ARLINGTON, Va. — More than 2,000 U.S. Marines and 1,000 Sailors have been separated from the sea services for refusing vaccination against the COVID-19 coronavirus since the Defense Department ordered mandatory vaccinations late last year. In its weekly COVID-19 Update on…
Berger, Del Toro: New Technology Combined With Old Platforms Can Thwart Adversaries
WASHINGTON — U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger and Secretary of the Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro are promoting air, surface and undersea unmanned vehicles, and some new uses for old platforms, as a way for the redesigned force to…
Berger: Marines Need More MQ-9 Drones for ‘Organic ISR’
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Marine Corps will expand its fleet of MQ-9 Reaper drones to meet growing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance needs, the commandant said May 10. “We’re going to move from three squadrons right now to perhaps double that,” Gen….
General: Precise Sensors to Close Kill Chain is a Key Takeaway from Ukraine War
ARLINGTON, Va. — Ukraine’s widespread use of sensor technology to find, target and destroy Russian tanks and command structure is one of the early lessons learned from that conflict, the U.S. Marine Corps’ top requirements officer says. Discussing the Marines’ Force…
Corporate Cybersecurity Expert Says Think Like an Attacker to Improve Information Security
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. government, military and private sector need to change the way they perceive cybersecurity and look at it from the attacker’s point of view, the global head of IBM’s X-Force said. “I think that we will…
Coast Guard’s Atlantic Commander Says More Attention to South Atlantic Nations Needed
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The widening political and economic effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may help focus attention on the strategic significance and strategic needs of the Atlantic Basin, a top U.S. Coast Guard commander says. “The security environment in…
Collaboration on Information Warfare Needed, But So Is Cybersecurity to Thwart Prying Eyes
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Navy has to shift its focus from warfighting platforms to warfighting knowledge gleaned from information warfare resources if it wants to maintain an edge over pacing competitor China, says the admiral in charge of integrating…
Russia’s a ‘Threat,’ but China’s Still the Focus of New National Defense Strategy, 2023 Pentagon Budget
ARLINGTON, Va. — More money for science and technology research, dealing with climate change, modernizing the nuclear triad and deterring Russia in Europe and China in the Indo-Pacific region are among the priorities outlined in President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2023 defense…
The 3rd Marines Come in First, As the First Marine Littoral Regiment
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Marine Corps has taken another step in its ambitious force redesign to contend with near-peer militaries like China and Russia in the 21st century: Creating the first Marine Littoral Regiment. After more than a year of…
Navy, Marine Corps Labs Exploring How to Keep Advanced Bases Supplied and Safe
ARLINGTON, Va. — In addition to developing expeditionary warfare concepts like Marine Littoral Regiments and the light amphibious warship that would transport and supply them, the Office of Naval Research is looking into how to keep both safe and unseen by…
