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. …
Document: Memo Establishing New Pentagon Electronic Warfare Committee
The following is a Department of Defense March 17, 2015 memo outlining the establishment of the Pentagon’s new Electronic Warfare…
Opinion: The Navy Needs a Wider Look at Wargaming
Under the auspices of the Defense Innovation Initiative, announced by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel before he left office, Deputy…
Document: CBO Report on Preserving U.S. Forward Presence with Reduced Fleet Size
The following is the March, 2015 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report, Preserving the Navy’s Forward Presence With a Smaller Fleet.…
Pentagon Creates Electronic Warfare Programs Council to Boost U.S. Technological Edge
This post has been updated to include comments from vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. James “Sandy”…
Essay: The Coast Guard Legends of SOUTHCOM
On a warm July day in 2014, U.S. Coast Guard deck hands took in the mooring lines at 0930 on…
Battle Over How to Count Navy Ships is Confusing, But Not New
Lawmakers and Navy leadership spent the past year going back and forth over how to count the number of ships in…
SECNAV Mabus Names Destroyer After First MCPON Delbert D. Black
The guided missile destroyer DDG-119 will bear the name of the first Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, MCPON…
U.S. Sea Service Strategy Revision Includes Navy and Coast Guard Ship Counts, All Domain Access Outline
PENTAGON — The latest revision to the 2007 U.S. Sea Service strategy has added sections addressing the complexity of the…
Document: U.S. Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower 2015 Revision
The following is the 2015 revision of A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower, the cooperative strategy between the U.S.…
Document: U.S. Navy’s 30-Year Shipbuilding and Battle Force Outlook
The following is a draft of the Navy’s battle force, procurement and retirement tables from Fiscal Year 2016 to 2045.…