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.…
Amphibious Warship Gunston Hall Suffers 3 Hour Fire at Pier
Amphibious warship USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44) suffered a three-hour fire onboard while the ship was undergoing a maintenance availability in…
Pentagon to Congress: ISIS is on the Defensive
To “pivot away from the Middle East is naïve at best,” the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC)…
Navy Again Reduces Scope of Destroyer Modernization, 5 Ships Won’t Receive Any Ballistic Missile Defense Upgrades
This post has been updated from an earlier version to include a statement from Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) — chairman…
Allen on ISIS Fight: ‘We’ll Do Mosul When We’re Ready’
Quoting the Iraqi prime minister that “we’ll do Mosul when we’re ready,” the special presidential envoy to the Global Coalition…
Navy Kicks Off Year-Long Celebration of Navy Reserve Centennial
In a ceremony at the Pentagon on Monday, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert and Chief of Navy Reserve…
U.S. Navy Growing P-8 Poseidon Operations in the Western Pacific
The U.S. Navy is cutting its teeth on the new Boeing P-8A Poseidon long range maritime Multi-Mission Aircraft with deployments…
Opinion: What China’s Investment in Africa Means for U.S. Counterterrorism Efforts
The massive influx of Chinese immigrants and investment in Africa pose significant obstacles to U.S. development and counterterrorism efforts in…
U.S. Officially Ends Special Operations Task Force in the Philippines, Some Advisors May Remain
This post has been updated to include additional comments from U.S. Special Operations Command, Pacific. The U.S. special operations mission…
Atlantic Council ISIS War Game Reflects Real World Policy
“Goldilocks plus”—not too hot, not too cold—was the way retired Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright described the approach of the…
SECNAV Mabus: Pace of ‘Fat Leonard’ Investigations is ‘Frustrating’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The length of the ongoing Department of Justice (DoJ) “Fat Leonard” investigation into alleged corruption by U.S.…