HASC Mark Would Give Sailors Under E-6 Basic Housing Allowance
Sailors under the E-6 pay grade may be eligible for a basic housing allowance under House authorizers’ draft defense policy bill for Fiscal Year 2025.…
Document: Major U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan Since 1990
The following is from the Congressional Research Service report, Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990. This CRS Report discusses…
Document: Pentagon’s Arctic Strategy
From the Nov. 22, 2013 U.S> Defense Department’s Arctic Strategy: The Arctic is at a strategic inflection point as its…
Document: Block Buy Contracting in Defense Acquisition
From the Oct. 29, 2013 Congressional Research Service report: Multiyear Procurement (MYP) and Block Buy Contracting in Defense Acquisition. Multiyear…
Document: Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans
From the Nov. 8, 2013 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress. The…
Asia’s Submarine Race
Last week’s delivery of the improved Kilo-class submarine Ha Noi to the government of Vietnam was just the latest undersea-vessel…
Opinion: What’s the point of Air Sea Battle?
The recent mantra regarding Air Sea Battle is that “it is not a strategy, it’s an operational concept.” If so,…
Vietnam Takes Delivery of First Kilo Attack Boat
Vietnam has taken delivery of the first of a planned six Project-636 Kilo-class submarines from Russia, according to several local…
CNO Greenert to Congress on Budget: ‘We’re Tapped Out’
The leaders of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps gave their bleak assessments of the future of Sea Service readiness…
Document: U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments and Issues
The following is from the Oct. 22, 2013 Congressional Research Service report: U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues.…