Release from U.S. Marine Corps ******* FORT MEADE, Md. — The U.S. States Marine Corps continues operationalizing the Marine Corps’ seventh warfighting function, information, by activating a service retained, two-star command poised to synchronize, coordinate, and integrate capabilities across the…
USCGC Tahoma Returns Home after 50-day Caribbean Sea Patrol
Release by U.S. Coast Guard ******* NEWPORT, R.I. — The crew of the USCGC Tahoma (WMEC 908) returned to their home port in Newport, Rhode Island, Jan. 16, following a 50-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea, the Coast Guard Atlantic…
SECNAV Names Future Destroyer after MoH Recipient Capt. Thomas G. Kelley
WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced during the Surface Navy Association Symposium that future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer DDG 140 will be named USS Thomas G. Kelley (DDG 140), the Navy said in a Jan….
Cutter Alex Haley Returns to Kodiak following 7-Month-Long Maintenance Period
Release from U.S. Coast Guard ******* KODIAK, Alaska — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley returned to homeport at Coast Guard Base Kodiak, Alaska, on Jan. 12, following an extended seven-month dry dock maintenance period in Seattle, Washington,…
Coast Guard, Navy Competition for Ship Availabilities to Increase: USCG Official
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard will be in “closer competition than we ever have before” with the U.S. Navy for dry dock and dockside availabilities for their ships, a Coast Guard official said during a panel on maintenance…
Hot Production Line for Navy’s Ship-to-Shore Connectors
ARLINGTON, Va. — Three years after the first Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) was delivered to the Navy, the service has accepted delivery of six SSCs, with a total of 24 under contract, with manufacturer Textron, the program manager said Jan. 11…
Official: Navy Seeking 18 LAW Ships in POM-25
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy will attempt to “lock in” a plan to procure 18 light amphibious warfare (LAW) ships in the Defense Department’s Program Objective Memorandum-2025 (POM-25), Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Marcus Annibale, director of expeditionary warfare (OPNAV N95),…
CNO Gilday: Shipbuilders Need to Deliver Vessels Faster
******* ARLINGTON, Va. — The nation’s shipyards need to accelerate their delivery of ships to demonstrate they deserve the maxed-out funding they have received from Congress, Chief of Naval Operations Michael Gilday said Jan. 10 at the Surface Navy Association‘s…
MCPON on Recruiting: ‘Pond Has Less Fish in It,’ Service Needs ‘Good Stories’ About Navy
******* ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy is working hard to address recruitment and retention but struggles with the fact that “the pond has less fish in it,” so more “good stories” need to be told about the Navy, said the…
SECNAV Announces Sponsors for the Future USS Telesforo Trinidad
Release from U.S. Navy, Secretary of the Navy ******* SECNAV Announces Sponsors for the Future USS Telesforo Trinidad WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced the sponsors for the future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Telesforo…
