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.…
Somerset LPD will Commission in Philadelphia
The Navy will commission the third San Antonio-class (LPD-17) amphibious warship — Somerset (LPD-25) — named after a Sept. 11,…
Three Marines Relieved Over March Mortar Accident
Three Marine officers were relieved of command Wednesday in the aftermath of a March mortar accident that killed seven Camp…
Crashed KC-135 Crew From Fairchild AFB
The Air Force has identified three crewmembers of a KC-135 refueling tanker that crashed Friday in Kyrgyzstan, according to a…
Air Force Tanker Crashes in Kyrgyzstan, Crew Status ‘Unknown’
An U.S. Air Force refueling tanker has crashed in the northern region of Kyrgyzstan has crashed, according to a Friday…
Document: U.N. Report Calling For Moratoria on Lethal Robots
From the summary of the U.N. Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial,summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns. The report calls…
U.N. Report Singles Out Two Navy Weapons Programs
An April U.N. report calling for suspending the use deadly robotic weapon systems singled out two Navy systems, the Phalanx…
New Hybrid UAV and Helo Squadron Stands Up
The Navy’s first aviation squadron that combines unmanned aerial vehicles and manned helicopters stoop up on Thursday at Naval Air…
CNO: Sequestration Puts New Missile Sub At Risk
The Chief of Naval Operations said the Ohio-class replacement is his “number one program of concern,” although it remains “on…
Twenty Six US Navy Ship Naming Controversies
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the U.S. Navy had no formal procedure for naming ships. It wasn’t…
New USMC Unit Will Provide Faster Punch in Africa and Middle East
Marines are building on decades of experience in fielding responsive Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs)—embarked on board Navy Amphibious Ready Groups, (ARGs)—to…