The Navy has approved $34 million for Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The funding will help accelerate training and increase the availability of housing and child care, The Times Record reported. “The crews of the Bath-built DDG-51 destroyers defending commercial shipping in the Red Sea today serve as vivid reminders of how important it is that the United States maintain a robust shipbuilding capability to support the U.S. Navy,” Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who requested the funding, said in a statement….
Families from Fort Liberty, North Carolina appear to have begun reaching settlements with the installation’s private housing partner, Corvias, The Fayetteville Observer reported.
Navy photo by Bruce Katz