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. …
Navy Successfully Completes NASA Orion Test Mission
Friday’s successful test of NASA’s reusable Orion capsule was a first for the space agency and a renewal of a…
Russia to France: Give Us the Mistrals or a Refund
Russia has given the French government a choice, either deliver the two promised Mistral-class amphibious warships to the Russian Navy…
USS Fort Worth LCS Chops to 7th Fleet
The Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-1) USS Forth Worth (LCS-3) entered the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in the…
Document: 2014 U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Report
The following is the recently released 2014 report from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission to Congress.…
Compromise Defense Bill Restricts Navy UCLASS Funds
The 2015 compromise defense bill, released on Wednesday, imposes restrictions on funding for the Navy’s planned production carrier-launched unmanned aerial…
A Brief List of Old, Obscure and Obsolete U.S. Navy Jobs
U.S. Navy enlisted personnel—unlike those in the other services—wear their jobs on their sleeves. A Marine machine-gunner wears similar collar…
Defense Bill Punts on Navy Plan to Mothball Cruisers, Adds Money for 12th LPD, Growlers
This post has been updated to amend the amount the compromise 2015 NDAA included for EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft.…
Interview: U.S. Navy Personnel Chief Worries Over Potential Service Retention Problems
Employee retention is very much on the mind of the man whom a civilian organizational chart would label as the…
Opinion: North Korea’s Sea-Based Deterrent
Recent reports that North Korea is developing submarines based on obsolete Golf-II class Soviet-era submarines has gained worldwide attention. However…
Largest Ever Australian Warship Enters Fleet
The first of two 27,000-ton amphibious warships was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on Friday, according to information from…