Latest Warship Encounter Brings Russian Protest
https://www.defensenews.com/story/defense-news/2016/06/28/russia-navy-destroyer-frigate-gravely-yaroslav-mudry-neustrashimy-mediterranean-truman-carrier-collision-encounter/86481616/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Defense%20EBB%2006-29-16&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief Christopher P. Cavas, Defense News6:49 p.m. EDT June 28, 2016 WASHINGTON — The latest Russian-US kerfuffle at sea appears to feature a US warship making a close-in, high-speed pass on a Russian ship — but there may be more to the story than what a one-minute and two-second video shows. The incident took place June 17 […]
The Marines will remove the word ‘man’ from these 19 job titles
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/2016/06/27/marines-remove-word-man-these-19-job-titles/86438594/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Defense+EBB+6-28-16&utm_term=Editorial+-+Early+Bird+Brief Gina Harkins, Marine Corps Times6:55 p.m. EDT June 27, 2016 Thousands of Marines serving throughout the infantry and in other key positions are about to get new gender-neutral job titles, but the service’s top leaders are pushing to leave the word “man” in some of its most iconic occupations. In all, the Marine Corps […]
New US Navy Aircraft Carrier Will Launch Fighters Using Electromagnetic Force
http://www.scout.com/military/warrior/story/1679236-electromagnetic-carrier-catapult-f-18 By Kris Osborn, Scout.com, 16 Jun 16 Next year, the Navy plans to use electromagnetic force to launch an F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet up into the sky off of the deck of its emerging next-generation aircraft carrier next year – the USS Gerald R. Ford. An operational launch of the Navy’s Electro-Magnetic Aircraft […]
Navy’s “Klingon Bird of Prey” Passes Key Tests: LCS Trimaram
by SYDNEY J. FREEDBERG JR.on June 15, 2016 at 4:24 PM The strangest-looking ship in the Navy is conducting two crucial tests. A broad, triple-hulled “trimaran” design likened to a villain’s vessel from Star Trek, theIndependence-class Littoral Combat Ship completed its Initial Operational Test & Evaluation on June 3rd. What’s more, the Navy Sea Systems Command […]
After Three-Carrier Swap, USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-75) Preps for the Yards
By Meghann Myers, Navy Times, 8 Jun 16 ABOARD THE CARRIER GEORGE WASHINGTON, OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST – A year ago, the carrier Theodore Roosevelt took off for a nine-month deployment to the Middle East. Now, 1,700 members of its crew are back in Norfolk aboard this flattop, which came back from seven years […]
Analysis: It’s Time for a Reexamination of Nuclear Weapons Requirements
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=2215 The $350 billion price tag for modernizing the United States’ nuclear arsenal has been a topic of endless debate in Washington. The funds would be spent over the coming decade to bring the nation’s nuclear triad up to date — the bombers, the submarines, the ground-based intercontinental ballistic missiles and the warheads. Little to […]
6th Annual RADM Collins Photo Gallery
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