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Navy christens destroyer for Marine who jumped on grenade in Vietnam
The family of a fallen Navy Cross recipient christened the future guided-missile destroyer Patrick Gallagher at a ceremony in Maine.
GOP lawmakers press CNP for answers on how Navy’s promotion photo policy impacts diversity
The Navy has gone back and forth on whether to include photos in the promotion selection process.
By Diana Stancy
Defense spending increase, Afghanistan withdrawal dominate debate over defense policy measure
House Armed Services Committee advances 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.
Lawmakers to debate defense hike, Afghanistan at NDAA markup
Sparring over the size of the defense budget and partisan recriminations over the U.S. exit from Afghanistan are expected to dominate the House Armed Services Committee’s marathon markup of its annual policy bill on Wednesday.
By Joe Gould
SWO community would see unprecedented changes if this bill becomes law
Under the SWOLE Act, surface warfare officers would be assigned to specialized career paths.
Navy won’t investigate Eddie Gallagher’s podcast comments about Islamic State detainee’s death
The former SEAL aroused renewed scrutiny following comments he made on a podcast episode released last month.
Lawmakers champion China deterrence fund, but not Biden’s version
Fifteen House lawmakers are calling on appropriators to fully fund a $4.7 billion request for the Pacific Deterrence Initiative amid criticism President Joe Biden’s new defense budget submission has missed the mark.
By Joe Gould
Book excerpt: ‘No Wider War: A History of the Vietnam War 1945-1975, Volume 2’
"No Wider War" is the second volume of a two-part exploration of America's involvement in Indochina from the end of World War II to the Fall of Saigon.
By Sergio Miller
Navy SEALs to shift from counterterrorism to global threats
The Navy’s special operations forces have been focused on counterterrorism operations but now must begin to evolve beyond those missions.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Sea power backers propose $25 billion to fix US shipyards
The introduction of the 11-page Shipyard Act comes after President Joe Biden proposed a $2.25 trillion infrastructure package and Republicans made a $568 billion counteroffer.
By Joe Gould