Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said John Phelan, the Navy’s top civilian official, was “departing the administration, effective immediately.” Navy Undersecretary Hung Cao will become acting secretary of the Navy.
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3 things to know about naval blockades as U.S. begins patrols in the Strait of Hormuz
The White House says it wants to choke off Iran’s oil export revenue. But experts say that blockades are often unpredictable and difficult to enforce.
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Airstrikes may have destroyed Iran’s last F-14s, ending a long, strange saga
The F-14 was made famous in Top Gun. The U.S. sold the planes to Iran in the 1970s, only for the two countries to become enemies. Iran kept its F-14s flying for decades in the face of U.S. sanctions.
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Fear of Iranian mines in the Strait of Hormuz could further slow the flow of oil
Attacks by Iran have already nearly halted the flow of oil through the vital waterway as commercial ship crews fear being hit by missiles, drones or mines.
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Navy commander relieved of duty after photo showed him firing rifle with scope backward
Cameron Yaste, the commander of a Navy destroyer in the Middle East, has been relieved of duty about four months after he was seen in a photo firing a rifle with a scope mounted backward.
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As Congress scrutinizes the Osprey, families balance grief with pilots’ love for it
Families of service members lost in crashes say that if the Osprey is going to keep flying they want Bell Flight, Boeing and the Pentagon’s V-22 joint program office to make the aircraft safe.
