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Navy postpones several modernization programs to pay for operations
The Navy's fiscal 2025 budget request prioritizes near-term readiness and lethality and delays a number of larger, longer-term modernization programs.
Navy sailors arrested on charges tied to national security, China
The men are accused of giving sensitive military information to China — including details on wartime exercises, naval operations and technical materials.
Censured skipper from AAV disaster removed from carrier command list
Capt. John W. Kurtz's name was removed from the aviation major command screening board list in late 2022.
Greece buying vehicles US Marine Corps beached after fatal sinking
The U.S. government has approved the sale of dozens of Assault Amphibious Vehicles to Greece.
By Joe Gould
What naming a ship after Fallujah means to those who fought there
'I think that the naming of a ship like this is going to bring, not closure, but it’s going to bring some sort of honor and homage to what was lost there.'
Next America-class amphibious assault ship to be named ‘Fallujah’
“This namesake deserves to be in the Pantheon of iconic Marine Corps battles."
By Diana Stancy
White House steps in as Navy, Pentagon feud over amphibious ship study
An official has described to Defense News a standoff between the Navy and the Pentagon, and how the White House had to play arbitrator.
Marines, Navy near agreement on light amphibious warship features
The two services are closer to striking the right balance between keeping the cost low and including the right survivability features, a general says.
US Marines warn against Navy’s FY24 decommission plans
Documents obtained by Defense News reveal plans to decommission amphibious ships, despite an outcry from the Corps over the resulting capability gap.
Major Baltic Sea exercise kicks off as Swedish, Finnish NATO bids wait on Turkey
The NATO exercise BALTOPS – to be held on the Baltic Sea next week – is the latest showing of unity and military strength as Sweden and Finland trade neutrality for NATO’s embrace in the wake of Russia’s three-month-old invasion of Ukraine.
By Joe Gould
Back to ship: Marines need ships to fight. Will they get them?
Questions loom as to whether existing ship priorities and a new ship design will be funded, floating and fighting in time to keep the Corps relevant.
By Todd South