Massive U.S. Army Exercise Will Focus on Black Sea, Balkans
The Army is concentrating this year’s major European Defender exercise on training for high-end warfare in the Balkans and the…
PEO Ships Preparing to Usher in Several New Ship Classes
The Program Executive Office for Ships is bracing for a range of new ship classes to join the fleet in…
Hospital Ship USNS Mercy Tied Up in Maintenance, Can’t Deploy for COVID Relief
Despite worsening COVID-19 infection rates on the West Coast and discussion among local leaders in California about the state requesting…
Navy Drills Atlantic Convoy Ops for First Time Since Cold War in Defender-Europe 20
The Navy is exercising a contested cross-Atlantic convoy operation for the first time since the end of the Cold War,…
DoD Investigation into Military Sealift Readiness
The following is the Department of Defense Inspector General January 2020 report, Audit of Surge Sealift Readiness Reporting.…
Test of Ready Reserve Force Exposes Need For Newer Ships, More People
ARLINGTON, Va. — When U.S. Transportation Command tested the ability of the nation’s maritime Ready Reserve Force to set sail…
TRANSCOM Stress Test Practiced Cargo Delivery Through Mine- and Sub-Filled Waters
Running dark and nearly silent, last month a convoy of Military Sealift Command ships practiced delivering people and gear to…
MARAD: U.S. Must Address Military Sealift Vessel and Crew Shortage
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The few American-built and-operated tankers available to carry fuel for aircraft, tanks, fighting vehicles and trucks…
Marine Task Force, USNS Stockham Team Up For Training, Engagements in Indo-Pacific
A task force of Marines and sailors recently deployed to islands in Oceania, assisted by a Navy maritime prepositioning cargo…
USNS Carson City Conducts First-Ever Black Sea Operation by an Expeditionary Fast Transport
Expeditionary Fast Transport ship USNS Carson City (T-EPF-7) transited the Bosphorus Strait and entered the Black Sea last week, a…