Kearsarge ARG Deploys
Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group left Monday for a Middle East and Mediterranean deployment, the Navy announced.…
Sequestration Sidelines Six Surface Ships
The U.S. Navy has identified six deferred ship deployments due to budget cuts due to sequestration and the ongoing Fiscal…
House Passes Pentagon Spending Bill
The House passed a full Fiscal Year 2013 spending bill allowing the military more flexibility in programming sequestration cuts on…
House to Hagel: Downgrade the UAV and Cyber Medal
Almost 50 House leaders called on Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to lower the precedence of a new medal designed…
House Offers DoD Budget Scalpel Instead of Axe
The U.S. House of Representatives revealed a stopgap bill to allow the Department of Defense more flexibility to apply cuts…
Cuts Mean Veterans Wait Longer for Arlington Burial
The ten percent sequestration cuts across the Department of Defense budget will increase wait times at Arlington National Cemetery, a…
Former CNO Roughead: Navy Needs Acquisition Reform
Impending U.S. Navy budget cuts will create a “fundamentally different navy” that is less able to preform its missions, retired…
McCain: Hagel Vote Likely This Week
Sen. John McCain, (R-Ariz.), a leading critic of the Obama administration’s nominee for U.S. Secretary of Defense, said on nominee…
CRS Report on Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress
This Feb. 14 report from the Congressional Research Service details developments in the Arleigh Burke and Zumwalt destroyer classes as background information for Congress.…
Bleaker Navy Guidance for CR and Sequestration
The Navy released new budget guidance in the event of a Fiscal Year 2013-long Continuing Resolution and a March sequester.…