Release From SECNAV Public Affairs Office WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Department of the Navy, under the leadership of Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan, announced a bold solicitation to industry for innovative, deployable energy solutions capable of powering…
Marines Demo Range of Long Range UAS for Future Operations
Releasee From Naval Air Systems Command NAS PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (PMA-263) program team put Long Range Tactical (LRT) systems through their paces during a two-week technical demonstration in Chaptico, Maryland in mid-July. Five vendors attended the event to help inform the Marine Corpsof the…
F/A-18 and EA-18G Surpass 12 Million Flight Hours
RELEASE FROM NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND NAS PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 and EA-18G aircraft fleet has surpassed 12 million flight hours, marking an important milestone for one of the most enduring families of aircraft in modern…
Marine Rotational Force-Darwin Demonstrates Rapid Response
From HQMC Communications Directorate, July 30, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Marines postured around the globe serve as America’s rapid crisis response force, ready to meet the Nation’s needs at a moment’s notice. On July 26 Marine Corps readiness was on…
Navy and Marine Corps Commence Large Scale Exercise 2025
From U.S. Fleet Forces Command, July 30, 2025 NORFOLK, Va. – Sailors and Marines from across 22 time zones, six component commands, and seven U.S. numbered Fleets are now participating in Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 2025, as the Navy and…
SECDEF Announces Flag and General Officer Nominations
Release From the U.S. Department of Defense Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced today that the president has made the following nominations: Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael J. Borgschulte for reappointment to the grade of lieutenant general, with assignment as…
HASC Marks National Defense Authorization Bill
Edited by Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor Arlington, Va. — The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) filed the bill for the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, the bill’s leaders, Committee Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Sen. Jack Reed (D-…
U.S., Philippine Marines Co-Host Pacific Symposium
From Deputy AC/S Communication Strategy & Operations, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, July 7, 2025 MANILA, Philippines – The commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific and the Commandant of the Philippine Marine Corps will co-host the 11th annual Pacific…
Securing the Backbone: The Defense Industrial Base
By Ryan Caughill, President, Western New York Council, Navy League of the United States. “You can’t fight tomorrow’s war with yesterday’s plans.” In the summer of 2018, I completed my internship at Moog Inc., one of the United States’ premier…
Navy, Marine Corps in Planning for Third Large-Scale Exercise
By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are planning for execution later this month for Large-Scale Exercise (LSE) 2025, the third of such exercises since 2021. The LSE will largely be conducted…
