U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Force, set up a SIMRAD radar system for a coastal defense training activity during KAMANDAG 7 on Kamuning Beach, Palawan, Philippines, Nov. 16, 2023. US Marine Corps Photo
After 11 days of drills, U.S. Marines and Philippine forces wrapped up the seventh iteration of the KAMANDAG Marine exercise in Manila over the weekend. Read More
A P-8A Poseidon floating in Kaneohe Bay on Nov. 21, 2023.
The Navy will convene an investigation into Monday’s incident in Hawaii where a Navy P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft overshot a runway and ended up in Hawaii’s Kaneohe Bay, officials said. Read More
The following is the Nov. 16, 2023, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Medium Landing Ship (LSM) (Previously Light Amphibious Warship [LAW]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
The following is the Nov. 17, 2023, Congressional Research Service report, Highlights of the 2023 Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence for Congress. Read More
A P-8A Poseidon floating in Kaneohe Bay on Nov. 20, 2023. Image via KITV
This post has been updated with a statement from U.S. 3rd Fleet.
A Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol airplane is in Hawaii’s Kaneohe Bay after attempting to land on a Marine Corps runway Monday afternoon, according to Marine Corps officials. Read More
USNI News Graphic
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Nov. 20, 2023, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. This post has been updated to include more information on deployed and underway ships. Read More
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), steams in the Ionian Sea, Oct. 4, 2023. US Navy Photo
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered the extension of the Ford Carrier Strike Group’s deployment, USNI News has learned. Read More
U.S. Capitol on Dec. 29, 2022. USNI News Photo
President Joe Biden signed a tiered stopgap funding bill on Thursday that keeps the Defense Department funded through early February 2024 and includes an anomaly for the Columbia-class submarine program. Read More
Bougainville (LHA-8) at Ingalls Shipbuilding launched on Sept. 30, 2023. USNI News Photo
The Navy awarded Ingalls Shipbuilding a $130 million advanced procurement contract for the service’s next planned big deck America-class amphibious warship, according to a Pentagon contract announcement. Read More
Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith on Sept. 12, 2023. US Marine Corps
Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith will undergo a procedure to repair a bicuspid aortic valve in his heart, according to the Marine Corps’ most recent update on the head of the service. Read More
