30 sailors and Marines injured in at-sea training mishap off Florida
By Geoff Ziezulewicz
 May 2, 05:37 PM
 
Thirty Marines and sailors were injured Wednesday night during a training incident involving two ship-to-shore vessels. One of the hovercrafts, assigned to the amphibious transport dock New York, is shown here during a pre-deployment exercise on April 8. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jesse Turner/Navy)
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to note a comment by U.S. 2nd Fleet.

Dozens of sailors and Marines were injured Wednesday evening after an at-sea mishap during a training event off the coast of Florida, the Navy said Thursday.


Thirty Marines and sailors suffered injuries, with five sailors medically evacuated to Savannah Memorial University Medical Center for further care, according to the Navy.

“Four of the five Sailors have been released from the hospital after treatment,” the Navy said Thursday afternoon. “One Sailor remains under medical care and is being assessed for further treatment.”

https://www.navytimes.com/breaking-news/2024/05/02/30-sailors-and-marines-injured-in-at-sea-training-mishap-off-florida/

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Almost all Navy shipbuilding is hopelessly behind schedule
BY STEVE COHEN, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR - 05/02/24 8:00 AM ET
 
The Navy is in trouble.

It has too few ships to do the jobs it is expected to do and not enough money to build new vessels. But it gets worse: It is also handicapped by a civilian ship-building industry that makes promises it knows it cannot keep.


Two weeks ago, the Navy announced that all of its major shipbuilding programs would be delayed — by years. The first of ten new Columbia-class nuclear ballistic submarines is 12 to 16 months behind schedule. The aircraft carrier Enterprise is 18 to 26 months late. The Virginia attack-class submarine is two years behind. And the Navy’s newest class of ships, a guided missile frigate called the Constellation, is already a full three years behind schedule.

Such bad news is usually dribbled out piecemeal or discovered by defense watchers. Instead, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro decided to lance this long-festering boil. He announced that a 45-day internal investigation into warship acquisition revealed that almost all shipbuilding programs are subject to massive delays and cost overruns.

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4624326-almost-all-navy-shipbuilding-is-hopelessly-behind-schedule-as-war-looms/