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    Sailors can seek religious, medical exemptions to mandatory COVID shot
    AUSN staff
    • Aug 11
    • 1 min

    Sailors can seek religious, medical exemptions to mandatory COVID shot

    The Department of Defense says it will be possible for uniformed military personnel to claim religious and medical exemptions to the...
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    Pentagon to require COVID vaccines by mid-September
    AUSN staff
    • Aug 9
    • 2 min

    Pentagon to require COVID vaccines by mid-September

    Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will require all active-duty personnel to be fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus by mid-September,...
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    Senate confirms Del Toro as next Secretary of the Navy
    AUSN staff
    • Aug 9
    • 1 min

    Senate confirms Del Toro as next Secretary of the Navy

    The Senate on Saturday confirmed Carlos Del Toro as the 78th secretary of the Navy. Del Toro was confirmed in a unanimous voice vote, a...
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    Navy identifies suspect in 2020 fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard
    AUSN staff
    • Aug 5
    • 1 min

    Navy identifies suspect in 2020 fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard

    A search warrant affidavit that was unsealed this week identifies Seaman Apprentice Ryan Sawyer Mays as the suspect in the 2020 fire that...
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    DOD imposes indoor mask mandate after CDC updates COVID guidance
    AUSN staff
    • Jul 29
    • 1 min

    DOD imposes indoor mask mandate after CDC updates COVID guidance

    The Pentagon this week required all employees to wear face masks indoors in areas deemed to be at risk of “substantial or high risk” for...
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    Lloyd Austin warns China during Asia visit: ‘No basis in international law’
    AUSN staff
    • Jul 27
    • 1 min

    Lloyd Austin warns China during Asia visit: ‘No basis in international law’

    Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said America does not grant China its claim to thousands of square miles of the South China Sea, and said...
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    Senate defense policy bill boosts Navy spending, pushes for larger fleet
    AUSN staff
    • Jul 23
    • 1 min

    Senate defense policy bill boosts Navy spending, pushes for larger fleet

    The Senate Armed Services Committee this week approved a defense policy bill that authorizes higher spending levels and seeks to reverse...
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    Navy reimagines surface warfare training after 2017 collisions
    AUSN staff
    • Jul 19
    • 1 min

    Navy reimagines surface warfare training after 2017 collisions

    The Navy is refocusing on surface warfare officer training, after collisions involving two guided-missile destroyers in 2017 revealed a...
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    Mike Pence warns against Navy ‘wokeness,’ urges focus on warfighting
    AUSN staff
    • Jul 15
    • 2 min

    Mike Pence warns against Navy ‘wokeness,’ urges focus on warfighting

    Former Vice President Mike Pence warned this week that the Navy and other branches of the U.S. military care too much about being “woke,”...
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    What is 'extremism' in the military? Here’s how a House committee rejected a definition
    AUSN staff
    • Jul 14
    • 4 min

    What is 'extremism' in the military? Here’s how a House committee rejected a definition

    A House committee charged with approving Pentagon spending levels for the next fiscal year dismissed an attempt to define “extremism” in...
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    Report exposes ‘crisis of leadership and culture’ in America’s Navy
    AUSN staff
    • Jul 13
    • 2 min

    Report exposes ‘crisis of leadership and culture’ in America’s Navy

    A report commissioned by four Republican members of Congress found that the Navy suffers from a culture that has led to the deterioration...
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    Report: Why can’t the Navy keep its surface warfare officers?
    AUSN staff
    • Jul 8
    • 2 min

    Report: Why can’t the Navy keep its surface warfare officers?

    On July 7, the Navy Times published a story about the inability of the Navy to maintain surface war officers that included interviews...
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    Four years later, Navy still haunted by Fitzgerald, McCain collisions
    AUSN staff
    • Jul 2
    • 2 min

    Four years later, Navy still haunted by Fitzgerald, McCain collisions

    The 2017 collisions of the guided-missile destroyers Fitzgerald and McCain are still affecting the way the Navy thinks about training and...
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    Senator protests Navy ship plan by slowing down Pentagon nominee
    AUSN staff
    • Jun 30
    • 2 min

    Senator protests Navy ship plan by slowing down Pentagon nominee

    A Republican senator is protesting the Biden administration’s failure to aggressively pursue a larger Navy fleet by slowing down a...
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    Navy drops goal of 355-ship fleet, open to battle force as low as 321
    AUSN staff
    • Jun 18
    • 2 min

    Navy drops goal of 355-ship fleet, open to battle force as low as 321

    The Navy this week submitted a shortened 30-year shipbuilding plan that moves away from the goal of 355 ships for the first time in...
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    Congress getting nervous about the Navy budget plan: ‘One of the biggest mistakes…’
    AUSN staff
    • Jun 17
    • 3 min

    Congress getting nervous about the Navy budget plan: ‘One of the biggest mistakes…’

    Republican and Democratic lawmakers this week made it clear they’re not happy with the Navy’s budget plans for fiscal year 2022, which...
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    Navy sounds the alarm on China: ‘America’s enduring advantage at sea is eroding’
    AUSN staff
    • Jun 15
    • 3 min

    Navy sounds the alarm on China: ‘America’s enduring advantage at sea is eroding’

    Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday warned Congress this week that China now has a fleet of ships that “rival our own,” and...
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    Biden nominates Carlos Del Toro as Secretary of the Navy
    AUSN staff
    • Jun 11
    • 2 min

    Biden nominates Carlos Del Toro as Secretary of the Navy

    President Biden nominated Carlos Del Toro, a Cuban born veteran of the U.S. Navy, to be the next Secretary of the Navy. Toro was long...
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    Navy cuts next-gen tech under budget pressure, calls diversity programs ‘critical’ to readiness
    AUSN staff
    • Jun 10
    • 2 min

    Navy cuts next-gen tech under budget pressure, calls diversity programs ‘critical’ to readiness

    The Navy has quietly proposed a slowdown in the development of next-generation ships, planes and subsurface vessels in light of flat...
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    Biden budget not enough to ‘pace the adversary,’ says top Navy official
    AUSN staff
    • Jun 9
    • 2 min

    Biden budget not enough to ‘pace the adversary,’ says top Navy official

    A senior Navy official acknowledged in a Senate hearing this week that the Biden administration’s first budget plan doesn’t give the Navy...
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