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Federal Hiring Freeze Includes Navy Shipyards Despite National Security Exemption Clause

January 30, 2017 12:47 PM

Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Helena (SSN-725) arrives at Norfolk Naval Shipyard for a high-priority docking continuous maintenance availability on Aug. 20, 2015. US Navy Photo

The federal government hiring freeze signed last week by President Donald Trump applies to all Navy shipyards and repair facilities despite an exemption for “national security or public safety responsibilities,” but the Defense Department may make some exemptions before the 90-day hiring freeze expires. Read More →

1,500 Layoffs Planned for Newport News Shipbuilding

By: Sam LaGrone

July 24, 2015 12:15 PM

Thw aircraft carrier Gerald R Ford (CVN-78) and Enterprise (CVN-65) sit side by side in the South Yard as the sunrise starts to light up the sky. HII Photo

This post has been updated to include workforce totals at Newport News Shipbuilding.

The sole U.S. aircraft carrier builder is planning on laying off 1,500 employees over the next year-and-a-half as part of a series of cost saving measures, according to a letter sent to employees from the president of Newport News Shipbuilding this week. Read More →

Document: Letter to Newport News Shipbuilding Employees on Anticipated Layoffs

July 24, 2015 11:58 AM

The following is a July 20, 2015 letter from Newport News Shipbuilding president Matt Mulherin on planned cost reductions at the Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard. Read More →

Document: Army-Navy Memo on need for Ballistic Missile Defense Strategy

March 19, 2015 4:56 PM

The following is a Nov. 5, 2014 memo from Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert and U.S. Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno to then Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on the need for a Defense Department ballistic missile defense strategy. Read More →

Document: SECDEF Carter’s Welcome Message to Pentagon

February 17, 2015 12:57 PM

The following is Secretary of Defense Ash Carter’s welcome message to Department of Defense personnel on Feb. 17, 2015 — his first day on the job. Read More →

Document: Chuck Hagel’s Farewell Message to the Pentagon

February 13, 2015 12:56 PM

The following is Chuck Hagel’s Feb. 13, 2015 farewell message to the Department of Defense. Read More →

Senate Approves Carter for SECDEF

By: John Grady

February 12, 2015 6:04 PM

Ashton Carter briefs reporters in the Pentagon. DoD Photo

The Senate overwhelmingly voted Thursday to confirm Ash Carter as the next U.S. Secretary of Defense, succeeding Chuck Hagel. Read More →

Nominee Carter Highlights National Security Challenges in Confirmation Hearing

By: John Grady

February 4, 2015 3:03 PM

Ashton B. Carter in 2013. Department of Defense Photo

Ashton Carter acknowledged Wednesday that if confirmed as secretary of defense he and the nation “will be confronting some of the most challenging problems we have had in national security in some time.” Read More →

Hagel Defends Pace of U.S. Arms to Iraq for ISIS Fight

By: John Grady

January 22, 2015 5:33 PM

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on Oct. 1, 2014. DoD Photo

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel termed Iraq’s prime minister’s comments that the United States was moving too slowly in sending weapons and materiel and providing training to his forces as being both wrong and not helpful. Read More →

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Tag Archives: Chuck Hagel

Federal Hiring Freeze Includes Navy Shipyards Despite National Security Exemption Clause

1,500 Layoffs Planned for Newport News Shipbuilding

Document: Letter to Newport News Shipbuilding Employees on Anticipated Layoffs

Document: Army-Navy Memo on need for Ballistic Missile Defense Strategy

Document: SECDEF Carter’s Welcome Message to Pentagon

Document: Chuck Hagel’s Farewell Message to the Pentagon

Senate Approves Carter for SECDEF

Nominee Carter Highlights National Security Challenges in Confirmation Hearing

Hagel Defends Pace of U.S. Arms to Iraq for ISIS Fight

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