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USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Aug. 5, 2024

USNI News Graphic

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Aug. 5, 2024, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Ships Underway

Total Battle ForceDeployedUnderway
297
(USS 237, USNS 60)		101
(USS 70, USNS 31)		79
(47 Deployed, 35 Local)

In the Philippine Sea

Navy Sailor assigned to...

https://news.usni.org/2024/08/05/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-aug-5-2024

Investigation into 2023 U.S. Air Force CV-22B Osprey Crash off Japan

The following is the June 6, 2024, U.S. Air Force Aircraft Accident Investigation Board report on the Nov. 29, 2023 crash of an Air Force CV-22B off the coast of Yakushima Island, Japan.

From the report

Executive Summary

On 29 November 2023, at approximately 1440 local time (L), mishap aircraft (MA), a CV-22B aircraft, tail number (TIN) 10-0054, impacted the water approximately one-half mile off the coast of Yakushima Island, Japan, while participating in a joint inter-operability exercise. The...

https://news.usni.org/2024/08/02/investigation-into-2023-u-s-air-force-cv-22b-osprey-crash-off-japan

GAO Report on Oversight of U.S. Support to Ukraine

The following is the July 31, 2024, Government Accountability Office report, Ukraine: Oversight of U.S. Direct Budget Support. 

From the report

Why This Matters

Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine is causing a devastating loss of life, creating a widespread humanitarian crisis, and threatening democracy in Europe. In response, Congress has appropriated more than $174 billion across the federal government. From this funding, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has obligated...

https://news.usni.org/2024/08/01/gao-report-on-oversight-of-u-s-support-to-ukraine

Report to Congress on Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans

The following is the July 25, 2024, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress.

From the report

The current and future size and composition of the Navy, the annual rate of Navy ship procurement, the prospective affordability of the Navy’s shipbuilding plans, the capacity of the U.S. shipbuilding industry to execute the Navy’s shipbuilding plans, and Navy proposals for retiring existing ships have been oversight matters...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/30/report-to-congress-on-navy-force-structure-and-shipbuilding-plans

Report to Congress on Navy TAGOS-25 Ocean Surveillance Shipbuilding Program

The following is the July 23, 2024, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Navy TAGOS-25 Ocean Surveillance Shipbuilding Program: Background and Issues for Congress.

From the report

Introduction

The Navy in FY2022 procured the first of a planned class of seven new TAGOS-25 class ocean surveillance ships. Under the Navy’s FY2025 budget submission, the Navy is proposing to defer procurement of the second TAGOS-25 class ship from FY2025 to FY2026. The Navy’s proposed FY2025 shipbuilding...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/24/report-to-congress-on-navy-tagos-25-ocean-surveillance-shipbuilding-program-2

Report to Congress on Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier Program

The following is the July 12, 2024, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress.

From the report

The aircraft carriers CVN-78, CVN-79, CVN-80, CVN-81, and CVN-82 are the first five ships in the Navy’s new Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs). The Navy’s proposed FY2025 budget requests $2,143.9 million (i.e., about $2.1 billion) in procurement funding for Ford-class ships,...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/18/report-to-congress-on-gerald-r-ford-aircraft-carrier-program-3

GAO Report on U.S. Army Modernization

The following is the July 15, 2024, Government Accountability Office report, Army Modernization: Actions Needed to Support Fielding New Equipment.

From the report

What GAO Found

The Army’s new approach to generate ready forces, the Regionally Aligned Readiness and Modernization Model (ReARMM), is key to the Army realizing its modernization investments. These investments have totaled $46.5 billion since fiscal year 2021. The Army has adopted new acquisition approaches to rapidly develop multiple...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/17/gao-report-on-u-s-army-modernization

DIA Report on Iranian Weapons Smuggled to the Houthis

The following is the July 10, 2024, Defense Intelligence Agency report, Seized at Sea: Iranian Weapons Smuggled to the Houthis.

From the report

This product provides a visual comparison of Iranian weapons and weapon components interdicted in transit to the Houthis in Yemen on 11 and 28 January 2024. Photographs of missiles displayed by the Iranians—as well as debris acquired from previous Houthi attacks, compared with those of the interdicted materiel—strongly indicate their Iranian origin....

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/11/dia-report-on-iranian-weapons-smuggled-to-the-houthis

GAO Report on Pentagon Transition to PFAS-Free Firefighting Foam

The following is the July 8, 2024, Government Accountability Office report, FIREFIGHTING FOAM: DOD Is Working to Address Challenges to Transitioning to PFAS-Free Alternatives.

From the report

What GAO Found

The Department of Defense (DOD) has taken steps to eliminate use of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF)—a product used to fight flammable liquid fires—at its installations. AFFF contains per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which may have adverse effects on human health, including effects...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/10/gao-report-on-pentagon-transition-to-pfas-free-firefighting-foam

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