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.…
First MLP Passes Builder’s Trials
A key component of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps new sea basing strategy has completed its first round…
Analysis: Navy Doesn’t Know What it Wants with LCS
Christopher P. Cavas’ much-discussed March, 18 Defense News story about the recommendations of Vice Adm. Tom Copeman revealed that even…
Report: U.S. and New Zealand Forming Closer Ties
From the March, 8 Congressional Research Service report titled, New Zealand: U.S. Security Cooperation and the U.S. Rebalancing to Asia…
Former LCS CO Talks Singapore Deployment
Capt. Kenneth Coleman knows more about the Littoral Combat Ship program than most any sailor. Currently Coleman works at U.S.…
Low Cost Ship Options for U.S. Navy’s Drug War
The U.S. Navy is examining low-cost high-speed ships to replace aging surface ships in U.S. Southern Command’s fight against drug…
AP: USS Miami Might Not Get Repaired
The Navy may not repair a nuclear attack submarine damaged in May by an act of arson, according to the…
Report: Surface Forces CO Wants One LCS Design, Scrap DDG-51 Flight III
The commander of U.S. Surface Forces wants to look at a move to one design of the controversial Littoral Combat…
Opinion: Don’t Short The Coast Guard’s New Cutter
The U.S. Coast Guard has in place ambitious programs to revitalize the U.S. cutter force to meet the daunting requirements…
Memo: Coast Guard to Cut Operations by 21 percent
The Coast Guard plans to reduce surface and air operations by 21 percent and defer depot level maintenance due to…
Senate Wants a ‘USS Ted Stevens’
The U.S. Senate has included a provision in the latest appropriations bill to name a warship after Ted Stevens, the…