By Jeremy Herb The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee is in an increasingly lonely position in Congress fighting against repealing the $6 billion cut to military pensions. … More »
By Sandra I. Erwin The Navy’s aviation programs are still very much under the gun. “Anything that has a big number is a target,” said Rear Adm. Michael C. Manazir, … More »
World News Americas WASHINGTON — It’s hard to find consensus on most anything in Washington D.C., but four national security-focused think tanks managed to forge something of a rough outline … More »
BEIJING February 4, 2014 (AP) A three-ship Chinese navy squadron has concluded exercises in the Indian Ocean and sailed on to the western Pacific, showing off the growing reach of … More »
Christopher P. Cavas In the frigid pre-dawn darkness of Feb. 4, tugs surrounded the venerable aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (AVT 59, ex-CV 59), long lying dormant at a pier in … More »
(SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE 31 JAN 14) The decommisioned carrier Forrestal, the first of the Navy’s “supercarriers” and a technological marvel when it was launched in the 1950s, will begin … More »
(STARS AND STRIPES 02 FEB 14) … Hendrick Simoes MANAMA, Bahrain – The U.S. and French navies completed five weeks of rare combined carrier strike group operations in the Middle … More »
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 By Beth Ford Roth The rumor mill has been circulating the same piece of information for months – that the Department of Defense plans … More »