************ APRIL 21, 2023 Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) released its annual Freedom of Navigation (FON) Report for Fiscal Year 2022. During the period from October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022, U.S. forces operationally challenged 22 different excessive…
U.S. Navy Ship Patrolling Middle East Seizes $42 Million in Drugs
************* 21 April 2023 MANAMA, Bahrain — A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer interdicted a fishing vessel attempting to smuggle $42 million in illegal drugs while transiting the Gulf of Oman, April 21. USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) was operating in support…
General Lists Marine Corps VTOL Development Priorities for Congress
***** WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps general in charge of aviation requirements detailed for Congress the service’s priorities for vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) platforms during testimony regarding the 2024 defense budget hearings. “Our VTOL Family of Systems has three…
Flight Ops in Washington, D.C. — A Century Ago!
Flight Ops in Washington, D.C. — A Century Ago! By David F. Winkler In his book Selling Sea Power: Public Relations and the U.S. Navy, 1917-1941, Ryan Wadle lamented that following World War I, the Navy’s culture inhibited its leaders…
Saab Receives Order for U.S. Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Target
************* The U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport has awarded Saab the first production order for the Expendable Mobile Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Target (EMATT). This contract follows an award from September 30, 2022 to perform modernization and validation testing of…
Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Completes Group Sail in Hawaiian Islands Operating Area
Release from Carrier Strike Group One ***** By Story by Ensign Valentine Mulango PACIFIC OCEAN – Group Sail is an integrated training exercise conducted between units assigned to Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1. The exercise reintegrated the strike group and provided an…
Admiral: Analysis of Alternatives for MH-60 Helo Replacement Completed
***** WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy has completed analysis of its options for future rotorcraft to replace the service’s MH-60R and MH-60S Seahawk helicopters and has forwarded the analysis to the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Rear Admiral Andrew…
Wittman Statement on the Navy’s 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan
***** WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), Vice Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement in response to the Navy’s recently released 30-year shipbuilding plan: “With this 30-year shipbuilding plan, the Navy demonstrates that…
Coast Guard Cutter Active returns home following a 76-day counternarcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific
Release from U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area ***** April 19, 2023 Coast Guard Cutter Active returns home following a 76-day counternarcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific PORT ANGELES, Wash. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Active (WMEC 618) and crew…
