Jay Stefany to Lead Navy’s New Maritime Industrial Base Program Office
The Navy is standing up a new maritime industrial base program office and has tapped one of its career civil servants to take the helm.…
Pacific Blitz Tests How Navy, Marines Could Fight the Next Island Campaign
This post has been updated to add additional ships that participated in the exercise. As amphibious exercise Pacific Blitz 2019…
Fiscal Year 2020 Navy Unfunded Priorities List
The following are the Navy Unfunded Priorities Lists for Fiscal Year 2020.…
Air Force Gen. Tod Wolters Tapped to Serve as Next NATO Supreme Allied Commander, EUCOM Commander
U.S. Air Force Gen. Tod Wolters was nominated to be the next commander of U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander at…
CNO: Navy Concerned Flag Officers Are At Risk for Cyber Attack
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Navy has not released flag officer assignments publicly since October because the service is concerned its senior leaders are…
Document: Department of the Navy FY 2020 Budget Summary
The following are the publically available Department of the Navy Fiscal Year 2020 budget documents released on March 12, 2019.…
Navy Wants 5,000 New Sailors in FY 2020; Would Cut 3,100 Medical Personnel
THE PENTAGON — The Navy plans to shed about 3,100 medical personnel in Fiscal Year 2020 while adding 5,000 active…
Board Finds ‘No Basis’ to Remove Officer Involved in USS Fitzgerald Collision from Navy
A board of inquiry moved not to separate from service a sailor who the Navy had previously charged with negligent homicide for…
Top Navy Civilian in Charge of Bases, Housing Resigns
Phyllis Bayer, the assistant secretary of the Navy for energy, installations and environment, submitted her resignation on Friday, stating she…
Senate Confirms 22 Captains for Promotion to Rear Admiral
The Senate confirmed 22 Navy captains for promotion to rear admiral last week, according to two separate notifications posted on the Senate Armed…
Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Ship Names
The following is the Feb. 28, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress.…