2024 Australian National Defense Strategy
The following is the 2024 Australian National Defense Strategy released this week.…
A Hundred Years Dry: The U.S. Navy’s End of Alcohol at Sea
As a flotilla of naval vessels from around the world participates in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) to…
Document: Report to Congress on the Littoral Combat Ship Program
The following is the June 25, 2014 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background and Issues…
Document: Investigation into USS Chancellorsville Drone Strike
The following is the March 28, 2014 report from the commander’s investigation into the Nov. 16 strike of a Northrop…
Cruiser Hué City Executive Officer Relieved Over $23 Million Fire
The number two aboard a Ticonderoga-class cruiser was removed from his position following an April fire on the ship during a…
Document: Report to Congress on Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Program
The following is the June 20, 2014 report from the Congressional Research Service, Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program.…
Pentagon: Ship Leaves for Italy to Destroy Syrian Chemical Weapons
The U.S. ship that was quickly put into service to neutralize Syrian chemical weapons has departed Rota, Spain to take…
Chinese Ships Arrive at Pearl Harbor
Two Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) ships arrived at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Tuesday, according to Chinese…
MDA Successfully Tests New Raytheon Ballistic Missile Killer
The Missile Defense Agency scored its first hit with a new type of interceptor in a Sunday simulated ballistic missile…
Document: U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan
The following is the Congressional Research Service June 13, 2014 report, Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990.…
Iraq and Afghanistan Dominate Senate Budget Hearing
With aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) and its battle group and amphibious transport dock USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19)…