Association of the United States Navy

07/12/2024

On June 23rd I had the honor to represent the AUSN at the George Washington Division, U.S.Naval Sea Cadet Corps, Bronx NY. I addressed the parents and Cadets, sharing with them that they are the future of America and can count on our support.

Pictured left to right. Ensign Gardner Jackson,Executive Officer; Steve Rogers AUSN, LTJG Prisma Diaz, Commanding Officer, LCDR Melva Cordova, Regional Director for Northeast.

07/12/2024

Pictured with Steve Rogers AUSN is Vice Admiral John Mustin Chief of Navy Reserve, at the 82nd Anniversary Battle of Midway Dinner, Arlington Va.

This is one of the finest events I ever attended. The education and inspiration all the speakers provided in their remarks should be heard by every American, especially our youth!! -Steve Rogers

07/04/2024

Happy 4th of July to all our members and friends who served our nation and kept us free. -Steve & Natasha Rogers

06/20/2024

Raise Your Voice for the U.S. Navy, Volunteer for AUSN’s Legislative Core.

AUSN has recently launched its Legislative Core as a function of AUSN Operations to advocate for the U.S. Navy and veterans. Volunteers who are passionate about a stronger Navy and veterans' issues are particularly needed.

What Is the AUSN Legislative Core?
This Legislative Core will be AUSN’s focal point for the review, debate, and discussion of all Congressional legislative activities and policy proposals related to the U.S. Navy.

The AUSN Legislative Core will consist of a Chair and 435 AUSN Legislative Representatives (one for each Congressional district) who volunteer to advocate for Navy-related legislative and policy priorities being considered by the U.S. Congress

What Will Legislative Core Representatives Do?
Legislative Core Representatives will make recommendations for changes in proposed legislation and policies if necessary, and submit to the AUSN Legislative Committee Chair for final review and action.

The AUSN Legislative Committee Chair will then submit an Official AUSN Position Paper to each of the 435 Legislative Core Representatives, who in turn will submit said paper to their respective Congressional Representatives.

How Many Volunteers Are Needed?
AUSN is seeking 435 of our AUSN members to volunteer a minimum amount of time to fulfill this objective. Now more than ever the men and women of the U.S. Navy need our voice to effectively advocate for them. You can play a critical role in determining the future of our Navy.

Volunteer Today
Contact Operations Manager Steve Rogers via email [email protected] or phone 703-548-5800 x110 for more information.

06/14/2024

As we celebrate FLAG DAY 2024 let us never forget that America has been in the past, is now, and always will be one nation under GOD. Let Freedom Ring!

06/06/2024

80th Anniversary of D-Day Remembered June 6, 2024
The Allied invasion of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944, widely regarded as D-Day, is considered by many the beginning of the end of World War II in Europe. Also known as Operation Overlord, the effort to free N**i-occupied France represented the largest multi-national amphibious attack and operational military airdrop in history. According to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (formerly known as the Army Map Service), “an estimated 850,279 men, 148,803 vehicles, and 570,505 tons of supplies landed in Normandy.”
Critical to the campaigns success were 5,000 Allied ships that protected the English Channel and 12,000 Allied airplanes which protected the skies.
Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force General Dwight D. Eisenhower shared this message with the troops on June 6, 1944: “The eyes of the world are upon you…The hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you. Your task will not be an easy one…Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle hardened, he will fight savagely…I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory!”
Along a 50-mile stretch of northern beaches in Normandy, France, 160,000 troops landed to repel N**i German troops. More than 9,000 Allied soldiers were killed or wounded in the battle which marked a turning point in the war and made it possible for 100,000 soldiers to press on across the continent until Europe was liberated and the N**is were definitively defeated on May 8, 1945.
We honor the courage and sacrifice of our Allied soldiers, which shaped the free world as we know it today. Among other events, the U.S. Army and American Battle Monuments Commission will live stream a special commemorative event from the Normandy American Cemetery in France on June 6, 2024, at 6:30 am EDT.

06/01/2024

The U.S. Navy needs your support. Please email me for information on how you (includes civilians & military) can play a critical role in supporting our Navy. My email: [email protected]
Thank you!!

05/28/2024

It was an honor for me to place a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on behalf of the Association of the United States Navy, on Memorial Day.

As I looked at the thousands of young men and women who gave their lives so that we can live in a free country, I could not help but to think that every school across our land should schedule a field trip for their students to visit this sacred ground. No history book can never teach our young about the voices whispering from these graves- LET FREEDOM RING!

