The following is a Dec. 1, 2016 letter from Rep Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) to Vice President-elect Mike Pence endorsing Rep Randy Forbes for Navy secretary. Read More
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Randy Forbes is the Favorite for Trump’s Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus speaks with Randy Forbes in Forbes’ office on June 13, 2013. Forbes is the likely pick for a Trump administration Secretary of the Navy. US Navy Photos
THE PENTAGON — An advocate for a 350-ship Navy and $20-billion annual shipbuilding budgets and a vocal opponent of Chinese aggression in the Western Pacific will likely be the pick for the next Secretary of the Navy in a Donald Trump Administration, USNI News has learned. Read More
Document: Pentagon, Department of Navy Fiscal Year 2015 Sexual Assault Reports
The following is the May 5, 2016 Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military and the Department of Navy enclosure. Read More
DoN Swears in Janine Davidson, First Permanent Under Secretary Since 2013
Janine Davidson, when she served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Policy, U.S. Department of State. The American Assembly Photo
Janine Davidson was sworn in as Under Secretary of the Navy last week, making her the first person to hold that job since early 2013. Read More
Video: Fiscal Year 2017 Department of the Navy Budget Overview
The following is a Feb. 10, 2016 video overview of the Fiscal Year 2017 Department of the Navy Budget. Read More
Essay: An Acquisition System to Enable American Seapower
USS Rafael Peralta christening ceremony at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine on Oct. 31, 2015. US Marine Corps Photo
In order for a coherent vision of modern American seapower to move forward in providing the lion’s share of this nation’s peacetime presence, shaping, deterrence and assurance needs, the Department of the Navy must become more efficient in its acquisition processes. It must be more nimble, more flexible, more accountable and faster. Read More
Document: Department of the Navy 2016 Goals and Objectives
The following is the Dec. 15, 2015 memo, Department of the Navy Goals and Objectives for Fiscal Year 2016. Read More
Sean Stackley Asks Congress for More Department of Navy Flexibility in Acquisition
Sean Stackley testifies during a Oct. 1, 2015 hearing. CSPAN Image
The sea services can “make mountains move” when confronting anti-ship missiles or torpedo threats to aircraft carriers, but what the Department of the Navy wants from Congress “is the ability to take those risks” in experimenting and prototyping more quickly to meet emerging needs, the Navy’s top acquisition official told the House Armed Services Committee Thursday. Read More
Document: Department of the Navy’s Energy Security Plan
The following is the U.S. Department of the Navy’s energy training and education plan released on July 2, 2015.. Read More
Document: SECNAV Mabus’ Navy Artificial Intelligence Memo
The following is the June 5, 2015 memo from Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus to Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert and U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford on accelerating artificial intelligence development in the Department of the Navy. Read More
