GAO Report on GPS Modernization

GAO Report on GPS Modernization

The following is the June 2023, Government Accountability Office report, GPS Modernization Space Force Should Reassess Requirements for Satellites and Handheld Devices Read More

Next Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Announced

Next Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Announced

Sergeant Major Carlos A. Ruiz has been selected to serve as the 20th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps. Sgt. Maj. Ruiz is currently serving as the Command Senior Enlisted Leader for U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve and U.S. Marines Corps Forces South. U.S. Marine Corps Photo

The Marine Corps on Monday announced its next senior enlisted leader. Read More

CO of Destroyer USS Stout Removed from Command

CO of Destroyer USS Stout Removed from Command

Cmdr. Jefferey Applebaugh is saluted by the crew of the guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG-55) on June 2, 2023. US Navy Photo

This post was updated with additional caption information.

The commander of an East Coast guided-missile destroyer was removed from command on Friday due to poor performance, Navy officials told USNI News. Read More

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: June 5, 2023

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: June 5, 2023

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 June 5, 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. Read More

More Changes Coming to the Marine Corps as Planners Refine Force Design 2030

More Changes Coming to the Marine Corps as Planners Refine Force Design 2030

Marines with 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, conduct a 10-kilometer sustainment hike at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, May 31, 2023. US Marine Corps Photo

After three years of modeling and experimentation to overhaul the Marine Corps for an island-hopping campaign in the Indo-Pacific, service officials say they are done divesting of older platforms and capabilities and need more money to continue modernizing the force. Read More

SHANGRI-LA: Austin Says U.S. Will Stand Up to ‘Bullying’ in the Western Pacific, New Zealand Declines Chinese Offer for Military Exercises

SHANGRI-LA: Austin Says U.S. Will Stand Up to ‘Bullying’ in the Western Pacific, New Zealand Declines Chinese Offer for Military Exercises

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin delivers regional defense leaders at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) 20th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore., June 3, 2023. DoD Photo

The U.S. will support its allies and partners when they defend themselves against coercion and bullying in the Western Pacific, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a speech on Saturday. Read More

VIDEO: Chinese Warship Harasses U.S. Destroyer in Taiwan Strait Transit

VIDEO: Chinese Warship Harasses U.S. Destroyer in Taiwan Strait Transit

People’s Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer CNS Suzhou (132) cuts across the bow of USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) during a Taiwan Strait transit on June 3, 2023. US Navy Photo

This post has been updated with a video of the incident and new photos from the U.S. Navy.

A People’s Liberation Army Navy warship cut across the bow of a U.S. guided-missile destroyer on Saturday while it was transiting the Taiwan Strait, according to a report from embarked journalists. Read More

Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz Supporting Guam Relief Efforts with Helicopters, Communications

Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz Supporting Guam Relief Efforts with Helicopters, Communications

Sailor observes the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) from an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the ‘Screamin’ Indians’ of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 6 on May 30, 2023. US Navy Photo

The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is still operating off the coast of Guam, providing support for disaster relief operations for the U.S. territory that was struck by Super Typhoon Marwa late last month, Navy officials told USNI News. Read More