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Aviation Boatswain’s Mate – Aircraft Handling Airman Apprentice Jayjrion Rodriguez is charged with murder while engaging in an act inherently dangerous to another, involuntary manslaughter and three specifications of simple assault with a loaded firearm and three specifications of reckless endangerment, according to the charge sheet.

https://news.usni.org/2026/08/19/sailor-charged-with-murder-in-death-of-carrier-john-f-kennedy-boatswains-mate

If anyone has stories about Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Jesse Braswell that they would like to share, please feel free to reach me on Signal at HMongilio.52.

https://news.usni.org/2026/08/14/uss-benfold-was-stalled-in-the-south-china-sea-for-four-days-after-engineering-casualty

All eyes are on USS Abraham Lincoln, but USS Benfold went four days without power late last month. Power outage affected toilets, air conditioning, galleys and potable water.

(As always, I can be reached on Signal: HMongilio.52

The Navy released its new flu guidance on Friday.

https://news.usni.org/2026/07/27/navy-requires-flu-vaccine-for-new-recruits-officer-candidates

The Navy released its new guidance for the flu shot on Friday.

https://news.usni.org/2026/07/27/navy-requires-flu-vaccine-for-new-recruits-officer-candidates

Approximately 6,400 sailors are diagnosed with chronic skin conditions annually, which affect their ability to meet grooming standards, according to an email from Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle that was obtained by USNI News.

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Hello Navy Reddit. I’ve posted some of my articles from USNI News (ex. JFK carrier shooting) recently. But I wanted to say hello and provide some contact info in case anyone ever wants to chat, send a story idea or has comments on my work, even criticism.

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A sailor held in pre-trial confinement following the fatal shooting on future aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) has been released from pre-trial confinement.

https://news.usni.org/2026/06/18/sailor-involved-in-jfk-shooting-released-from-pre-trial-confinement

Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Jesse Braswell of Colorado was killed in the shooting, which happened around 5:15 a.m. on Saturday.

HM2 Carolyn McKiernan is neither a doctor nor a nurse but instead a student in the Navy’s Hospital Corpsmen Trauma Training (HMTT) program, one partnership between the Navy and civilian hospitals where Navy medical personnel learn how to treat traumatic injuries they might see in the fleet or in combat.

Through the programs, including HMTT and the Navy Trauma Training Center (NTTC) at Los Angeles General Medical Center, the Navy sends corpsmen, doctors and nurses to trauma rooms where civilian cases mimic what they might see in combat or on deployment. Car crashes, gunshots and burns often result in injuries that the corpsmen, doctors and nurses need to be prepared to treat but do not commonly see when treating the military population in times of peace.

Read more about how the Navy partners with civilian hospitals to train its medical staff for combat and injuries in the fleet.