Document: HASC Readiness Committee Calls For LCS Sustainment Plan
From the May, 23 2013 House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee mark: The committee notes the critical nature of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program and…
The Tripoli Monument
The following is from the January, 1972 issue of Proceedings. For 112 years, the Tripoli Monument has stood on the grounds of the U. S. Naval Academy in…
Document: F-35 Costs Decrease $4.5 Billion in 2012
From the document released May, 23 2013: This information is based on the Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs) submitted to the Congress for the December…
SECNAV Names Next Two Destroyers
The Navy said it would name its next two Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers after a former U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and former Secretary of the…
USS Freedom Suffers Coolant Problems, Returns to Port
The Navy’s first littoral combat ship — USS Freedom (LCS-1) — has suffered a maintenance issue forcing it back to port during its first…
Document: Fleet Forces to be Naval Component for US NORTHCOM
From the May, 17 message from Chief of Naval Operations: This action establishes a Navy component commander for U.S. Northern Command, which had not…
Navy’s New Surveillance UAV’s First Flight
The Navy held the first test flight for its next-generation surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle, Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton. Wednesday’s 80-minute flight, from a Northrop…
Forbes Critical of New Navy Ship Design
A congressional committee is calling into question the Navy’s plan to adapt an almost 30-year old hull design to be the centerpiece of the…
Coast Guard Strategy Calls for Greater Arctic Emphasis
The U.S. Coast Guard has unveiled its new strategy for the Arctic outlines a ten-year roadmap for patrolling the last great maritime frontier, in a Tuesday…
Seapower Mark on FY 14 Defense Bill
House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces issued their mark on the Pentagon’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget request, “which designates essential funding…
Document: Coast Guard 2013 Arctic Strategy
From the executive summary of the United States Coast Guard’s Arctic Strategy released on May, 21 2013: As arctic ice recedes and maritime activity…
Navy Dolphins Discover Rare Torpedo in Training Exercise
Two Navy dolphins discovered a more than hundred year-old relic of the service’s past buried in the muck off the coast of Southern California,…