Transgender sailors, Marines offered benefits to voluntarily leave service or face being kicked out
The Navy Department is offering transgender sailors and Marines the option to voluntarily separate them from the service by March 28th. Otherwise they risk being launched from the service. The policy coincides with the executive order that President Donald Trump signed in January to prohibit transgender individuals from serving the military, and subsequent orders by […]
Navy Offers Voluntary Honorable Discharges To Transgender Marines, Sailors
The Navy is offering crew members and the US Marines identifying transgender voluntary, honorable discharges to hospitalize in order to comply with new gender identity restrictions, according to a memo released Thursday. Noteissued by Navy Secretary Terrence Emmert, voluntarily accepts the offer or accepts “unwilling separation” to those affected until March 28th. The provisions in […]
Dems Think Swearing Like Drunken Sailors Will Help Make Americans Like Them
Congressional Democrats have stepped up their use of blasphemy to make them more accessible to Americans, Politico reported Sunday. The surge in oath comes when Secret Service Director Sean Curran presents Devaljay “DJ” Daniel, who is fighting brain cancer during his speech, faces criticism of their actions in President Donald Trump's speech to Congress, when […]
US Saves Iranian Sailors In Arabian Gulf
The US Navy and Coast Guard rescued five Iranians and two Indian sailors from a difficult ship in the Arabian Gulf on Tuesday, authorities said. The seven sailors were on an Iranian ship, M/V Shayesteh. I said. The ship is an Iranian, but it flew the Qatari flag. “It's customary in territorial waters,” said St.com. […]
Two sailors dead in separate boom accidents in Sydney to Hobart yacht race
Two sailors on separate boats died in boom accidents two hours apart on the stormy opening night of the annual Sydney to Hobart race, marking the event's longest at-sea fatality. The history of has increased. The Australian Cruising Yacht Club in Sydney, which runs the yacht race, said on Friday that one sailor from contestants […]
Sydney to Hobart yacht race: third death averted as sailors prepare for ‘challenging night in the Bass Strait’ | Sydney to Hobart yacht race
Details have been revealed of the “horrific” incident in which a crew member fell off yacht Porco Rosso during a dangerous night of racing, drifting for more than a kilometer and killing two crew members from another yacht before being rescued. . Two sailors aboard another yacht, Flying Fish Arctos and Bowline, died at sea […]
Navy commissions first submarine designed to integrate male and female sailors
The U.S. Navy on Saturday commissioned the fleet's first new submarine designed to accommodate a full mix of male and female sailors. The Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS New Jersey was commissioned during a ceremony at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Middletown, New Jersey. “We operate the most complex platform on the planet and always […]
Divers Find Shipwreck Likely To Be WWI Vessel Lost With Over 500 Sailors: REPORT
Divers have discovered a shipwreck believed to be a World War I ship that sank with more than 500 sailors on board, the BBC reported on Friday. An underwater expedition off the coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, has discovered a vessel believed to be HMS Hawk, a Royal Navy warship sunk during World War I. The […]
Life is ‘tough’ for 21 sailors stranded on the Dali ship
The 21 crew members stranded on the ship that caused the Baltimore Bridge collapse are reportedly having a “difficult” 55 days stuck on the ship. The crew, all from India except for one man from Sri Lanka, have been forced to remain on board since the March 26 disaster when the Francis Scott Key Bridge […]
Burial Set After Pearl Harbor Sailor’s Remains Identified
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Monday that they identified the remains of an American sailor who perished during the Pearl Harbor attack. The DPAA said in a press release that they identified the sailor as Navy Fireman 1st Class Everett C. Titterington who served on the battleship USS Oklahoma on that fateful day […]