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. …
NAVSEA: Affordability Prompted Second Look at LX(R)
The Navy’s second look at the requirements and design of its next amphibious warship is walking the line between capability…
U.S. and NATO to Hammer Out Postwar Afghanistan Plan Next Week
Western European military leaders and their counterparts in Washington will convene next week to hammer out the details of the…
U.S. Marines Move Closer to Libya Following Unrest
The Pentagon is moving an amphibious warship closer to Libya following an attack on the prime minister’s home, a defense…
Bell Wins $337.8 Million U.S. Marine Corps Helicopter Award
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Bell Helicopter a $337.8 million contract modification to purchase 12 AH-1Z attack helicopters…
Greenert: Navy ‘Starting to Shape Events’ in volatile South China Sea
The sea service’s expanding presence in the Asia-Pacific is already starting to pay dividends in tamping down tensions between China…
The U.S. Navy and Marines On TV
Michael Bay’s upcoming TV series The Last Ship on TNT — premiering next month — is the latest in a…
Japanese Government Recommends Major Defense Policy Change
A government advisory panel, convened by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, recommended today that Japan make major changes to its…
Document: Report to Congress on U.S. Special Operations Forces
The following is the May 8, 2014 Congressional Research Service report, U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for…
Document: Bob Work’s First Message to DoD Workforce as Pentagon’s Number Two
The following is the text of Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work May 14, 2014 message to the Department of Defense workforce. …
HASC Votes Unanimously to Keep George Washington Carrier, Preserves Air Force A-10
House defense lawmakers soundly rejected proposed Pentagon cuts to a number of big-ticket weapons programs in their version of the…