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How QuikClot went from drug company reject to front-line ‘miracle’
Clotting agent QuikClot has helped save lives on the battlefield and beyond. This excerpt from “In the Blood” explores its use in the Iraq War.
By Charles Barber
Navy Secretary officially resigns, capping bizarre 24-hour Theodore Roosevelt fiasco
Modly’s resignation offer comes less than a day after numerous Democratic members of Congress called for his firing over his handling of the dismissal of the commanding officer of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt.
By Jon Simkins
First crew member on USNS Comfort tests positive for COVID-19
The individual who tested positive has since been moved into isolation on the ship.
By Jon Simkins
Multiple patients on hospital ship test positive for COVID-19
The ship arrived with a mission to treat only non-COVID patients.
By Jon Simkins
Theodore Roosevelt captain followed in footsteps of ship’s namesake by writing bombshell letter
The aircraft carrier’s namesake was once entangled in a similar conundrum.
Readiness is at risk when the military supports domestic COVID-19 outbreak response
"We cannot allow direct action maneuver units to be rendered ineffective due to an outbreak of COVID19 being spurred by deploying them in a humanitarian aid capability."
By Greg Barbaccia
Navy fires Theodore Roosevelt skipper following leaked letter pleading for COVID-19 assistance
"He did not take care, and what that did is it created panic on the ship."
By Jon Simkins
Just 18 total patients were sent this week to the USNS Mercy, Comfort
Each hospital ship carries approximately 1,000 hospital beds.
By Diana Stancy
Engineer intentionally derails train near Navy hospital ship, says ‘USNS Mercy was suspicious’
Eduardo Moreno, 44, was charged with one count of train wrecking.
Navy says it will still do urinalysis tests ‘to the greatest extent possible’ amid COVID-19 concerns
Individuals teleworking, feeling sick, or in quarantine will be exempt.
By Jon Simkins