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.…
Navy: Raytheon Tomahawk Likely to Compete in Next Generation Anti-Ship Missile Contest
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Raytheon’s Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) will be a likely competitor in the Navy’s search for a…
Crew of Iranian Frigate Points Weapons at U.S. Navy Helo, Coalition Auxiliary
The crew of an Iranian frigate briefly trained crew served weapons on a U.S. Navy helicopter and a coalition auxiliary…
Essay: Capability-Based Planning and the Death of Military Strategy
In the 2001 Quadrennial Defense Review, released days before the September 11 attacks, the Department of Defense announced a shift…
Report: Upgrading U.S. Nuclear Forces Could be Affordable Under Sequestration
CORRECTION: Due to an editing error, a previous headline on this post misrepresented the content of the CSBA report issued…
Successful SM-6 Ballistic Missile Defense Test Set To Expand Capability of U.S. Guided Missile Fleet
The U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency has proved a modified Raytheon Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) missile can not only…
Command Ship USS Mount Whitney Suffers 45 Minute Pier Side Fire, No Injures Reported
USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20) suffered a 45 minute fire that has caused an unknown amount of damage on the U.S.…
Navy Commissions Attack Boat USS John Warner
The Navy commissioned its latest Virginia-class nuclear attack boat in a Saturday ceremony honoring its namesake, former U.S. Senator and…
Navy Issues New Fitness Standards To Emphasize Mission-Readiness, Overall Health
The Navy is rolling out new physical fitness standards and evaluation practices today, meant to promote a year-round culture of…
Video: Overview of Navy’s Planned Physical Fitness Changes
The following is a video overview of the changes to the Navy’s physical fitness standards by Chief of Naval Personnel…
CNO Nominee Richardson: Ford Carrier Cost Growth ‘Unacceptable’
The presumptive next head of the Navy called the billions in cost growth for the service’s next generation aircraft carrier program…