BREMERTON, Wash. — With a possible government shutdown looming, Navy boosters and friends got an early start on the sea service’s 250th birthday at the Puget Sound Navy Museum at Naval Base Kitsap.
On April 24, 2026, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle signed a formal memorandum directing that only Surface Warfare Officers (SWOs) will be eligible to command U.S. Navy amphibious warships.
The birthday of the 250-year-old U.S. Navy is coming. And the community in Kitsap County — home to the third largest Naval shore installations in the U.S. and many aircraft carriers and submarines — ...