A former U.S. Navy sailor convicted of selling technical and operating manuals for ships and operating systems to an intelligence officer working for China was sentenced on Jan. 12 to more than 16 years in prison, prosecutors said. A federal judge in San Diego sentenced Jinchao Wei, 25, to 200 months. A federal jury convicted […]
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New Navy report gauges training disruption of Hawaii’s marine mammals
Over the next seven years, the U.S. Navy estimates its ships will injure or kill just two whales in collisions as it tests and trains in Hawaiian waters, and it concluded those exercises won’t significantly harm local marine mammal populations, many of which are endangered. However, the Navy also estimates the readiness exercises, which include […]
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Maureen Sylvester served on the USS Nimitz’s first deployment with women, now it will retire in 2026
The USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the oldest serving aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, will be retiring in the new year. Known as one of the largest warships in the world, the Nimitz has been serving her country since 1975, calling Naval Air Station North Island home port for over a decade from 2001 to […]
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USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee returns to homeport in San Diego
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee returned to its homeport of San Diego following a nine-month mission to the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operations on Dec. 19. Higbee departed San Diego with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group on March 26, 2024, with an air wing detachment from Helicopter Maritime […]
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Navy investigation finds Osprey safety issues were allowed to grow for years
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a spate of deadly accidents that have claimed the lives of 20 service members in the past four years, a Navy report acknowledges that the military failed to address a growing series of issues with the V-22 Osprey aircraft since it took flight almost 20 years ago. “The cumulative risk posture […]
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Trump administration adds militarized zone in California along southern US border
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Trump administration is adding another militarized zone to the southern U.S. border to support border security operations — this time in California. The Department of Interior on Dec. 10 said it would transfer jurisdiction along most of California’s international border with Mexico to the Navy to reinforce “the historic […]
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The USS Nimitz stops in Coronado as the USS Abraham Lincoln leaves for deployment
As the USS Nimitz approaches the end of its half-century career, the aircraft carrier made one last visit to a familiar port on Dec. 7. The Navy confirmed at the beginning of December that the ship will stop in Coronado on its way to Bremerton, Washington. The carrier is concluding what will be its last […]
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New officer in charge named for Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport recently welcomed Lt. Cmdr. Kristen “Xena” Curtis as Detachment San Diego’s new officer in charge. An Ohio native, Curtis graduated from the University of Akron with a double major in marketing and entrepreneurship, then commissioned into the Navy, motivated by a calling to serve her country. “I always had a desire […]
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Change-of-command ceremony at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 3 welcomed its newest commanding officer during a change-of-command ceremony at Naval Base Coronado in October. Cmdr. John Hayes III relieved Cmdr. Warren Fogler. “It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve alongside the men and women of EOD Mobile Unit 3,” said Fogler. “Their professionalism, unrelenting grit, […]
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Navy veteran tackles longest challenge yet: 220-mile trail run
Four days and 210 miles into a 220-mile trail race, Mauricio Puerto felt relatively good, his body and his running shoes still holding up, as he scrambled through the damp darkness up Mammoth Mountain toward the summit — the final climb before descending to the finish line. Draped in a trash bag to ward off […]
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WWII nurses who dodged bullets and saved lives deserve Congressional honor, lawmakers say
DANVILLE, Calif. (AP) — At age 106, Alice Darrow can clearly recall her days as a nurse during World War II, part of a pioneering group that dodged bullets as they hauled packs full of medical supplies and treated the burns and gunshot wounds of troops. Some nurses were killed by enemy fire. Others spent […]
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Veteran Lt. Cmdr. Fred Eckert honored on Avenue of Heroes
Stories of Fred Eckert’s time in the U.S. Navy flowed from his lips as he sat in a blue patio chair outside his house in Coronado, where American flags are carefully placed around an attentively tailored garden. Eckert, who retired as a lieutenant commander and Navy helicopter pilot, spent more than 20 years in the […]
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Two Navy aircraft crash into South China Sea
Two Navy aircraft crashed in the South China Sea on Oct. 26. The first aircraft, a U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, was conducting routine operations from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz when it went down in the waters, according to a U.S. Pacific Fleet spokesperson. It was assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 73. […]
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NASCAR reveals street course at Naval Air Station North Island
The NASCAR street course on Coronado’s Naval Air Station North Island will be a 16-turn, 3.4-mile circuit with sharp corners and a series of quick turns around the military installation to give the drivers a challenge during the race scheduled in June. According to Matt Humphrey, who does track communications for NASCAR, it will be […]