The Maritime Administration has a good story to tell, and Ann Phillips, the retired Navy admiral who runs MARAD, is seeking new ways to tell it. “Not enough people know enough about the maritime ministry, and they don’t know what…
Senators Blast Coast Guard Chief for Sexual Assault Response
Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda L. Fagan endured withering criticism of the service’s treatment of sexual harassment issues at the Coast Guard Academy on June 11, as Senators from both sides of the aisle said the Coast Guard has not…
Navy League Congressional Fly-In Makes Successful In-Person Return to Capitol Hill
Navy League members from councils around the country visited the offices of dozens of lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday as part of the first in-person Congressional Fly-In held since 2019. They came to discuss the needs of the sea…
Budget, Recruitment Challenges Drive Coast Guard Creativity, Officials Say
Challenges with budgets, recruitment and retention levels are giving the U.S. Coast Guard the opportunity to be creative in addressing them and to update its policies and procedures, service officials said at the fifth annual Coast Guard Breakfast at Sea-Air-Space…
HASC Members Prepare to Dive into Navy Budget
Members of the House Armed Services Committee seem prepared to overturn some Navy decisions as outlined in the fiscal 2025 budget request, including retiring some ships early and funding only one Virginia-class submarine. “What has happened is, as the top…
Government, Industry Must Meet in ‘Common Place of Excellence,’ Del Toro Says
Industry and government alike must modernize their processes and up their game to overcome shipbuilding challenges, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro said April 9 at the lunch session at Sea-Air-Space, including by working with shipbuilding partners overseas. Del…
AUKUS Program Marks ‘Greatest Industrial Undertaking’ for Australia
The AUKUS program, the multination effort to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines, will kick-start that country’s ability to build nuclear subs, an Australian minister said in a panel discussion at Sea-Air-Space on April 8. Pat Conroy, Australia’s minister for defense…
CMS Breakfast: Pursuing Ways to Strengthen the Workforce, Boost Readiness
Government and industry need to work together to solve the problems of shipbuilding schedules, workforce retention and getting deployable technology into the hands of warfighters at scale, speakers said at the Center for Maritime Strategy breakfast on April 9. “Is…
Future Challenges May Involve Rethinking How the U.S. Fights, Speakers Say
The United States is facing a variety of challenges, from Houthi rebels in the Red Sea to the People’s Republic of China, but the preferred American way of fighting — massive overmatch — may not be tenable for the future,…
Retention is Good but Workforce Challenges Remain, Service Chiefs Say
Retention in the Navy and Marine Corps is going well, but recruitment remains a challenge across the services, including the Maritime Administration, and the services must set priorities in a time of great challenges and tight budgets, sea service chiefs…
