The Navy wants its new two-star safety command to evaluate risk and safety in a similar way to how the service looks at the health of its ships, the number-two officer told Congress today. Adm. Bill Lescher, the vice chief of naval operations, compared the recently established Naval Safety Command to the Board of Inspection […]
Seaman Apprentice Ryan Sawyer Mays was subject to an Article 32 Hearing in December 2021 to determine whether or not his case would go to court-martial.
Seaman Apprentice Ryan Sawyer Mays was subject to an Article 32 Hearing in December 2021 to determine whether or not his case would go to court-martial.
The Navy admits it has been forced to learn some hard safety lessons the hard way over the past few years, with incidents such as August 2017 when the USS John McCain collided with an oil tanker, causing the death of 10 sailors, and the suspicious fire aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard in 2020 that took four days to extinguish and resulted in the ship being scrapped.