Sequestration Sidelines Six Surface Ships
The U.S. Navy has identified six deferred ship deployments due to budget cuts due to sequestration and the ongoing Fiscal…
Budget Cuts Could Pull Navy Out of The War on Drugs
U.S. Navy frigates will stop patrolling for drug runners by April because of forced sequestration budget cuts, a Navy spokesman…
Updated: NASSCO Could Layoff 730 Due to DoD Budget Cuts
This story was updated from a previous version to include a statement from NASSCO. Shipbuilder General Dynamics NASSCO could lay…
USCG’s Adm. Papp on Arctic Operations and Caribbean Drug Runners
Even as the Coast Guard gets a grip on the Arctic, drug smugglers in the eastern Pacific are slipping through…
Navy Responds to Pentagon LCS Survivability Claims
Navy leadership responded Wednesday to a Tuesday Pentagon report saying both variants of the littoral combat ship (LCS) are “not…
Both Obama and Romney Proposals Don’t Meet Navy Requirements
In the run-up to Election Day, both campaigns have put an increased focus on national security, foreign policy and defense…
Romney’s Navy Plan
This week in a speech in Virginia, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney talked about his plan to build a 350-ship…
Searching for Nelson’s Quote
Rising young U.S. Navy officer Stephen Decatur earned famous praise for ‘the most bold and daring act of the age’—or…
Navy Will Extend All DDGs to a 45-Year Service Life; ‘No Destroyer Left Behind’ Officials Say
This post has been updated to include additional information from the hearing. CAPITOL HILL – The Navy will keep every…