Historic Exercise Shows How Navy SEALs Can Work With Aircraft Carriers
Navy special operators showed they can act as the eyes and ears of a carrier strike group, sending intel back to the group’s hard hitters.
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The Pic of the Day: Super Hornet
A Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet takes off from the flight deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Atlantic Ocean, Oct. 1, 2020.
US Navy to Name Next Aircraft Carrier after Doris Miller, Pearl Harbor Hero
The U.S. Navy will break multiple firsts in naming its next aircraft carrier after enlisted black sailor and Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller.
The Pic of the Day: F/A-18F Super Hornet
An F/A-18F Super Hornet prepares to launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford during operations in the Atlantic Ocean, Aug 1, 2020.
The Pic of the Day: What an aircraft carrier looks from behind
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) and aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) transit the Pacific Ocean during a composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) as part of Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG). COMPTUEX is an intensive exercise designed to fully integrate units of the CSG, while testing its ability as a […]
SOFREP’s April Cartoon: The US Navy fights COVID-19
Our U.S. Navy is at war with the novel Coronavirus. Theodore Roosevelt, the aircraft carrier of former Captain Brett Crozier, is currently inflicted with Coronavirus to the tune of 678 sailors of its 4,069-man crew testing positive for the virus. The Navy is recommending that the ship’s recently dismissed Skipper Brett Crozier be reinstated once […]
French aircraft carrier ravaged by Coronavirus, 1000 plus cases
France’s sole aircraft carrier has been incapacitated after more than 1000 of its crew have been found positive to the Coronavirus. A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle is the flagship of the Marine Nationale, the French Navy. As of Friday, April 17, the French Ministry of Defence stated that 1081 out of the 2300 […]
Leadership roller coaster: Must be at least an aircraft carrier skipper to ride
Among a thousand other issues caused by the spread of COVID-19, the Navy’s leadership has been in turmoil this past week. It’s just not every day that we see a Captain removed from a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The situation reminds me of the movie Crimson Tide when on a nuclear-powered submarine, the XO (Denzel Washington) […]
The Captain Crozier case: Something is seriously wrong with Navy
Notice: This essay contains no disparaging remarks about China… I’m just kidding — of course there are some in there! Remember that time the American Navy intercepted the Japanese navy at Midway? And they wrecked it so bad the Japanese commander felt his guts were better off on the ship’s deck he retreated until his […]
The Pic of the Day: F-35Bs conduct air defense exercises
An F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepares to land on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) during an air defense exercise. The 31st MEU’s F-35s provide a lethal offensive aviation capability that allows the Expeditionary Strike Force […]
The Pic of the Day: One sea, two aircraft carriers
The aircraft carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), top, and USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) transit the Arabian Sea March 18, 2020. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central […]
Lawmakers rip apart the Navy’s new fighter budget
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter can do a lot of things, but one thing it can’t do is double its combat range: That’s the challenge Navy aviation is facing as it shifts its sights away from ground support operations in uncontested airspace and toward near-peer level conflicts against technologically advanced opponents like China. Thanks to […]
