Navy releases list of ships it plans to inactivate this year
The service intends to remove 14 vessels from its fleet.
By Riley Ceder
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‘Alpha’ troops and more ships: Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao outlines vision for service
In one of his first public addresses as acting Navy secretary, Hung Cao said he didn't need "cross-dressers" or "leaf eaters" in the service.
By Riley Ceder
After a savage defeat in the Pacific, this American sub got redemption
Savo Island was one of the worst defeats on Allied surface ships during WWII. Yet this scrappy, largely obsolete American submarine helped redeem the loss.
By Jon Guttman
House shoots down amendment to cut F-35 purchase
Meanwhile, there's talk of authorizing the defense secretary to seize Lockheed Martin's intellectual property.
A US carrier has repelled Houthi attacks for months. Will it hold up?
The Pentagon is wrestling over when the Eisenhower and its strike group should return home. And if they do return — what can replace them?
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press and Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
First Black Navy SEAL, William Goines, dies at 88
Goines served three tours in Vietnam before serving five years with the Chuting Stars, a Navy Parachute Demonstration Team.
Marines Corps’ landing ship taking longer, costing more than planned
A key vessel Marines need to move around in a potential island shootout with China is two years behind schedule.
By Todd South
Four lessons on sea denial from the Black and Red seas
Winning and losing are fluid characterizations in combat, yet learning should be a constant, writes the assistant commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps.
By Gen. Christopher Mahoney
A big BZ to the winner of the Navy’s New Year’s deck log poem contest
Quartermaster 2nd Class Anthony G. Bentley won this year's annual contest, making all the QMs out there proud.
Are we sure China views sea power the same way the West does?
The problem with mirroring is that it catalyzes policies aimed at eliciting certain behaviors on the assumption that two actors think alike.
White House takes aim at shipbuilding, other measures in defense bill
The White House noted its concerns with the FY25 defense policy bill's shipbuilding plans, an east coast missile defense site and contractor pricing data.
Navy investigating sailor’s fatal electrocution aboard submarine
The Navy has thus far released few details regarding the death of Sonar Technician Submarine 3rd Class Timothy Sanders.
By Diana Stancy