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Two and a half months after suffering from an engine room fire, the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy is back in action.
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Robert M. Gaucher, Proceedings
The recent completion of a two-year, round-the-world deployment by one of the Navy’s oldest submarines speaks to the priorities of the U.S.
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James Wirtz, CIMSEC
As great power competition becomes an increasingly grim reality, senior officers are coming to terms with the end of a globally permissive, power projection environment….
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As North Korea continues to advance its nuclear capabilities along with long-range missiles and China’s potential invasion of Taiwan, along with U.S. military responses, dominates discussions on Far East Asian security, the recent establishment of the Trilateral Security Cooperation Framework has sparked questions about whether it includes detailed action plans for regional contingencies, such as simultaneous full-scale conflicts on the Korean Peninsula and in the Taiwan Strait.
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps midshipmen candidates stand at ease for their summer dress white uniform inspection. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Amanda S. Kitchner.
The Navy has launched a five-year plan to improve uniforms for female sailors, starting with chiefs and officers.
As the Department of Defense experiments with biometric devices to better track the health and wellness of personnel, it issued a $96 million award Tuesday to Finnish health technology company Oura to put its smart rings and services in the hands of service members.
The Navy awarded Raytheon, an RTX company, a $192 million contract to develop an extended range capability for the service’s next-generation airborne electronic attack capability.
The program is for the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band Extended (NGJ-MBX), which will be mounted on EA-18G Growlers. Raytheon won the initial contract for the Mid-Band pod in 2016.
Overall, the Next Generation Jammer — a cooperative program with the Royal Australian Air Force — is the replacement for the decades-old ALQ-99.
One of the key lessons from the Navy’s recent engagements with Houthi missiles and drones in the Red Sea is being adaptable on the battlefield to use existing systems differently.
Over the last year, Navy assets in the region have come under fire from a barrage of systems launched by the Houthis — a group backed by Iran that has controlled portions of Yemen, including the capital, since 2014 — to include one-way drones and missiles.