Kayla Barron was among the first women to serve on a U.S. Navy submarine. Next stop? Maybe the moon as part of NASA’s Artemis program.
Author: Josh Farley, Kitsap Sun
11 sailors injured after Navy submarine struck object in Indo-Pacific region, officials say
11 sailors were injured when a U.S. Navy attack submarine struck an object underwater while deployed in the Indo-Pacific region, officials said.
USS Nimitz completes a 99,000-mile journey likely not done since WWII
Most of its 3,000-plus sailors, roughly half of which were serving in their first-ever deployment, boarded the warship April 1, 2020 to quarantine.
A 410-year-old Pacific Yew tree, possibly oldest of its kind in US, falls in Washington state: ‘It was its time’
A Pacific Yew tree, known as a strong conifer whose bark has been used to treat cancer, fell in December after 410 years in Washington state.
Pentagon orders Nimitz back to Persian Gulf during troop drawdown in Iraq, Afghanistan
President Trump has directed the drawdown of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and the Pentagon felt it ‘prudent’ to have the USS Nimitz in the area.