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.…
Sequestration Will Not Delay Next Generation Boomer
The Ohio Class Replacement nuclear ballistic submarine (SSBN) program will not be delayed due to Navy budget cuts from mandated…
New LCS Sonar and Missile to be Competed Next Year
In the next year the Navy will begin competition for the follow on sonar and surface-to-surface missile system for the…
Making Sense of Massive China-Russia Arms Deal
Numerous reports have appeared in the media of late regarding a deal whereby Russia would export 24 Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker…
50 Years Later: The Legacy of USS Thresher
A child’s drawing of a lost submarine rests behind Plexiglas in a back corner of the National Museum of the…
After Thresher: How the Navy made Subs Safer
Eight years ago, USS San Francisco (SSN-711) ran full speed into a mountain more than 500 feet below the ocean’s…
USS Thresher in Photos
Photos of USS Thresher.…
Report: Navy Ohio Replacement (SSBN[X]) Ballistic Missile Submarine Program
From the March, 27 2013 Congressional Research Service report: The Navy’s proposed FY2013 budget requests $564.9 million for continued research…
Report: Changes in the Arctic
From the March 28, 2013 Congressional Research Service report: The diminishment of Arctic sea ice has led to increased human activities…
NATO’s Maritime Strategy and the Libya Crisis as Seen from the Sea
The following is a paper from the NATO Defense College Rome, published in March, 2013. From the report: In case you did not know,…
James Cameron Gives Record Breaking Sub to Woods Hole
Avatar and Titanic director James Cameron has given his DEEPSEA CHALLENGER submersible to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to help further research efforts in…