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. …
WEST: Defense Industry Wants Open and Honest Dialogue With Services
Open and honest dialogue between business and government is crucial if industry can effectively deliver during an era of fiscal…
Work Confirmation Hearing Delayed
The U.S. Senate has postponed a hearing to confirm Bob Work as the deputy secretary of defense due to increment…
WEST: Decision on New Carrier Supply Plane ‘About a Year Away’
The Navy is “about a year away” from selecting a replacement for the service’s supply aircraft for the carrier fleet,…
WEST: U.S. Intelligence Community Working With an ‘Information Deficit”
The United States will be hampered in its dealings with a resurgent China unless it can effectively use information it…
Marine Commandant: U.S. Can ‘Ill Afford to Simply Pull Out’ of Afghanistan
Drawing on the American experience of leaving Iraq without an agreement on future presence, the Commandant of the Marine Corps…
WEST: U.S. Military Will Rely More on Coalitions
Coalitions. That was the theme of a West 2014 panel discussion with retired Gen. John R. Allen and retired Adm.…
Document: Christine Fox’s Remarks at West 2014
The following is a speech given by acting deputy defense secretary Christine Fox at West 2014 in San Diego, Calif.…
Bataan ARG Deploys with 22nd MEU
Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) Bataan left Naval Station Norfolk, Va. for an eight month deployment on Saturday.…
U.S. Navy Shuffle Japan-based Minesweepers and Amphibious Ship
The U.S. Navy is in the process of switching out a number of warships forward deployed to Japan with newer…
Document: Joint Think Tank Report on Future Defense Spending
The following is from the four way defense budget game played by the American Enterprise Institute, Center for a New American…