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.…
Indian, U.S. and Japanese Big Decks Drill in the Indo-Pacific
The U.S., Japan, Canada and France exercised with two U.S. carriers and a Japanese big deck in the Philippine Sea…
GAO Report on Military Space Command and Control
The following is the June 8, 2023, Government Accountability Office report, Space Command and Control: Improved Tracking and Reporting Would…
USS Ramage Sailor Dies While Underway in North Sea
A senior enlisted sailor assigned to a guided-missile destroyer operating off the coast of Norway died last week, USNI News…
HASC Personnel Markup Includes Pay Raise, Creation of Space National Guard
Military service members could see a 5.2 percent raise as part of the House Armed Services personnel subcommittee’s markup of…
CMC Nominee Smith Renews Calls for 31 Amphibs, Senate Wants SECNAV to Revise Shipbuilding Plan
The nominee to be the next commandant of the Marine Corps reiterated the service’s minimum requirement of 31 amphibious ships…
HASC Agrees to Navy’s Plans to Shed Littoral Combat Ships, Moves to Abolish CAPE
The House Armed Services Committee will allow the Navy to move ahead with plans to decommission the troubled Littoral Combat…
Guam Bases Continue Clean Up as Military Moves to Island Postponed
Despite ongoing cleanup efforts on Guam after a typhoon slammed into the U.S. territory last month parts of the island…
Pentagon Official Emphasizes Washington’s Ties to the Philippines
The United States considers its alliance with the Philippines in the same category as the partnerships with Japan, Australia and…
Debt Ceiling Deal Killed Armed Services Committees’ Ability to Boost Defense Budget, Senator Says
The era of Senate Armed Services Committee Democratic and Republican members dramatically increasing Pentagon spending requests ended with the budget…
Makin Island ARG, 13th MEU Deployment Marks Amphibious Shift to the Pacific
When the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group returns from deployment this week, it will mark the beginning of a shift…