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. …
Updated: No Tasking for U.S. Marines Near Egypt to Intervene in Conflict
Marines on two amphibious warships in the Red Sea have not been given tasking to respond to the growing unrest…
Pentagon’s Sequestration Plan
The following is the July 10, 2013 Pentagon response to Sen. Carl Levin’s (D-Mich.) request to the Department of Defense…
Background on New Marine Amphibious Vehicle
From the Congressional Research Service June, 28 2013 report on development of the Marine Corps next-generation amphibious assault vehicle: On January 6,…
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…
Cartwright Under Investigation
Retired Marine Gen. James Cartwright is a, ” target of a Justice Department investigation into a leak of information about a covert…
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: Pentagon’s Aviation Plan
The following is the Pentagon’s aviation plan, dated May 2013. From the report: Summary of the Annual Plan and Certification…
Updated: History of U.S. Policy and Law on Gays in the Military
On June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down provisions in the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The restrictions…
Southeast Asian Rivals Work Together in Disaster Relief Exercise
Last week Brunei hosted an important but little-noticed exercise in its portion of the island of Borneo. The multinational event…
Women Could Serve in Navy Riverine Units by October, SEALs by 2016
The Navy will issue a report to the Pentagon by July on the service’s plan to allow women to serve…