At least three carrier strike groups have Project Overmatch capabilities aboard, a U.S. Navy spokesperson told C4ISRNET. Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of March 18, 2024. Lt. Paul Johnson starts his cross-country run in Los Angeles on March 1. Delbert D. Black's three-month deployment tested a new Navy concept of cycling out a carrier strike group's destroyers during deployment. The Marines have a regular drumbeat of MEUs ready to deploy. Lacking ready amphib ships, though, they're turning to other means of getting to sea. But for high-end operations, "you need to have both manned and unmanned assets complement each other." Some lawmakers argue Biden needs congressional authorization to strike Yemen's Houthis amid reports the White House is planning a months-long campaign. The USS Gerald R. Ford returned home on Jan. 17. Cmdr. Adam K. Pendleton took command of the unit about six months ago. The Senate voted down a resolution to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria amid dozens of attacks from Iran-backed proxies in the war-torn country. Load More