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In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. Read More → VIDEO: Russian Fighter Conducts 2nd ‘Unsafe, Unprofessional’ Intercept of P-8A By: Sam LaGrone April 19, 2020 6:04 PM Russian SU-35 during an intercept of a U.S. P-8A over the Mediterranean Sea. US Navy Image A Russian fighter came within 25 feet of a Navy P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft over the in international airspace over the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday, U.S. 6th Fleet announced. Read More → Navy, CDC to Study COVID-19 Outbreak on Carrier Theodore Roosevelt By: Sam LaGrone April 17, 2020 6:35 PM Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) depart the ship to move to off-ship berthing on April 10, 2020. US Navy Photo To better refine how the Navy fights COVID-19, the service and the Center for Disease Control are mounting a study see how the virus spread aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). Read More → More Than 1,000 Sailors Test Positive for COVID-19; Service Has Highest Share of Active Duty Infections By: Sam LaGrone April 17, 2020 12:53 PM Equipment Operator 3rd Class Tyler Dowling, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, speaks with Capt. Eric Correll, Commander, Task Force 75 during Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) site preparations on April 16, 2020. US Navy Photo The Navy reported 1,017 active duty COVID-19 cases throughout the fleet, the service announced on Friday. Of those, infected sailors on USS Theodore Roosevelt account for the majority of the Navy’s active duty cases. Read More → Geurts: Navy Acquisition ‘Managing Downside Risk,’ Seeking ‘Upside Opportunity’ By: Megan Eckstein April 16, 2020 6:31 PM Tripoli (LHA-7) is launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. on March 1, 2017. US Navy Photo The Navy’s acquisition community is trying to leverage the condition we’re in, not be a victim of it,” with the service’s top buyer saying he’s confident his workforce can take unexpected lessons learned adjusting to the COVID-19 pandemic and actually be more efficient in the long term. Read More → Ford’s 5th Weapons Elevator Done With Testing; All 11 Should Be Done By Next Summer’s Shock Trials By: Megan Eckstein April 16, 2020 6:13 PM Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding Division contractors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conduct phase 2 testing on a lower stage weapons elevator on Feb. 27, 2020. This testing marks another milestone in the certification of Gerald R. Ford’s Advanced Weapons Elevators. US Navy photo. The Navy and Newport News Shipbuilding have finished building and testing the first lower elevator on aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and will soon announce it’s been certified and turned over to the crew. Read More → Navy Identifies Carrier Roosevelt Sailor Who Died from COVID-19 By: Sam LaGrone April 16, 2020 6:01 PM Aviation Ordnanceman Chief Petty Officer Charles Robert Thacker Jr. The first sailor to die of COVID-19 was a chief petty officer assigned to USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), the Navy announced on Thursday. Read More → Navy Adjusting to Operational Realities of COVID-19 By: Sam LaGrone and Megan Eckstein April 16, 2020 4:22 PM Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD-8) review charts in the Combat Information Center on April 8, 2020. US Navy Photo The Navy is continuing to refine procedures to prevent another outbreak of COVID-19 aboard its ships but is facing a barrier in fielding enough tests to root out the virus from deploying crews. Read More → Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Ship Names April 16, 2020 7:26 AM The following is the April 14, 2020 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress. Read More → VIDEO: Iranian Attack Boats Harass U.S. Navy, Coast Guard Vessels in Persian Gulf By: Megan Eckstein April 15, 2020 5:45 PM Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) vessels conducted unsafe and unprofessional actions against U.S. Military ships by crossing the ships’ bows and sterns at close range while operating in international waters of the North Arabian Gulf. The guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) is conducting joint interoperability operations in support of maritime security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. US Navy photo. Nearly a dozen Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) vessels harassed a formation of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships in international waters in the northern Persian Gulf, the Navy announced today. 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