The Navy wants to shed 39 ships in Fiscal Year 2023, with the first ship set to depart on Halloween. The list, which includes five guided-missile cruisers and nine Littoral Combat Ships, was released Friday as an administrative message. However, the composition of the final list is far from a done deal. Included on the […]
Nearly 29 years ago, USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) sat in the waters around Norfolk, Va., waiting to be commissioned into the Navy. The ship sat in the same waters Thursday, this time for its decommissioning ceremony as its current crew and plankowners said goodbye to the ship. When Vella Gulf commissioned, every sailor wanted to […]
A commission to purge any mention of Confederate generals like Robert E. Lee and John Bell Hood from the front gates at U.S. Army posts is now also poring over lists of military street signs, barracks facilities and baseball fields named for figures from the Confederacy.