Document: Department of the Navy Fiscal Year 2016 Briefing Slides
The following are the Feb. 2, 2015 briefing slides for the Department of the Navy’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 budget…
Navy FY 2016 Budget Request Funds Washington Carrier Refueling, 12th San Antonio
PENTAGON – In its Fiscal Year 2016 budget submission to Congress, the Department of the Navy (DoN) asked for $168 billion, a…
Unique Ships of the U.S. Navy
Navies like their ships to be as similar as possible – for good reason. It’s easier to train sailors on…
China Asks Countries to not ‘Create Tension’ in South China Sea
Chinese officials called on foreign countries to neither “create dissension” nor “create tension” in the South China Sea region, according…
U.S. 7th Fleet CO: Japanese Patrols of South China Sea ‘Makes Sense’
This post has been updated to include a quote from the Singapore’s minister for foreign affairs and law, K. Shanmugam.…
Marines Receive First F-35C
The U.S. Marine Corps has taken delivery of its first carrier variant of the F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter…
Chinese Carrier-On-Land Facility Adds Destroyer
China has made several additions to its so-called carrier-on-land facility, including a mock-up of the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN)…
Opinion: LCS Survivability Questions Linger
Less than a month after U.S. Navy leaders announced modified versions of both variants of the Littoral Combat Ship would…
U.S. Navy: Enlisted Females to Serve on Subs Starting in 2016
The Navy has released the outline for its plan to have enlisted women serve onboard submarines starting in 2016.…
Document: Navy Outline for Female Enlisted Integration into U.S. Sub Force
The following is the NAVADMIN message, released on Jan. 21 2015, outlining the plan to integrate enlisted female sailors onto…