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.…
Marines Demonstrate Ability to Include Carrier-Based F-35Cs in Expeditionary Base Plans
SAN DIEGO, Calif., – The Marine Corps’ first carrier-capable F-35C Lightning II squadron demonstrated, for the first time, the capability…
UPDATED: White House-Led Navy Shipbuilding Plan Set to Push Boundaries of Pentagon Budgets, Industry Capacity
This post has been updated with additional information from the Navy, the Office of Management and Budget and reaction from…
Makin Island ARG Operating in the South China Sea While Beijing Claims U.S. ‘Muscle Flexing’
Chinese reports accuse the U.S. of “muscle-flexing” after an American amphibious ready group quietly deployed to the South China Sea…
Panel Details Global Artificial Intelligence Arms Race
Harnessing artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies has become the new arms race among the great powers, a Hudson Institute…
Biden Taps Former CENTCOM Head Lloyd Austin For SECDEF
This story has been updated to include a statement from former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michèle Flournoy. President-elect…
CMC Berger Outlines How Marines Could Fight Submarines in the Future
Today, every Marine is a rifleman. Tomorrow, they could be sub-hunters.…
President Macron Announces Start of New French Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Program
French President Emmanuel Macron today officially green-lighted the construction of a new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier as part of the PANG…
HASC Chairman Smith: House Will Return For Override Vote If Trump Vetoes NDAA
House lawmakers will return to Washington, D.C. for an override vote should President Donald Trump veto the annual defense policy…
USS Theodore Roosevelt Departs San Diego Ahead of Second Deployment in 2020
This post has been updated to include a statement from U.S. 3rd Fleet. USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and its escorts…
Russian Ambassador to U.S. Sees Hope for Nuclear Arms Treaty Extension
The Russian ambassador to the United States said there is still time to extend the Strategic Arms Control Treaty, due…