A ruling is expected next week in a hearing about whether the Navy has to comply with Hawaii officials’ demands that they empty the Red Hill fuel tank that contaminated drinking water at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, displacing thousands through the holidays, AP reported….

Lt. Ivey Quintana-Martinez, assigned to Navy Reserve Center San Diego, California, became the 17^th sailor to die of COVID-19 complications, as Navy Times reported. At least 80 service members have died from COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.

Navy photo by Daniel Mayberry