Navy Opens Up Combat Awards for Actions in Red Sea, Gulf of Aden
The Navy has designated the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden as two new locations for combat awards, according to a service message released Wednesday.…
Document: Report to Congress on Department of Defense Contractor Spending
The following is the April 30, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, Defense Acquisitions: How and Where DOD Spends Its Contracting…
Who Will Follow Dunford as Next Marine Corps Commandant?
Gen. Joseph Dunford was nominated the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Tuesday after only serving as the Commandant…
Document: SECDEF Ash Carter Statement on Gen. Joseph Dunford’s Nomination to Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
The following is the May 5, 2015 statement from Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on the nomination of Marine Corps…
Chinese and Russian Navies to Conduct First Ever Mediterranean Surface Exercises in May
Six Russian and three Chinese naval ships will meet in the Mediterranean next month to conduct a series of surface…
Navy Reserve Needs More Unrestricted Line Officers, Medical Personnel
The chief of the Navy Reserve told a key Senate subcommittee that she is “only able to accept 25 percent…
Naval Innovation Advisory Council Launches, As Mabus Follows Up on Task Force Innovation
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – The Navy and Marine Corps this week kicked off a Naval Innovation Advisory Council…
Former NATO Commander Stavridis: U.S. Should Provide Lethal Aid to Ukraine
“We ought to be providing lethal aid”—anti-tank, anti-armor weapons, unmanned aerial vehicles, and cyber assistance—to the Ukrainian government in its…
Document: New U.S.-Japan Defense Guidelines
The following is the April 27, 2015 Guidelines for U.S.-Japan Defense Cooperation.…
Maj. Gen. Walsh, OPNAV N95, Appointed Next CG of Combat Development Command
Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Robert Walsh, currently the director of expeditionary warfare in the chief of naval operation’s office, will…
Vice Adm. Nora Tyson Nominated to Command U.S. 3rd Fleet
Vice Adm. Nora Tyson was nominated to become the next commander of U.S. 3rd Fleet in San Diego, Calif. – and if…