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.…
Navy: Budget Fight Will Not Delay Kearsarge ARG Deployment
The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) has completed it’s final major training qualification before the three ships depart for Middle…
Politico: Hagel Vote Blocked
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be the next Secretary of Defense was being blocked…
Joint Chiefs to Congress: Budget Cuts Will Result in Deaths
The Joint Chiefs of Staff made another round of dire warnings about impending sequestration at a hearing Wednesday, this time…
CNO’s HASC Opening Statement
Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert’s opening statement to the House Armed Services Committee for the Feb. 13 House…
SECNAV: Monitor Sailors to be Buried in Arlington
Two of the U.S. Navy’s oldest unknown sailors from the Civil War ship USS Monitor will be interred in Arlington…
Down to One Middle East Carrier
Looming budget restrictions means the U.S. Navy will reduce the American presence in U.S. Central Command from two aircraft carriers…
Funding Faults Threaten to Hollow Force
With the passage of the Budget Control Act (BCA) in 2011, Congress and the President set up a series of…
China’s Rise: WEST Day Three
The Chinese navy intrudes on the maritime rights of its neighbors, bullies other nations and is determined to build a…
‘We Can Ill Afford Not To Be Ready’ : WEST Day Two
The commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet told a morning audience at the WEST 2013 convention that the Pentagon’s decision…
Sequestration Dominates: WEST Day One
Sequestration dominated the first day of WEST 2013 at the San Diego Convention Center on Tuesday, with Adm. James A.…