Greenert: New Defense Bill Will Halve Navy’s Budget Cuts
The Fiscal Year 2013 defense bill, signed into law last week, will halve the $ 9 billion in budget cuts…
HII Wins $2.6 billion Lincoln Refueling Contract
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has won a $2.6 billion contract for the refueling and complex overhaul of the nuclear aircraft…
Congressional Group Urges Navy to Maintain Ships
A group of ten Congress members are urging the Navy not to defer maintenance of surface ships as part of…
New Defense Bill Puts Lincoln Refueling Back on Track
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) has arrived at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding facility to begin its mid-life refueling…
Report: A Unified National Security Budget?
From the March 14, Congressional Research Service report: In order to encourage holistic consideration of national security issues, some members…
Senate Wants a ‘USS Ted Stevens’
The U.S. Senate has included a provision in the latest appropriations bill to name a warship after Ted Stevens, the…
Distinguished Warfare Medal Memo
Feb. 13, 2013 memo on the creation of the Distinguished Warfare Medal that recognizes warfare contributions from cyber troops and unmanned…
Congressman: USS New York to Mayport by December
Amphibious warship, USS News York (LPD-21) will be home ported at Naval Station Mayport, Fla. by the end of the…
No Furloughs at Arlington National Cemetery
Staff at Arlington National Cemetery will avoid furloughs this fiscal year reducing fears the cemetery would extend wait times for…
Senate Defense Leaders Want New Medal Ranked Lower
Senate leaders have joined a grassroots call to lower the precedence of a new medal that recognizes warfare contribution from…