Supporting America's Sailors through advocacy, community, and educational resources.

05/25/2024

On this Memorial Day Weekend let us not forget those heroes who gave the ultimate sacrifice in their time so that we can live in the land of the free and home of the brave in our time. Let Freedom Ring!! -Steven Rogers

05/08/2024

Check out this wonderful story about a 100-year-old Navy veteran who was honored by the AUSN. The AUSN, is on the move.
(More photos-click arrow upper right hand of photo).

On April 28, Beverly resident and World War II veteran James J. Finn was honored with a special ceremony at Smith Village conducted by the Association of the United States

05/07/2024

Wanted: Chaplains willing to volunteer to provide spiritual guidance to Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard (active/reserve/retired/) members and their families. Please contact me at 571-895-3999 for more information. Thank you. LCDR Steven Rogers (Ret) AUSN.

05/05/2024

A topic all all of us and our families should know about. Please share and like. Thank you.

04/18/2024

Attention All Hands
We have good news coming your way. It’s full speed ahead for AUSN. Stay tuned!!
LCDR Steven Rogers (Ret)

04/02/2024

Your Country Needs You, Your Navy Needs You, and We Need You.

Give me a call at 571 895 3999 and learn how you can play a big role in working with us to provide a great service to our Country, the Navy, and our military members and their families.

-LCDR Steven Rogers, USN (Ret)

08/31/2022

U.S. Navy Foils Iranian Attempt to Capture Unmanned Vessel in Arabian Gulf.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy unlawfully towed a Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel in international waters of the Arabian Gulf

08/31/2022

The Association of the United States Navy this year awarded $52,000 in scholarships to AUSN members and their family members!

We are so proud to support these ambitious students!

08/30/2022

What's better than 1 aircraft carrier??

2 aircraft carriers capable of really ruining an adversary's day.

📷️: The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), left, operates with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

08/29/2022

There can be over 2,000 sailors on a single ship. Have you wondered how they feed so many sailors deployed to sea?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbOnz5o0-FI

Cooking Dinner for 2,500 Soldier on a US Navy Ship - 2022 ExperienceAfloat Training Group (ATG) San Diego explains the aspects of a food service operation on...

08/29/2022

A Department of Defense effort that began in 2015 to use science to solve one of our country’s prolonged mysteries has identified the remains of a Navy sailor from Athens, Tennessee, who died in the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor more than eight decades ago.

By matching DNA from his family, scientists were able to identify Oliver K. Burger, who was buried as one of the many unknown casualties. He will be honored later this month at the National Memorial Cemetery in Honolulu, Hawaii.

https://www.navytimes.com/veterans/2022/08/28/remains-of-tennessee-sailor-who-died-at-pearl-harbor-identified/

Oliver K. Burger will receive a full military service at the National Memorial Cemetery in Hawaii on Aug. 31.

08/26/2022

The biggest barrier to adding more ships to the Navy is industrial base capacity, says Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday.

“We have an industrial capacity that’s limited. In other words, we can only get so many ships off the production line a year. My goal would be to optimize those production lines for destroyers, for frigates, for amphibious ships, for the light amphibious ships, for supply ships,” Gilday said at a Heritage Foundation event

https://news.usni.org/2022/08/25/cno-gilday-industrial-capacity-largest-barrier-to-growing-the-fleet

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The biggest barrier to adding more ships to the Navy is industrial base capacity, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said Thursday. The service’s top officer said shipbuilders need indicators from the service before they’re able to make the investments required to bu...

08/25/2022

Sonar Technician (Surface) 3rd Class Nicholas Woods, 26, assigned to the guided-missile cruiser Leyte Gulf sadly died last week aboard the guided-missile cruiser Leyte Gulf during deployment.

Our hearts are with his family and friends during this difficult time.

08/24/2022

In the next couple of years the Navy hopes to have six Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships operating in the Western Pacific at a given time, the service’s top surface warfare officer, Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, said this week.

https://news.usni.org/2022/08/22/swo-boss-wants-6-littoral-combat-ships-in-western-pacific

In the next couple of years the Navy hopes to have six Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships operating in the Western Pacific at a given time, the service’s top surface warfare officer said this week. “In the Indy class, we continue to deploy them to the Western Pacific – trying to keep tha...

08/24/2022

The US Navy is considering scrapping the former USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered carrier, somewhere other than the sea service's public Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, which has traditionally handled nuclear warship disposal, given the existing fleet maintenance demands.

