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UPDATED: White House Picks Lisa Franchetti as Next CNO, Sam Paparo as INDO-PACOM CO

UPDATED: White House Picks Lisa Franchetti as Next CNO, Sam Paparo as INDO-PACOM CO

(from top left clockwise) Adm. Lisa Franchetti, Adm. Sam Paparo, Vice Adm. Stephen Koehler, Vice Adm. Jim Kilby

This post was updated with additional details and a statement from the White House.

The Biden administration nominated the current Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti to be the next Chief of Naval Operations and current U.S. Pacific Fleet commander Adm. Sam Paparo to lead U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. Read More

Eastern European Navies Expand as Russian Occupation of Ukraine Drags On

Eastern European Navies Expand as Russian Occupation of Ukraine Drags On

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The launch of the Ada-class corvette, Hetman Ivan Mazepa, for the Ukrainian Navy. The Ada-class corvettes were first developed for the Turkish Navy under its MILGEM program and have four ships in service. Office of the President of Ukraine

Eastern European countries continue to bolster their naval forces prompted by Russia’s invasion into Ukraine. Read More

Senate Bill Sets Up AUKUS Sub Buy as U.S. Industrial Capacity Questions Linger

Senate Bill Sets Up AUKUS Sub Buy as U.S. Industrial Capacity Questions Linger

USS Vermont (SSN-792) makes her way up the Thames River and past the City of New London as she returns home after conducting routine operations to Submarine Base New London on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. US Navy Photo

This post has been update with additional legislative actions from the Fiscal Year 2024 NDAA.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The U.S. Senate took a tangible step forward to supply the Royal Australian Navy with its own nuclear attack boats with a new AUKUS bill that sets a framework to transfer Virginia-class attack boats to Canberra by the 2030s, Sen Tim Kaine (D-Va.) told reporters on Friday. Read More