We break down the longest carrier deployment since the Vietnam War.

Read this very good piece from @heathermongilio.bsky.social on how the Navy trains for combat in major metro emergency departments.

Sober guide to military’s operating marine mammals -> www.hisutton.com/Navy-Marine-... Was not aware that Iran was on the list. Not sure of the credibility of claims that they have them.

I approve this use of the word "tragic" in the HED, as the essay alludes to hubris and pathos rather than just shit being awful. Other than that, I have no opinion on this essay. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/o...

Operation Epic Fury has cost $25 billion to date. Supplemental incoming, according to Pentagon comptroller.

Friendly reminder, X-47B "Salty Dog" 502 landed on USS George H.W. Bush in 2013. news.usni.org/2026/04/27/n...

The Arabian Sea is full of iron. news.usni.org/2026/04/27/u...

There’s enough pressure from big Pentagon and OMB on domestic yards to think this might be a threat.

We haven't been a show daily shop, but I thought we'd give it a shot and make it a little different.

CNO Caudle says F/A-XX downselect expected in August.

Definitely check out @taskandpurpose.com 's interview with the photographer of this great shot and what the experience was like. taskandpurpose.com/news/august-...

This is deployed, ie certified for national tasking. In the early days of the pandemic, Nimitz sailors were quarantined and separated from their families for 340+ days. While not certified, that length of separation is always worth noting.

Writing a USS Boise item for our wildly popular USNI News Sea Scroll Newsletter and found myself searching the internet for "potato idioms." Please send help.

[email protected] and I do a quick context update on the SoH movement. Details are scarce, but my guess is we'll see a combo of the 2 FDNF-J MCMs, the 3 LCS w/ MCM and the EoD MCM companies all working together.

A little annoyed the NASA reporter doesn't know the bow from the stern. Now stumping for USNI News to be on the amphib in 2028.

There's a lot of remaining questions as to what the status of the Strait of Hormuz is. Here's where we are:

Big, big money. Like "41 for Freedom" money.

L-53 minutes until I crank Wild Horses and ugly cry.

Y'all did it again. It took me until the NATO reporting name to realize you got me.

Sometimes you gotta write the featurey lede. news.usni.org/2026/03/31/u...

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier leaving Norfolk, Virginia - March 31, 2026 SRC: Sam LaGrone 📸

Guarantee this will be an essential bookmark.

Bloomberg confrims our scoop from yesterday.

We got cited in @nymag.com That's a first. nymag.com/intelligence...

The Navy is sending 1,000 mattresses and 2,000 sweatsuits to the crew after the fire due to smoke damage and the lack of laundry facilities.

Missile Attacks Define Strait of Hormuz Risks, Officials Say — USNI News news.usni.org/2026/03/13/m...

There’s a credible argument to be made that the speed of the early US and Israeli strikes took out a lot of capability for the Iranians to mind the strait of Hormuz. What I would like to hear more about is fast attack craft, and the threat they pose.

Per a US official the fire is out and damage control operations like looking for hot spots, clean up etc.

Unclear how bad the fire was, CENTCOM says the carrier is fully operational.

Here’s a table setter for what an escort mission would look like. With lots of stuff on mine warfare.

let's check in on iran's navy www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Elmer Royce Williams' MiG fight is nuts. navylog.navymemorial.org/williams-elm...

We are almost positive this mission originated on a US Navy ESB operating in PACOM based on the videos.

To all who celebrate, happy Twin Peaks day.

Our story from Friday is pulling up old wounds for the Nimitz COVID deployment that kept sailors from their familes for almost a year due to quarantine restrictions. All told, the CSG was out for 263 days for national tasking. That doesn't crack our top 10, to the irriation of many NIM families.

I love all kinds of grackles.

If this deployment goes past May 5, it’s going to be the longest since the 1970s. All of those 300+ day deployments were in support of the Vietnam war with easy access to liberty ports.

Spotted in my FB feed. Who is telling family members that posting about ship positions will extend a deployment? There's a difference between reminding people to be responsible and scaring them unnecessarily. Is this guidance ombudsmen are passing to families?

What do you say JFK? news.usni.org/2026/01/28/c...

Also, Lincoln is now in CENTCOM.

USS Theodore Roosevelt is not deployed. They're underway doing workups. Deployed strike groups are Ford and Lincoln and technically George Washington (which is always deployed but currently getting wrenched on in Japan and not ready to go).

I keep seeing this T-shirt slop on Navy affinity pages.

What a photo. The hangar light orange — *chef's kiss*

Of course a dork from Indiana punches the clock on the season.

New battleship card.

The Navy is "not walking away from ASW" but few deatils on how this is gonna work. There's a Connex boxmarked ASW on the slide.

Here’s the first card we’ve seen on the Navy’s new frigate.

Masks off, my cat and I are insufferable Bears fans IRL.

Asking for me, when's the last time anyone has seen USS Lewis Puller?