New Navy Long Range Shipbuilding Plan Will Have Short Shelf Life
An ongoing force structure assessment and the goals of the next presidential administration will likely give the service’s latest long-range…
Document: FY 2017 U.S. Navy 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan
The following is a draft of the U.S. Navy’s Fiscal Year 2017 30-year shipbuilding plan.…
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…
Opinion: U.S. Mine Countermeasures Forces Should Train Like They Fight
“Train like we fight . . . fight like we train!” This has been a military maxim for eons. Two…
Video: Navy’s Unmanned Sea Hunter Arrives in San Diego
The following is a May 1, 2016 U.S. Navy video of the Anti-Submarine Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) arriving in San Diego,…
Hong Kong Snub Not First Time China Turned Away U.S. Ships Over Politics
Last week’s denial of a port visit to Hong Kong by the John C. Stennis carrier strike group isn’t the…
Analysis: Baltic Sea Heating Up as Friction Point Between U.S., NATO and Russia
This piece is based on the recently released Atlantic Council Issue Brief “A Maritime Framework for the Baltic Sea Region”…
Zumwalt Departs Bath Iron Works for U.S. Navy Acceptance Trials
The guided missile destroyer Zumwalt (DDG-1000) left the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard for its acceptance trials ahead of…
Russian Flyby of USS Donald Cook Highlights International Tension in the Baltics
The fly-by of the USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) in the Baltic Sea by Russian Sukhoi Su-24 Fencers on two separate…
Document: Report to Congress on Next Generation LX(R) Amphibious Warship
The following is the April 11, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Navy LX(R) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress.…