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Franchetti is sworn in as the 33rd chief of naval operations on 2 November 2023. Franchetti's operational assignments have included auxiliaries officer and first division officer in USS Shenandoah (AD-44), navigator and jumboization coordinator in USS Monongahela (AO-178), operations officer in USS Moosbrugger (DD-980), combat systems officer and chief staff officer for Destroyer Squadron ...
Kaprow later said that the crew's morale was the lowest he'd ever seen in his 20-year naval career. [5] The Churchill's gunnery officer said that Graf frequently spat at other officers and threw things at them, including ceramic coffee cups and binders. Ultimately, the entire crew broke out in cheers when she changed command in 2004.
Documents obtained by The Washington Post via Freedom of Information Act Requests (FOIAs) revealed that after al-Qaeda committed the October 2000 suicide attack on the USS Cole and the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the Navy's Economic Crimes unit was reduced from a staff of 140 to only nine persons, most having been reassigned to focus on terrorism.
Oct. 20—The U.S. Navy declared on Sunday the two missing aviators who crashed last week near Mount Rainier dead. The identities of the crew members from Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130 ...
In 2006, she was selected for the rank of rear admiral (lower half), [5] making her the first admiral selected from the United States Naval Academy class of 1982 and the first female graduate of the United States Naval Academy selected for flag rank. On July 1, 2014, Howard was appointed Vice Chief of Naval Operations, the second highest ...
Amanda Lee (born c. 1986) is a naval aviator in the United States Navy. She was selected in June 2022 as the first female fighter jet pilot in the elite Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron. Lee made her debut as the Left Wing demo pilot in the number three jet on March 11, 2023, in El Centro, California , and is currently the Slot Pilot ...
Coughlin was one of the first female attendees who reported being indecently assaulted by male attendees. Coughlin testified she feared being gang-raped when she was forced to "run the gauntlet". [4] She had reported the incident to senior officers, but after a lack of progress due to "closing ranks and obfuscation," she went public in June ...
The US Navy and Coast Guard conducted a 16-day search for the missing duo without success, and Earhart was officially declared dead on Jan. 5, 1939.. Despite many attempts and millions of dollars ...