – USNI News”

USS Oscar Austin Fire Damage Repairs Will Stretch into 2022 – USNI News

USS Oscar Austin Fire Damage Repairs Will Stretch into 2022 – USNI News 171117-N-VC599-559The guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) arrives at homeport Naval Station Norfolk. Navy photo. The guided-missile destroyer damaged in a fire in a Norfolk maintenance yard last year won’t rejoin the fleet until at least 2022, USNI News has learned. USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) willContinue reading “USS Oscar Austin Fire Damage Repairs Will Stretch into 2022 – USNI News”

The Australian contribution to D–Day | The Strategist

The Australian contribution to D–Day | The Strategist SHARE Shortly after midnight on 6 June 1944, Allied forces commenced landing airborne troops in Normandy, France. At dawn, naval vessels would begin landing troops on beaches codenamed Utah and Omaha for the American forces, and Gold, Juno and Sword for the British and Canadians. The landings wouldContinue reading “The Australian contribution to D–Day | The Strategist”

The Australian contribution to D–Day | The Strategist

The Australian contribution to D–Day | The Strategist SHARE Shortly after midnight on 6 June 1944, Allied forces commenced landing airborne troops in Normandy, France. At dawn, naval vessels would begin landing troops on beaches codenamed Utah and Omaha for the American forces, and Gold, Juno and Sword for the British and Canadians. The landings wouldContinue reading “The Australian contribution to D–Day | The Strategist”