Navy Opens Up Combat Awards for Actions in Red Sea, Gulf of Aden
The Navy has designated the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden as two new locations for combat awards, according to a service message released Wednesday.…
SECNAV Memo: Navy Won’t Reactivate Perry Frigates for SOUTHCOM Mission; Will Send Ships to Fight Drug War in 2018
The Navy won’t reactivate any Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates in support of operations in U.S. Southern Command, according to an…
Electrical Problems Shorten Second Zumwalt-class Destroyer’s Builders Trials
Problems with the complex electrical system on the second-in-class Zumwalt destroyer ended builders trails early and forced the ship to…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Dec. 11, 2017
The USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker is sponsored by CNA. These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier…
Video: Navy Helicopters Join in Fighting California Wildfires
The following is Dec. 8, 2017 U.S. video of a MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter from “Black Jacks” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC)…
Woods Hole Research Vessel Searching Atlantic for Lost Argentine Sub
The international effort searching for ARA San Juan – the Argentine submarine missing for more than three weeks – is…
Training, Spares Already Hurt by Continuing Resolution; Longer CR Would Block Slew of Ship Buys in January
Lawmakers bought themselves two more weeks to pass a defense spending bill, after extending the continuing resolution that has funded…
Navy to Deploy Salvage Team to Search For Crashed C-2A Greyhound
The Navy is set to deploy a salvage team in an attempt to recover missing sailors lost in the C-2A…
Report to Congress on Littoral Combat Ship Program
The following is the Nov. 30, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background and Issues for Congress.…
U.S. Navy Entomologists Take Malaria Fight to Sub-Saharan Africa
Recent attacks by sub-Sahara-based terrorist organizations brought into focus the U.S. military’s operations, but less noticed is the Navy’s increasing…
Report: Current Budget Fight Hints at Long-Term Battle Between Pentagon and Budget Hawks
WASHINGTON, D.C. — While the Fiscal Year 2018 Department of Defense budget is still being hammered out on Capitol Hill,…