Updated: Navy Unfunded Request for Carrier Refueling Removed April 3, 2014
By: Sam LaGrone Published: April 2, 2014 1:04 PM Updated: April 3, 2014 9:57 AM A $796 million line item that would go toward the refueling and overhaul of USS … More
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How To Keep An Aircraft Carrier: The Navy’s $7 Billion Problem April 1, 2014
(DEFENSE DAILY 31 MAR 14) … Megan Eckstein Congress wants the Navy to keep 11 aircraft carriers in its fleet. The Navy wants to keep 11. Law dictates that the … More
Mabus: “We Very Much Want to Keep” George Washington March 26, 2014
BY JOHN C. MARCARIO, Associate Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — The decision to not include funds in Navy’s fiscal 2015 budget request to put the aircraft carrier USS George Washington through … More
Military Pension Reform 2.0 March 25, 2014
The COLA changes are history, but the entire retirement system is too costly – and inequitable. (WALL STREET JOURNAL 24 MAR 14) … Pete Hegseth The U.S. military’s current benefit … More
Carrier Clash Hints At Future Spending Battles March 25, 2014
(POLITICO 21 MAR 14) … Austin Wright and Philip Ewing The Navy was prepared to retire an aircraft carrier to cope with budget caps. It laid the groundwork for the … More
America’s Incredible Shrinking Navy March 21, 2014
Only 35% of the U.S. Navy’s entire fleet is deployed, fewer than 100 ships, including just three aircraft carriers. (WALL STREET JOURNAL 21 MAR 14) … Steve Cohen Americans may … More
Pentagon Officials: We Need More Base Closures March 13, 2014
(STARS AND STRIPES 12 MAR 14) … Jennifer Hlad Each military branch has excess capacity and needs another round of base realignment and closure, defense officials told a House panel … More
Carrier Refueling Decision Will Have Long-Term Effects March 12, 2014
(AVIATION WEEK INTELLIGENCE NETWORK 11 MAR 14) … Michael Fabey The U.S. decision on whether to refuel or decommission the aircraft carrier CVN-73 USS George Washington promises to leave a … More