Report to Congress on Navy Medium Landing Ship
The following is the Navy Medium Landing Ship (LSM) (Previously Light Amphibious Warship [LAW]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress on July 23, 2024. …
BMD-Equipped Destroyer USS Porter Arrives in Rota, Spain
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG-78) arrived in Spain on Thursday to being its ballistic missile defense mission.…
Mabus: Navy Would Sign Contracts Now if Congress Allows Cruiser Phased Modernization
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus pushed back against the logic that led the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) to adopt a…
U.S. Navy Ships Will Accompany American Merchant Ships Through Strait of Hormuz to Prevent IRGCN Harassment
Following the Tuesday seizure of the M/V Maersk Tigris, U.S. Navy warships will now accompany American flagged merchant ships through…
Chinese and Russian Navies to Conduct First Ever Mediterranean Surface Exercises in May
Six Russian and three Chinese naval ships will meet in the Mediterranean next month to conduct a series of surface…
From the East India Company to Disney to the Cola Wars: A Brief Collection of Non-State Navies
Ships on the high seas can largely be split between two major caregories, merchant ships that connect countries through commerce…
Navy Reserve Needs More Unrestricted Line Officers, Medical Personnel
The chief of the Navy Reserve told a key Senate subcommittee that she is “only able to accept 25 percent…
HASC Votes to Cut Cruiser Modernization Timelines in Half Despite Navy Concerns
The House Armed Services Committee approved a plan by Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) to cut the Navy’s cruiser modernization period…
Pentagon Unclear Why Iran Seized Maersk Tigris; U.S. Destroyer, 3 Patrol Craft Nearby
PENTAGON — It’s still unclear why Iranian forces seized the Marshall Island flagged cargo ship M/V Maersk Tigris, a Department…
Document: Greenert Letter to Thornberry on Cruiser Modernization
The following is an April 28 letter from Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert to House Armed Services Committee…
Inside the New U.S.-Japan Defense Guidelines
On Monday the United States and Japan agreed to the most sweeping changes to their bilateral alliance in more than…