Chief Tanner is the first active duty Navy woman to be selected for Chief “I” Brancher Chief Tanner was born in China Lake, California, the daughter of a U.S. Navy Senior Chief Corpsman. She joined the Navy in 1974 and attended basic training in Orlando, Florida. From there she went to Dental Tech “A” school in San Diego, California. After serving as a Dental Technician at Balboa, Groton, and Pearl Harbor, Chief Tanner was transferred to Pensacola, Florida.
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PASCAGOULA, Miss., (Sept. 27, 2025) — HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division successfully completed builder’s sea trials for guided missile destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128), marking a major milestone in the construction of the second Flight III destroyer built at Ingalls. The trials were conducted over several days in the Gulf of America, and tested the ship’s engineering, navigation, and combat systems to ensure readiness for the future acceptance trials and eventual delivery to the U.S. Navy.
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William Frederick Halsey, Jr.
30 October 1882 – 16 August 1959
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy’s ambitious Cruiser Modernization Program for its aging Ticonderoga-class ships was a high-profile failure.
-A damning GAO report revealed the Navy wasted $1.84 billion modernizing four cruisers that were ultimately divested before ever deploying.
-The program was plagued by soaring costs (over $500 million per ship), poor contractor performance, and the extreme technical difficulty of integrating modern systems onto 1980s-era hulls.
-The Navy ultimately concluded it was no longer cost-effective, canceling the program in favor of the new DDG(X) destroyer.
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By Andrew Latham
Key Points and Summary – A stark warning argues the U.S. Navy’s bedrock is “cracking” due to an industrial crisis.
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Seoul, South Korea —
A Japanese warship is on the way to the United States to be fitted with Tomahawk cruise missiles, the latest move by Washington and its Asian allies to beef up firepower as adversaries like China and North Korea expand theirs.
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