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-navy-considers-scrapping-first-nuclear-powered-carrier-private-shipyard-2022-8

In a newly released report, the Navy said dismantling and disposing of the "Big E" at a commercial shipyard will cut costs and save time.

08/23/2022

The Navy confirmed that “mass amounts of eggs, steak and tattoos were consumed," during the port visit.

Gotta love sailors.

😂🇺🇸⚓️

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2022/08/22/marines-sailors-ate-all-of-greek-towns-eggs-meat-on-port-visit/

The hospitality of one Greek town went over easy welcoming Marines and sailors on a May port visit.

08/22/2022

The Navy and Marine Corps will keep their Ospreys flying after the Air Force grounded its fleet of the tilt-rotor aircraft.

Both services said they are keeping an eye on a clutch issue that led the Air Force to halt operations for the CV-22 Ospreys flown by Air Force Special Operations Command.

“All Navy CMV-22 Osprey units continue to conduct operations throughout the fleet. We are aware of the issues affecting other Osprey variants and are closely monitoring our CMV-22 aircraft for similar occurrences,” Cmdr. Zach Harrell, a spokesperson for Naval Air Forces, told USNI News in a statement.

https://news.usni.org/2022/08/18/navy-marine-corps-will-continue-to-fly-mv-22s-ospreys-after-air-force-grounds-fleet -96703

The Navy and Marine Corps will keep their Ospreys flying after the Air Force grounded its fleet of the tilt-rotor aircraft. Both services said they are keeping an eye on a clutch issue that led the Air Force to halt operations for the CV-22 Ospreys flown by Air Force Special Operations Command. “A...

08/22/2022

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy possesses the resources to field up to five aircraft carriers and 10 nuclear ballistic missile submarines by 2030, according to a new think tank report on Beijing’s ongoing military expansion.

https://news.usni.org/2022/08/18/chinas-navy-could-have-5-aircraft-carriers-10-ballistic-missile-subs-by-2030-says-csba-report

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy possesses the resources to field up to five aircraft carriers and 10 nuclear ballistic missile submarines by 2030, according to a new think tank report on Beijing’s ongoing military expansion. Using the its computer assisted Strategic Choices Tool, the C...

08/19/2022

Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, commander of the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet, said unsafe Chinese intercepts of U.S. and allied aircraft remain “professional,” but there has been an uptick in intercepts by Chinese aircraft in recent months.

https://www.navytimes.com/news/2022/08/18/us-7th-fleet-commander-sees-increase-in-unsafe-intercepts-by-china/

"It’s the provocative nature of the intercepts that’s got our attention, and we’re trying to understand it,” said Vice Adm. Karl Thomas.

08/18/2022

Gulf Coast Shipyards Growing Capacity While Navy Shipbuilding Plans Remain Unsettled

https://news.usni.org/2022/08/17/gulf-coast-shipyards-growing-capacity-while-navy-shipbuilding-plans-remain-unsettled

PASCAGOULA, Miss. — From the fantail of the 24,000-ton Richard M. McCool, Jr., (LPD-28), one can see the world’s most complex warships coming together, with shipbuilders welding, painting and running cables in the Mississippi sun. Two Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers – Leah H. Sut...

08/16/2022

The Navy last week proposed decommissioning 39 battle force and non-battle force ships next year, another sign the Navy will continue to pursue efforts to shrink the fleet.

The Navy’s list, published as an administrative note on Friday, included 25 battle force ships and 14 auxiliary ships.

Read the list here:
https://www.ausn.org/post/navy-proposes-decommissioning-39-ships-next-year

The Navy last week proposed decommissioning 39 battle force and non-battle force ships next year, another sign the Navy will continue to pursue efforts to shrink the fleet. The Navy’s list, published as an administrative note on Friday, included 25 battle force ships and 14 auxiliary ships: The no...

08/15/2022

The F/A-18E Super Hornet blown off the deck of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) carrier was recovered 9,500 feet under the Mediterranean Sea.

The single-seat Super Hornet was knocked off the deck of the carrier in what the Navy at the time called “unexpected heavy weather” during the midst of an underway replenishment.

https://news.usni.org/2022/08/08/navy-recovers-f-a-18e-super-hornet-blown-off-deck-of-uss-harry-s-truman

The F/A-18E Super Hornet blown off the deck of an aircraft carrier was recovered 9,500 feet under the Mediterranean Sea, U.S. 6th Fleet announced on Monday. The single-seat Super Hornet assigned to Carrier Air Wing 1 aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) was knocked off the deck of the carrier in what...