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: Coast Guard Cutter Procurement
The following is from the July, 3 2013 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress. This…
Lawmakers Want to Suspend Egyptian Military Aid
In the wake of the public uprising that deposed former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen.…
Joint China-Russia Exercise More Political Than Military
China and Russia made headlines this past weekend when they participated in the rather blandly titled Joint Sea 2013. Despite…
NAVSEA Awards Three Contracts for Oiler Development
Naval Sea Systems Command has issued three contracts to shipyards for work toward the Navy’s next-generation fleet oiler (T-AO(X)). General…
Underwater Art Galleries Keep Memory of Ships Alive
Austrian artist Andreas Franke has turned an artificial reef made from the hull of a World War II Coast Guard…
NAVSEA: LCS Missile Competition Could Start Next Year
The U.S. Navy could start its investigation into its new surface-to-surface missile for its Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program as…
Polar Star Leaves for Sea Trials
The U.S. Coast Guard’s decades-old heavy icebreaker is currently undergoing sea trials off the coast of Alaska, according to a…
Military Sealift Command Will Keep WestPac Until 2014
U.S. Military Sealift Command (MSC) is exercising a contract option on a high-speed aluminum catamaran used to transport U.S. Marines…
Philippines Exploring Allowing U.S. and Japan More Use of Bases
The Philippines plan to give greater access to U.S. and Japanese allies to military bases including the former U.S. Naval…
Document: Guardian Grounding ‘Wholly Preventable’
The following is from the May 22, 2013 U.S. Pacific Fleet investigation findings from the Jan. 17, 2013 grounding of…