The soft-spoken Texan never wanted the spotlight, but his actions at Pearl Harbor inspired generations of Black people in the Navy who followed him.
Author: Josh Farley, Kitsap Sun
USS Nimitz completes a 99,000-mile journey likely not done since WWII
Most of its 3,000-plus sailors, roughly half of which were serving in their first-ever deployment, boarded the warship April 1, 2020 to quarantine.
A 410-year-old Pacific Yew tree, possibly oldest of its kind in US, falls in Washington state: ‘It was its time’
A Pacific Yew tree, known as a strong conifer whose bark has been used to treat cancer, fell in December after 410 years in Washington state.
Pentagon orders Nimitz back to Persian Gulf during troop drawdown in Iraq, Afghanistan
President Trump has directed the drawdown of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and the Pentagon felt it ‘prudent’ to have the USS Nimitz in the area.
Navy sub commander relieved of duty for hiring prostitutes in Philippines
Capt. Travis Zettel was relieved of duty last August; an NCIS investigation found he’d bought ‘female accompaniment’ for sailors.