CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Coast Guard law enforcement crews interdicted 78 lanchas, seized 15,484 pounds of catch and detained 208 fishermen during fiscal year 2021 along the Texas coast, the Coast Guard 8th District said Dec. 5. Since the first recorded lancha interdiction in…
MARAD Announces First Centers of Excellence Designations for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced May 19 the designation of 27 Centers of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education (CoE). The CoE designation recognizes community colleges and training institutions that prepare students for careers…
USS Pinckney Interdicts $4.5 Million in Cocaine
MAYPORT, Fla. — The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) team seized over 120 kilograms of suspected cocaine July 24, U.S. 4th Fleet/U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command Public Affairs said in…
USS Zumwalt Completes First Live-Fire Test
PACIFIC OCEAN — Sailors aboard USS Zumwalt, working with engineers and technicians from Navy surface warfare centers, executed a “structural test fire” of the Mark 46 Mod 2 Gun Weapon System (GWS) at the Naval Air Weapons Center Weapons Division Sea Test Range, Point Mugu, on May 16, according…
Decision on Crozier’s Fate Next in the Hands of Pentagon Officials
ARLINGTON, Va. — Defense Department officials are reportedly split on reinstatement of Capt. Brett Crozier following his ouster as commander of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt earlier this month by then-Navy Secretary Thomas Modly. After the end of a…
Space, the Hostile Frontier: Panel Explores Defense of Earth Orbit
Space is not benign — no longer just the domain of unmanned scientific probes and occupied by astronauts in capsules or space stations exploring and conducting research, panelists stressed during a webcast that was aired on April 16 as part of the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space 2020: Virtual Edition. “Space, internationally, is very important to our way of life. It’s of strategic importance. We see our adversaries starting to…
Geurts: Navy Looking at Money-Saving Strategies in Procurement of Four Amphibs
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy is looking at acquisition strategies for procuring four amphibious warfare ships over the next few years to achieve economies, the Navy’s top acquisition official said. During March 4 testimony about the fiscal 2021 shipbuilding proposal before the Seapower subcommittee of the…
Coast Guard’s Schultz Keynotes Congressional Shipbuilding Breakfast
Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz of the Coast Guard headlined a Navy League and Shipbuilders Council of America shipbuilding caucus breakfast on Nov. 21 in cooperation with two members of Congress, Reps. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) and Rob Wittman (R-Va.). The shipbuilding…
Deputy Carries Commandant’s Force Transformation Message to Navy League Event
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Marine Corps must change course. Peer competition from Russia is resurgent and China is rapidly expanding its influence. A return to a Fleet Marine Force is the new reality — and the sea service must do…
Cutter Bertholf Returns From 164-Day Western Pacific Deployment
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The crew aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) returned July 2 to their homeport of Alameda following a 164-day deployment to the western Pacific, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in a release. The…
