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Poll found 69% Americans feel that Capt. Crozier should not have been fired

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Sixty-nine percent of Americans indicated in a Yahoo News/YouGov poll on the Trump administration’s handling of COVID-19 that the U.S. Navy was wrong to have Capt. Brett Crozier removed as commanding officer of USS Theodore Roosevelt.

191101-N-CU072-1224 SAN DIEGO (Nov. 1, 2019) Capt. Brett Crozier addresses the crew for the first time as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during a change of command ceremony on the ship’s flight deck. Crozier relieved Capt. Carlos Sardiello to become the 16th commanding officer of Theodore Roosevelt. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sean Lynch/Released)

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Kfir and Hunter jets participate in first full testing of USS Gerald R. Ford’s combat system

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USS Gerald R. Ford recently completed its first full test of the integrated combat system against fighter aircraft with help from Kfir and Hunter fighters provided by Airborne Tactical Advantage Company.


U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan Seelbach
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Taiwan to spend $907 million for 10 MH-60Rs

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Upmedia reports that Taiwan is ready to spend $907 million to purchase 10 MH-60R naval helicopters. The Shen Ying 3 project will include Mk 54 torpedoes and AGM-114 missiles.

MH-60R Seahawk and Hellfire
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark A. Leonesio (http://www.news.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=58274) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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