ARLINGTON, Va. — U.S. Navy Secretary Kenneth J. Braithwaite says he plans to establish a new numbered fleet as a “formidable deterrence” to China, basing it closer to allies and partner nations “at the crossroads between the Indian and Pacific oceans.”…
As Arctic Sea Ice Melts, Deputy CNO Says U.S. Subs Will Become More Important
ARLINGTON, Va. — Submarine forces operating in the Arctic will become “more and more important,” as the polar ice melts, opening up more navigable blue water to commercial and naval vessels, a top U.S. Navy leader says. The U.S. Submarine Force…
EODGRU-1 Integrated Exercise Enhances Fleet, Joint Abilities
PORT HUENEME, Calif. — Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group (EODGRU) 1 enhanced its ability to operate within the Navy Expeditionary Combat Force (NECF), fleet and Joint Forces by completing a Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) Integrated Exercise (NIEX) at Naval Base…
Raytheon’s SM-3 IIA Intercepts ICBM Target, Creating New Option for Missile Defense
TUCSON, Ariz. — As part of a historic Missile Defense Agency demonstration and for the first time ever, an intercontinental ballistic missile target was intercepted and destroyed outside Earth’s atmosphere by an advanced SM-3 Block IIA ballistic missile defense interceptor…
USS Cheyenne to Lead Los Angeles-Class Submarine Life Extension
ARLINGTON, Va. — The last Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) built, USS Cheyenne, will be the first of the class selected to go through a service life-extension program, a senior Navy admiral said. The Navy is planning to refuel…
Adm. Caldwell: Submarine Force in ‘Very High Demand’
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s submarine force is in high demand worldwide and is in the midst of a very high operations tempo (optempo), a Navy senior admiral said. “Navy leaders, fleet commanders, combatant commanders have high expectations for us,” said…
Navy Looking at Options for Next-Generation Attack Submarine
ARLINGTON, Va. — The commander of the U.S. Navy’s submarine forces said the service’s submarine community is looking at several options for the basis of the next-generation nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN). Vice Adm. Daryl Caudle, commander, Submarine Forces, speaking Nov….
Acting SECDEF Announces Flag Nomination
ARLINGTON, Va. Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher C. Miller announced Nov. 13 that the president has made the following nomination: Rear Adm. Jeffrey W. Hughes for appointment to the rank of vice admiral, and assignment as deputy chief of naval…
Coast Guard Provides Humanitarian Assistance to Honduras after Hurricane Eta
PUERTO LEMPIRA, Honduras — A Coast Guard Helicopter Tactical Squadron (HITRON) MH-65 Dolphin aircrew forward deployed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Seneca (WMEC-906) provided humanitarian assistance, Nov. 13, to Honduran villages after Hurricane Eta impacted the country, the Coast Guard…
Adm. Trussler: Information Warfare ‘All About Speed for Advantage’
ARLINGTON, Va. —The admiral who sponsors the resources for the U.S. Navy’s information warfare operations said the modern warfare environment is increasingly governed by the speed of information and its effects on decision-making. “It is all about speed for advantage,”…
