Category Archives: Submarine Forces

Republicans Call for White House Shipbuilding Boost to Support AUKUS Attack Sub Sale

Republicans Call for White House Shipbuilding Boost to Support AUKUS Attack Sub Sale

Virginia-class submarine USS Oregon (SSN-793) transits the Thames River during routine operations in Groton, Conn., on Oct. 6. US Navy Photo

A group of Republican lawmakers is calling on the Biden administration to boost submarine industrial base support with a claim the U.S. submarine force could be at risk if Washington goes through with the sale of Virginia-class nuclear attack boats to the Royal Australian Navy, according to the letter obtained by USNI News. Read More

25,000 Sailors, Marines to Prepare for Global Conflict in Large Scale Exercise 2023

25,000 Sailors, Marines to Prepare for Global Conflict in Large Scale Exercise 2023

Operations Specialist 2nd Class Jeffery Barton, from San Diego, updates a status in the combat information center (CIC) onboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG-64) on June 30, 2023. US Navy Photo

The Navy and Marines are taking a second crack at an exercise that will simulate a massive global conflict and connect the actions from a single sailor at a radar console up through the decisions made by the Secretary of Defense, service officials announced on Monday. Read More

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: July 24, 2023

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: July 24, 2023

USNI News Photo

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of July 24, 2023, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. Read More

Senate Bill Sets Up AUKUS Sub Buy as U.S. Industrial Capacity Questions Linger

Senate Bill Sets Up AUKUS Sub Buy as U.S. Industrial Capacity Questions Linger

USS Vermont (SSN-792) makes her way up the Thames River and past the City of New London as she returns home after conducting routine operations to Submarine Base New London on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. US Navy Photo

This post has been update with additional legislative actions from the Fiscal Year 2024 NDAA.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The U.S. Senate took a tangible step forward to supply the Royal Australian Navy with its own nuclear attack boats with a new AUKUS bill that sets a framework to transfer Virginia-class attack boats to Canberra by the 2030s, Sen Tim Kaine (D-Va.) told reporters on Friday. Read More

DoD Modernization Should Focus on Joint Goals, CJCS Nominee CQ Brown Tells Senate

DoD Modernization Should Focus on Joint Goals, CJCS Nominee CQ Brown Tells Senate

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee for the Department of the Air Force fiscal year 2024 budget request, Washington, D.C., May 2, 2023. US Air Force Photo

The nominee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Congress he will take a look at how the Department of Defense is set to modernize with an emphasis on developing a joint force. Read More