Document: Letter from Sen. John McCain to SECDEF Carter on U.S. South China Sea Freedom of Navigation Operation
The following is a Nov. 9, 2015 letter from Senate Armed Services Committee chair Sen. John McCain to Secretary of…
Panel Suggests Goldwater-Nichols Revisions to Senate
Rethinking the role of the regional combatant commands, cutting the Pentagon’s support structure and putting the chairman of the Joint…
Document: Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding
The following is Nov. 4, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for…
Delivery Schedule for Bath Iron Works Destroyers Under Navy Review, Further Delays Likely
The Navy is considering extending by several months the delivery dates for the first two restart General Dynamics Bath Iron…
Panel Advocates Reducing Number of U.S. Combatant Commands, Staff Size
Cutting the size of staffs, from the combatant commands to the services to the Office of the Secretary of Defense…
Confusion Continues to Surround U.S. South China Sea Freedom of Navigation Operation
Last week the United States sent a guided missile destroyer past a Chinese artificial island to challenge questionable claims in…
Document: Report to Congress on U.S. Conventional Prompt Global Strike and Long-Range Ballistic Missiles
The following is the Oct. 2, 2015 Congressional Research Service report Conventional Prompt Global Strike and Long-Range Ballistic Missiles: Background and…
U.S. Destroyer Made an ‘Innocent Passage’ Near Chinese South China Sea Artificial Island in Recent Mission
Last week’s South China Sea freedom of navigation mission — in which a U.S. guided missile destroyer came within 12…
U.S., Chinese Navy Leaders Discuss U.S. Freedom of Navigation, South China Sea Operations
The military leaders of the U.S. and Chinese navies held a video teleconference on Thursday to discuss South China Sea…
Document: Congressional Budget Office Report on Navy’s 2016 Shipbuilding Plan
The following is the Congressional Budget Office’s Analysis of the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2016 Shipbuilding Plan, released on Oct. 29,…