The following is the Feb. 9, 2021 Congressional Research Service report, Navy John Lewis (TAO-205) Class Oiler Shipbuilding Program: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
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Report on U.S.-China Competition in East, South China Sea
The following is the Feb. 8, 2021 Congressional Research Service report U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South and East China Seas: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Overview of South China Sea Disputes and U.S. Policy
The following is the Feb. 2, 2021, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, South China Sea Disputes: Background and U.S. Policy. Read More
Report on U.S.-China Competition in East, South China Sea
The following is the Jan. 28, 2021 Congressional Research Service report U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South and East China Seas: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Report to Congress on Chinese Naval Modernization
The following is the Jan. 27, 2021 Congressional Research Service Report, China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
SEAL Sentenced to 10 Years in Death of Green Beret Logan Melgar
Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar. US Army
The SEAL who pleaded guilty this month to manslaughter in the 2017 death of Green Beret Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar was sentenced to 10 years of confinement on Saturday, USNI News has learned. Read More
Navy COVID-19 Teams Assisting Navajo Nation as Army North Expands Support Mission
U.S. Public Health Service Lt. Cmdr. Jennifer Manning, right, deputy incident commander, Northern Navajo Medical Center, speaks with U.S. Navy medical providers during their hospital orientation at the Northern Navajo Medical Center, Shiprock, N.M., on Dec. 18, 2020. US Army Photo
As states across the U.S. braced for a winter resurgence in COVID-19 cases, some Navy medical personnel got mid-December deployment orders to an unusual destination: Navajo Nation. Read More
UPDATED: SEAL Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in Death of Green Beret Logan Melgar
Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar. US Army
This post has been updated with additional statement from defense attorney, Phil Stackhouse.
A Navy SEAL pleaded guilty on Thursday for his part in the 2017 homicide of a special operations soldier, service officials confirmed to USNI News. Read More
Report on Taiwan Political and Security Issues
The following is the Dec. 31, 2020, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Taiwan: Political and Security Issues. Read More
Top Stories 2020: International Naval Operations
Motor Tanker (M/T) Wila, a merchant vessel in international waters en-route to the UAE port of Khor Fakkan, in the Gulf of Oman, was boarded by armed Iranian personnel who fast roped aboard the ship from an Iranian Sea King helicopter as it hovered above on Aug. 12, 2020. US Navy Photo
This post is part of a series of stories looking back at the top naval news from 2020.
Like the U.S., international navies grappled with not only the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic but regional security concerns from China’s naval expansion and operations in the Pacific to Iranian and Russian operations in the Middle East. Read More
