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Lawmakers Argue U.S. Must Divest Legacy Systems to Keep Up With China’s Technology Growth

2 November 2020

USS Nimitz (CVN-68) from the pier during a port visit in Duqm, Oman on Sept. 10, 2020. US Navy Photo

The co-chairs of the bipartisan congressional Future of Defense Task Force said America will lose the advanced technology race — from artificial intelligence to biotechnology — with China unless the Pentagon “makes room for new investment” by discarding legacy systems.

Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) said their report to the House Armed Services Committee should “serve as a wake-up...

https://news.usni.org/2020/11/02/lawmakers-argue-u-s-must-divest-legacy-systems-to-keep-up-with-chinas-technology-growth

Marines Release More Details on F-35B, KC-130J Collision

2 October 2020

A Marine KC-130 crash lands in California Sept. 29, 2020.

The Marine Corps has released new information about its F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter that crashed earlier this week after a mid-air collision with a KC-130J tanker.

The F-35B, which crashed close to Ocotillo Wells, Calif., was assigned to the ‘Green Knights’ of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, a Marine Corps spokeswoman told USNI News. The KC-130J that made an emergency landing is assigned to the “Raiders” of Marine...

https://news.usni.org/2020/10/01/marines-release-more-details-on-f-35b-kc-130j-collision

Panel: New Focus on China Fight Could Rob Marine Corps of Versatility

30 July 2020

A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 365 (reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), takes off from the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD-5) during a transit through the Strait of Hormuz on May 31, 2020. US Marine Crops Photo

As the Marines reshape their force to take on the Chinese in the Western Pacific, some experts worry the new emphasis could leave the Marines fewer tools to operate in other parts of the world and fight...

https://news.usni.org/2020/07/30/panel-new-focus-on-china-fight-could-rob-marine-corps-of-versatility

Pandemic Forcing Pentagon to Learn Tough Cybersecurity Lessons

28 July 2020

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Brandon Keens, an intelligence chief with Defensive Cyberspace Operations – Internal Defensive Measures Company, 9th Communications Battalion, evaluates commercial cyber threats that are a potential impact to communications in support of exercise Native Fury 20, in the United Arab Emirates on March 5, 2020. Marine Corps Photo

The Navy took some risk in permitting hundreds of thousands of service members and civilian employees to use personal laptops and cell phones at...

https://news.usni.org/2020/07/28/pandemic-forcing-pentagon-to-learn-tough-cybersecurity-lessons

Suspect in Marine Corps Base Twentynine Palms Shooting in Custody, Injured

7 July 2020

Twentynine Palms

An early morning shooting at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., has resulted in no injuries to personnel and a suspect in custody, Marine officials told USNI News.

At about 6:30 a.m. local time, military police responded to gunshots at the Marine Corps base and cordoned off the area.

“An individual sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound at approximately 8:30 a.m.,” Marine Capt. Joseph Butterfield told USNI News in a Tuesday email. “The individual is...

https://news.usni.org/2020/07/07/suspect-in-marine-corps-base-twentynine-palms-shooting-in-custody-injured

Navy to Make Modest Personnel Contribution to Space Force, New Space Designator Likely

5 March 2020

USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108) transits through the East China Sea on Nov. 15, 2019. US Navy Photo

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – While some Navy personnel are helping the new Space Force take shape, the Navy’s contribution to the newest military branch will be small, a senior service official said.

“Space is kind of a big area that we are working on right now,” Vice Adm. Brian B. Brown, commander of Naval Information Forces, told an audience at WEST 2020 conference, co-hosted by U.S. Naval Institute and...

https://news.usni.org/2020/03/05/navy-to-make-modest-personnel-contribution-to-space-force-new-space-designator-likely

Navy Wants 5,000 New Sailors in FY 2020; 14,000 by 2024

12 March 2019

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Michael Wettlaufer, commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3, addresses the crew during an all-hands call on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) in the Pacific Ocean on Feb. 14, 2019. US Navy Photo

THE PENTAGON — The Navy wants 5,000 more active duty sailors in Fiscal Year 2020 to staff aviation units and a crop of new ships, according to Tuesday’s Department of Navy budget request.

If approved by Congress, the Navy would finish FY 2020 with...

https://news.usni.org/2019/03/12/41793

John Kelly, Retired Marine 4-Star, Will Step Down as White House Chief of Staff

8 December 2018

Marine Corps Gen. John F. Kelly, center, commander of U.S. Southern Command, speaks with Adm. Sigifrido Pared Perez, Dominican Republic minister of defense, in Barahona, Dominican Republic on June 9, 2014. SOUTHCOM Photo

Retired Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly will step down as President Donald Trump’s chief of staff at the end of the year, after more than a year spent managing the daily operations inside the West Wing, Trump told reporters today.

Kelly, 68, spent most of his entire adult life...

https://news.usni.org/2018/12/08/marine-corps-gen-john-f-kelly-ret-leaves-west-wing

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