USS Fort McHenry Visits Romania While Russian Frigate Watches
Amphibious warship USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) pulled into Romanian port Constanta on Monday, in the first Black Sea visit by a U.S. Navy ship…
CNO: New Maritime Design Set to Deliver in the Fall
ARLINGTON, Va.– Great power competition with China and Russia is more protracted than ever and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said the Navy…
Zumwalt Destroyer Leaves Yard for First Set of Sea Trials
On Monday morning, the first-in-class Zumwalt-class destroyer left its pier at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, headed down Maine’s Kennebec River bound for the…
Underwater Art Galleries Keep Memory of Ships Alive
Austrian artist Andreas Franke has turned an artificial reef made from the hull of a World War II Coast Guard cutter into a fine…
Panel: U.S. Must Adapt to Allies Stance Toward China in Europe, Asia
Washington needs to recognize and adapt to Indo-Pacific and European nations’ different security and economic interests in confronting Beijing, a panel of regional scholars…
Navy Now Has 15 Tech Bridges Across U.S. and in U.K. to Tackle Fleet Problems in New Ways
The Navy’s first international Tech Bridge in London was formally launched last week, the same week that the U.S. announced two new Tech Bridge…
Coronavirus Concerns Prompt PACFLEET to Impose 14-Day Gap Between Port Visits
The U.S. Pacific Fleet has ordered all ships and afloat units in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility to remain at sea for 14…
Truman Escorts Now Supporting Carrier Lincoln on Extended Deployment
This post has been updated to clarify the Navy cannot immediately deploy an aircraft from the East Coast to replace Lincoln. Three guided-missile destroyers…
U.S. Fleet Forces Command Creating Analytics Office to Assess Fleet, Industrial Readiness
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – U.S. Fleet Forces Command announced a new initiative to address operational fleet and industrial base readiness through data analytics.…
Navy And Industry Must Balance New Construction With Maintaining Existing Platforms
ARLINGTON, Va. – Balancing the desire to build the Navy the nation needs with the ability to fight with the fleet the nation has is…
Hadley, Albright Report on Middle East Calls for New U.S. Strategy
A former U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor have crafted an outline for a proposed U.S. Middle East strategy that puts the…
New MCPON Giordano Assumes Office
The Navy’s 14th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) took charge on Friday in a ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard, the service announced.…