Three castaways rescued after a week on remote Pacific islet, US Coast Guard says
Reuters Three castaways stranded for a week on a desert island in the western Pacific Ocean were rescued after a US Navy aircraft searching for them spotted palm fronds that the trio used to spell out the word “H-E-L-P” on a sandy beach. The US Coast Guard’s logo is seen on an helicopter on the […]
The Long Read: Why the US Navy is deploying more chaplains for suicide prevention
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on moves to deploy chaplains as regular members of the crew on more ships…
US Navy barred from acting against religious vaccine refusers
Washington DC, USAP A US federal judge in Texas is barring the US Navy from taking action for now against sailors who have objected to being vaccinated against COVID-19 on religious grounds. US District Judge Reed O’Connor had in January issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Navy from disciplining or discharging 35 sailors who sued over the […]
After pushback, US Navy agrees to retain contracts with civilian Catholic priests at California naval bases
RNS The US Navy will retain contracts with civilian Catholic priests at naval bases in California for at least another year, the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, said. This announcement came days after The San Diego Union-Tribune on 5th September reported that Catholic Masses at San Diego Navy bases had ended because the Navy, as part […]
Controversy erupts over Bible in Okinawa US naval hospital display
RNS US Navy officials are investigating complaints about the placement of a Bible in a public display about POW/MIAs at the US Naval Hospital Okinawa, the service’s largest overseas medical facility. The investigation, opened Friday, follows the filing of a complaint by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a non-profit established to promote religious freedom in the US […]