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. …
Cost Continues To Drive Quest For Next Amphib
The Navy is intent on squeezing every dollar it can out of its next generation amphibious warship program ahead of…
Congress, Pentagon and Innovation
“Do you need those cruisers or don’t you? Do you need that carrier or don’t you?” was one way the…
Dunford Backs Building 12th San Antonio-Class Warship
Gen. Joseph Dunford, the Pentagon’s pick to lead the Marine Corps, told Congress on Thursday he backs a congressional plan…
Defense Officials Endure Tough House Panel On Counterterrorism Funding
Republicans and Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee fired bipartisan shots at the administration’s request for $58.6 billion in…
Marines Test Heavy Duty Landing Craft Prototype at RIMPAC
MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, HAWAII — The Marine Corps recently tested a prototype for heavy-duty amphibious landing craft that…
Amos: F-35 Fire is Probably a ‘One-Off’
The Commandant of the Marine Corps described the June engine fire of an F-35 that caused the fleet’s grounding until…
Update: F-35 Cleared to Fly With Restrictions, U.K. Air Show Appearance Cancelled
This post was updated to include additional Tuesday afternoon comments from Rear Adm. John Kirby. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint…
Opinion: The Legacy of Adm. William McRaven
Now that Adm. William McRaven has announced his retirement, it is worth looking back at the contributions of perhaps the…
Document: Dept. of the Navy Transformation Plan
The following is the July 2, 2014 Department of the Navy Transformation Plan for Fiscal Years 2014 to 2016.…
USS Bataan Enters Persian Gulf, Nine U.S. Ships Now in Region
In a rare concurrence of events, a carrier strike group and all three ships of a Navy Amphibious Ready Group…