Category Archives: China

Trump: Mattis Will Step Down on Jan. 1; Shanahan to Serve as Acting SECDEF

By: Sam LaGrone

December 23, 2018 6:37 PM

U.S. Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis meets with Lithuania’s Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 28, 2018. DoD Photo

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis will hand over leadership of the Pentagon two months earlier than originally announced, President Donald Trump said on Twitter on Sunday. Read More →

Document: SECDEF Mattis’ Resignation Letter

December 20, 2018 5:53 PM

The following is the text of Secretary of Defense Jim Maitts’ letter of resignation. Read More →

CNO Richardson Wants Aggressive Timelines for New Weapons, Operational Concepts in Updated Navy ‘Design’

By: Megan Eckstein

December 17, 2018 5:00 PM

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson visits Indonesia to meet with Indonesia navy leadership and to reaffirm the U.S. Navy’s commitment to strengthen the strategic partnership between the U.S. and Indonesia on Oct. 20, 2018. US Navy Photo

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson lays out aggressive acquisition goals and overhauls in how the Navy develops new technologies and implements operating concepts in a sweeping 2.0 revision of his Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority. The push to field new kit and concepts is his effort to ready the Navy for not only high-end warfare but also gray-zone conflict and other challenges related to Russian and Chinese aggression that the service and joint force will have to confront, according to a copy of the document reviewed by USNI News on Monday. Read More →

Sen. Warner Warns China, Russia are Accelerating Cyber, Disinformation Capabilities

By: John Grady

December 10, 2018 6:56 PM

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va). on Dec. 7, 2018. CSPAN Image

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence gave a sobering assessment of the expanding ability of Russia and China to interfere with U.S. institutions through cyber and disinformation campaigns.
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U.S. Destroyer Conducts FONOP Near Russian Pacific Fleet Headquarters

By: Ben Werner

December 5, 2018 7:55 PM

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG-85) transits waters near Guam on Jan. 21, 2016. US Navy Photo

A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer conducted a freedom of navigation operation on Wednesday near the home of Russia’s Pacific fleet.

Pentagon Balancing Military Needs in the Arctic, Future Infrastructure

By: John Grady

December 5, 2018 2:40 PM

Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Hampton (SSN-757) during Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2016. US Navy Photo

U.S. submarines are in the Arctic to deny a bastion to Russia to attack the United States, but the probability of adding surface warships to the region in the near future as another maritime deterrent is slim, a Navy policy official said Tuesday. Read More →

USNI News 2018 End of Year Survey

December 4, 2018 11:54 AM

This year USNI News is asking its readers to weigh in on the most important naval stories in 2018 in following categories: U.S. Navy operations, U.S. Navy acquisition, U.S. Marine Corps operations, U.S. Marine Corps acquisition, U.S. Coast Guard acquisition and operations and international naval news. Read More →

Former President, Naval Aviator George H.W. Bush Dies at 94

By: Ben Werner

December 1, 2018 8:11 AM

President George Bush at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas on Oct. 10, 2010.

George Herbert Walker Bush — 41st President of the United States — died on Friday in his Houston home. He was 94 years old. The former naval aviator with a decades-long legacy of public service was one of six U.S. presidents to have served in the Navy. Read More →

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