CNO Gilday Underwent Heart Surgery in August After Falling Ill on Run

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday meets with Sailors during his visit to Naval Expeditionary Intelligence Command. US Navy Photo

The head of the Navy underwent heart surgery after falling ill on a run in mid-August, USNI News has learned.

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday was exercising near his home on the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 10 when he fell ill and was assisted by a passing Marine and taken to see his doctor, several people familiar with the...

https://news.usni.org/2020/09/29/cno-gilday-underwent-heart-surgery-in-august-after-falling-ill-on-run

Destroyers USS Stout, USS Kidd Wrap Up Long-Haul Deployments

The guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG-55), right, and the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD-5) transits the Arabian Gulf April 26 2020. U.S. Navy Photo

Destroyer USS Stout (DDG-55) recently achieved a record-breaking deployment length after operating at sea for more than 200 days, the Navy announced.

As of Sept. 26, the destroyer had been at sea for 208 straight days, breaking cruiser USS San Jacinto’s (CG-56) and aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower’s (CVN-69) records, according...

https://news.usni.org/2020/09/29/destroyers-uss-stout-uss-kidd-wrap-up-long-haul-deployments

TECOM: Modernizing Training, Education Will Be a Focus for Marines In FY 2022

Recruits with Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, wait in line at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, Sept. 22, 2020. US Marine Corps Photo

If the commandant of the Marine Corps has focused his attention in his first year on the job tackling a Force Design 2030 effort to reshape how the Marine Corps gears up for a modern battlefield, the next year will focus on the training and manning issues that follow – ensuring the entire man, train and equip portfolio are brought up to date,...

Navy to Commission Destroyer Delbert D. Black This Weekend in Cape Canaveral

The Navy’s newest guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119), arrives at Port Canaveral, Fla., on Sept. 23, 2020. The Navy will commission DDG 119, the first ship in naval history to be named Delbert D. Black, Sept. 26, 2020 in Port Canaveral. US Navy photo.

The Navy plans to commission the future destroyer Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) on Saturday, the Pentagon announced.

The ceremony will take place in Port Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday morning and is closed to the public...

https://news.usni.org/2020/09/25/navy-to-commission-destroyer-delbert-d-black-this-weekend-in-cape-canaveral

Chinese Navy Crafts Unmanned Sea Hunter Knock-off

Chinese Navy USV

A candid photograph posted on Chinese social media sheds light on a Chinese project to develop an unmanned ship similar to the U.S. Navy’s Sea Hunter. The trimaran is remarkably similar to the Sea Hunter in almost every respect.

Although the designation of the project is unknown, based on imagery analysis, the builder and dimensions have been established.

The uncrewed Sea Hunter has been designed under the Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program. The uncrewed surface...

https://news.usni.org/2020/09/25/chinese-navy-crafts-unmanned-sea-hunter-knock-off

Expert Panel Tells Lawmakers U.S. Needs to Do More to Counter Chinese Pacific Expansion

The launch of the Type 75 big-deck amphib in Shanghai on Sept. 25, 2019. PLAN Photo

Palau’s recent offer to permit the United States to build bases and airfields could provide a model for Washington to use to counter China’s territorial claims in the Pacific, a senior security expert told the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday.

“Washington should seek new allies and partners,” Elbridge Colby, co-founder of the Marathon Initiative, told the HASC. “Focus on states with shared threat...

https://news.usni.org/2020/09/24/expert-panel-tells-lawmakers-u-s-needs-to-do-more-to-counter-chinese-pacific-expansion

Marines’ Land Systems Acquisition Portfolio Highlights Importance of Naval Integration, Littoral Operations

U.S. Marines with Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch, Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity, drive a new Amphibious Combat Vehicle ashore during low-light surf transit testing at AVTB Beach on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 18, 2019. US Marine Corps Photo

Navy and Marine Corps acquisition efforts are increasingly colored by the services’ focus on boosting naval integration between the services in support of distributed maritime operations and expeditionary advance base...

https://news.usni.org/2020/09/24/marines-land-systems-acquisition-portfolio-highlights-importance-of-naval-integration-littoral-operations

Berger: U.S. Should Restructure Indo-Pacific Force Posture

Marines with Charlie Battery, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit on Okinawa on Sept. 12, 2020. US Navy Photo

The Marine Corps needs to spread out its forces in the Indo-Pacific region if it wants to be successful in deterring Chinese aggression in the coming decades, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger said during an appearance at the virtual Modern Day Marine conference on Wednesday.

The commandant noted that Marines mostly operate from the...

https://news.usni.org/2020/09/24/berger-u-s-should-restructure-indo-pacific-force-posture

VIDEO: USS Carl Vinson Preparing for First F-35C, ‘Advanced Carrier Air Wing’ Deployment

An F-35C from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 lands on USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) on Sept. 17, 2020. Vinson was sailing off the coast of California and conducting the first at-sea operations with its air wing since a 17-month maintenance availability meant to prepare the ship to operate the new F-35C. USNI News photo.

ABOARD AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS CARL VINSON, OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA – Next year, the most advanced carrier air wing in history will sail to the Pacific aboard USS Carl Vinson...

https://news.usni.org/2020/09/24/video-uss-carl-vinson-preparing-for-first-f-35c-advanced-carrier-air-wing-deployment

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