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. …
What the Navy’s Next Generation Amphibious Ship Could Look Like
NORFOLK, VA — Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has revised its plan to use the hull form of the San Antonio-class…
Document: Congressional Budget Office Report on Pentagon Budget Growth
The following is the recently released Congressional Budget Office report, Growth in DoD’s Budget From 2000 to 2014.…
Pentagon Kicks Off New Technology Initiative
The U.S. Defense Department is projecting a future where the United States will no longer hold an insurmountable advantage over…
Document: Pentagon Innovation Initiative Memo
The following is a Nov. 15, 2014 memo from Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on a new Pentagon effort to…
Navy Starts Design Work On Next Generation Amphibious Warship
NORFOLK, VA — Early design work on the Navy’s next generation amphibious warship — based on the San Antonio-class (LPD-17)…
Textron Starts Work on New Navy Hovercraft
Work started Monday on the first of 73 planned hovercraft slated to replace the service’s aging Landing Craft Air Cushion…
Video: U.S. Marine Amphibious Combat Vehicle Program Overview
The following video is an outline of the U.S. Marine Corps’ strategy for the acquisition of the service’s planned amphibious…
Work to Congress: Pentagon Not ‘Crying Wolf’ Over Budget Woes
If the Pentagon does not receive financial help from Congress relatively quickly, the department will be compelled to cut modernization…
Video: Americans At War
The following are selections from the U.S. Naval Institute series American’s at War — personal stories of notable American veterans.…
Document: Commandant’s 2014 U.S. Marine Corps Birthday Message
The following is the Nov. 10, 2014 U.S. Marine Corps birthday message from Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford. …