Wasp ARG, 24th MEU Return from Deployment to Baltic, Med
The Wasp Amphibious Ready Group ended a seven-month deployment to the Baltic and Mediterranean seas on Friday, as the flat top pulled into Naval Station Norfolk. …
Navy Budget Keeps LCS, Subs & DDGs On Track
The Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps are continuing funding future capability with a budget that places emphasis on introduction…
Hagel on Budget: ‘We are Living in a World of Complete Uncertainty’
The Pentagon has issued a budget that hopes to sidestep mandatory sequestration cuts as part of a larger Obama administration…
USMC Commandant: ‘You Can’t Surge Trust’
“We are not sure how that is going to play out,” the commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps said about…
Report: Changes in the Arctic
From the March 28, 2013 Congressional Research Service report: The diminishment of Arctic sea ice has led to increased human activities…
Document: Joint Publication One
From the March, 25 2013 publication: Joint Publication 1, Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States, is the…
NATO’s Maritime Strategy and the Libya Crisis as Seen from the Sea
The following is a paper from the NATO Defense College Rome, published in March, 2013. From the report: In case you did not know,…
CBO Report on DoD Reductions
From the March Congressional Budget Office report on Pentagon spending cuts: In 2013, the Department of Defense (DoD) faces an…
First MLP Passes Builder’s Trials
A key component of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps new sea basing strategy has completed its first round…
Three Marines Dead in Murder-Suicide Identified
The Marine Corps has identified the three Marines killed in an apparent double murder-suicide on Thursday at the Officer Candidate…
Three Quantico Marines Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide
Three Marines were killed after being shot by at or near Quantico Marine Corps Base’s Officer Candidate School, according to…