Government Shutdown: The Basics
With the House voting again to delay for a year the start of the Affordable Care Act and repealing a…
CNO: Navy Needs to Reshuffle $ 2 billion to Cover O&M and Shipbuilding Accounts
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert informally asked the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) for authority to shuffle $…
Document: CNO Greenert’s Sept. 18, 2013 Testimony before the House Armed Services Committee
From the document: In this statement I will explain the impacts of sequestration having occurred in FY 2013 and current…
Navy Tells Congress it Won’t Repair USS Miami
The Navy plans to inactivate the Los Angeles-class (SSN-688) arson damaged attack boat USS Miami (SSN-755) due to budget constraints,…
CNO Adm. Jonathan Greenert’s State of the Navy Friday Press Briefing
Adm. Jonathan Greenert briefs reporters at the Pentagon on the State of the Navy on July 19, 2013.…
Truman Carrier Strike Group Will Deploy Monday to Med, Middle East
The Navy plans to deploy USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) on Monday from Naval Station Norfolk, Va. to the Middle…
Navy to Send Ship on Drug Patrols After Four-Month Hiatus
The U.S. Navy will resume patrols for drug runners in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific after an almost four…
Document: Pentagon Sequestration Impacts In Detail
From the introduction from the June Department of Defense Report on the Joint Committee Sequestration for Fiscal Year 2013: This…
Opinion: Sequestration is Here
The dirty word spreading across the U.S. Navy and the larger defense establishment this year is “sequestration.” It was never…
USS Porter Repair Contract Awarded
The Navy issued a $49.4 million contract to fully fund the repairs to the USS Porter (DDG-78) putting aside one…