Gaza Pier Ready for Deliveries, Navy Command Ship USS Mount Whitney Underway
The U.S.-built pier that will funnel humanitarian aid into Gaza is ready for deliveries, according to photos released by U.S. Central Command on Thursday.…
USS Zumwalt Now in the Caribbean After Panama Canal Transit
The guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) passed through the Panama Canal on its way to upgrade its weapon systems at…
U.S. Flight III Destroyer Multiyear Deal Grows to 10 Ships, 3 Hulls Awarded in FY 2023
The Navy is set to buy 10 Flight III Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyers over the next five years after the…
USS America, Embarked 31st MEU Elements in Papua New Guinea for Humanitarian Efforts
Amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6) and its embarked elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Bougainville,…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Aug. 14, 2023
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world…
Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Destroyer Programs
The following is the Congressional Research Service report, Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress.…
Navy, Marines Send Aid to Hawaii, Papua New Guinea Following Disasters
Naval and Marine Corps assets are responding to natural disasters in Hawaii and Papua New Guinea, the Pentagon announced Thursday.…
Ukraine Opens Temporary Shipping Channels in Black Sea
Ukraine announced temporary corridors for commercial vessels to depart Black Sea ports despite ongoing threats from Russia.…
SECNAV Del Toro’s Navy Two-Year Review
The following is the Aug. 9, 2023, memo from Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, Department of the Navy…
Bollinger Cuts First Steel on Polar Security Cutter
A Mississippi shipyard started fabricating on what will be the first components for a new fleet of heavy U.S. icebreakers,…
Matching China’s Military Expansion Might Not Work as a Regional Deterrent, Panel Says
Matching Beijing’s military might does not appear to work as a deterrent, some experts said this week, as China’s military…