WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro highlighted a site selection ceremony for the future of the National Museum of the United States Navy on Oct. 18. “This is a moment of immense pride and anticipation for the…
Forging Industry Can Meet Defense Demand, Group Says
The forging industry has a message for the Department of Defense and the country’s defense contractors: it has tremendous capacity and is ready to work. That message is being spread by a new education campaign from the Forging Industry Association….
Navy Unveils ‘Strike Group’ Recruitment Technology
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy displayed one of its latest high-tech recruitment tools, the Strike Group, in Washington, D.C. last week at the Navy Memorial. The modular, mobile system showcases different aspects of Navy life in an aircraft carrier strike…
Senate Committee Report Calls for Coast Guard Action on Sexual Harassment Claims
In a new report entitled “A Pervasive Problem,” the majority staff of the Homeland Security Committee’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations concluded the U.S. Coast Guard must do more to eliminate sexual harassment in its ranks and at the service’s academy…
Career Advancement: MARAD Has a Story to Tell of Good Jobs, Work-Life Balance
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…
