Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Now in the Mediterranean Sea
After almost four months on station in the Red Sea, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) and USS Gravely (DDG-107) transited the Suez Canal on Friday, the Navy announced.…
PEO Carriers: CVN-79 Will Have a New Radar, Save $180M Compared to Dual Band Radar
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) will have a different radar than the USS Gerald…
Document: CBO Report on Preserving U.S. Forward Presence with Reduced Fleet Size
The following is the March, 2015 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report, Preserving the Navy’s Forward Presence With a Smaller Fleet.…
Pentagon Creates Electronic Warfare Programs Council to Boost U.S. Technological Edge
This post has been updated to include comments from vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. James “Sandy”…
Russian Military ‘Snap Drills’ Include Bomber and Ballistic Missile Deployments to Crimea, Kaliningrad
A series of so-called snap drills by Russia’s Northern Fleet and its Western Military District will include deployments of high-end…
Sea Services Need to Evolve Manning, Operating, Partnering to Support Seapower Strategy
The sea services cannot buy their way to successfully implementing the Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower, the service chiefs…
Essay: The Coast Guard Legends of SOUTHCOM
On a warm July day in 2014, U.S. Coast Guard deck hands took in the mooring lines at 0930 on…
Battle Over How to Count Navy Ships is Confusing, But Not New
Lawmakers and Navy leadership spent the past year going back and forth over how to count the number of ships in…
SECNAV Mabus Names Destroyer After First MCPON Delbert D. Black
The guided missile destroyer DDG-119 will bear the name of the first Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, MCPON…
2 Louisiana Guardsmen Confirmed Dead Following Florida Helo Crash, Search for Missing MARSOC Marines, Soldiers Suspended
Searchers have found and identified two missing Louisiana National Guard soldiers while the wider search for two more solders and…
CNO Greenert Warns Congress of Fighter Shortfall, Boeing Super Hornet Line to Close in 2017 Absent New Orders
This story has been updated to include a statement about the Navy’s upcoming release of an Unfunded Requirements List. WASHINGTON, D.C. —…