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Hung Cao

Retired Navy captain and former Virginia Republican congressional candidate who serves as Under Secretary of the Navy and has acted as Navy Secretary.

Known aliases

  • Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao
  • Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao

Current stories

leadershipConfirmed7 publishers

Navy counts the USS Abraham Lincoln's record 321-day deployment in sorties and fuel burned

USS Abraham Lincoln returned to San Diego on Thursday after a record 321-day deployment supporting the US war with Iran. The Navy's published figures measure what its air wing flew and burned, while the strain on the crew came to light through Congress and the press.

Perspective Coverage

8 publishers
Builder
Builder 18%
Operator
Operator 68%
Investor
Investor 14%

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption
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Hype gap+20
Incentives70
Confidence58
leadershipOne report1 publisher

NASSCO workers ratify 10% raise after similar wage deals at Bath and Ingalls

General Dynamics NASSCO workers ratified a three-year deal giving more than 800 of them a 10% first-year raise, then 5% and 4%. It starts below the Bath Iron Works and Ingalls raises but compounds to nearly Bath's yearly pace, the rate yards now match to keep skilled workers.

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+15
Incentives60
Confidence50
leadershipOne report1 publisher

Navy's count of eight Lincoln suicide attempts surfaced in written answers to a senator

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao told Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in writing that eight Lincoln strike group sailors attempted suicide on deployment. For leaders running a long surge, it shows how far a readiness summary can sit from what the work costs the people doing it.

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+15
Incentives58
Confidence60
securityOne report1 publisher

Navy tells 608,000 people to erase themselves, and names no way to check

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao's "Epic Vigilance" notice asks sailors, reservists, civilians and their families to strip any public trace of Navy affiliation. It cites no specific incident.

Publishers:military.com

Reality

Evidence42
Adoption22
Hype gap+34
Incentives58
Confidence38
securityOne report1 publisher

The Navy now treats doxing of sailors as collection, not as a privacy complaint

Acting Secretary Hung Cao's warning to the force puts social media exposure, drones over warships and probing of base gates inside one campaign. The remedy on offer is individual account hygiene.

Publishers:scworld.com

Reality

Evidence24
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+34
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence30