A power failure aboard a U.S. Navy destroyer operating in the South China Sea last month left the ship’s crew without potable water, hot food, working toilets or air conditioning for four days. The outage stemmed from an engineering failure aboard the USS Benfold, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, Cmdr. Matthew Comer, a 7th Fleet…
Trump downplayed reports about conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln. President Donald Trump downplayed reports about conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln to reporters in the Oval Office on Monday. The aircraft carrier has been the subject of escalating concern over mental health and supply issues for American sailors enduring a record-setting uninterrupted time at…
Iran on Sunday unveiled a new mural in a central Tehran Square on Sunday displayed on a giant billboard, issuing a direct warning to the US not to attempt a military strike on the country, as American warships neared the region. The mural in Enghelab Square shows a bird’s-eye view of an aircraft craft with…
The United States Navy has said that the USS Abraham Lincoln carried out live-fire drills in the South China Sea as part of what it described as ‘routine operations’ in the Indo-Pacific region. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, which deployed from its homeport in San Diego on November 24, has been operating in the South China…