Rear Adm. Ronald Boxall

Senate Confirms 22 Captains for Promotion to Rear Admiral

The Senate confirmed 22 Navy captains for promotion to rear admiral last week, according to two separate notifications posted on the Senate Armed Services Committee website.

On Monday, Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer announced the new rear admirals through an ALNAV notice issued by the Navy’s Personnel Command.

The ALNAV was the first Navy notification of a flag officer nomination since December, when the Pentagon’s press office announced Vice Adm. James Malloy was taking over command of...

https://news.usni.org/2019/03/05/41625

Panel: Navy Advancing Tactics, Adding New Weapons to Boost Combat Lethality

Sailors load a Harpoon anti-ship cruise missile aboard the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Olympia (SSN 717) as part of the biannual Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) maritime exercise, July 3, 2018. US Navy photo.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Each Navy community is updating its tactics and weapons with lethality and a potential high-end distributed fight in mind, several admirals said last week.

The submarine community is overhauling its training courses to focus on high-end combat, the aviation...

https://news.usni.org/2019/02/20/panel-navy-advancing-tactics-adding-new-weapons-boost-combat-lethality

WEST: New Rules Are Giving Surface Commanders More Latitude in How They Train

Vice Adm. Rich Brown speaks with crewmembers aboard guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) during a ship visit, on Dec. 4., 2018. US Navy Photo

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Navy is giving more power to surface ship commanders to shape the training of their crews via a new set of training rules, officials said Wednesday.

The revised Surface Force Training and Readiness Manual, issued in November, allows high-performing ships and commanders more flexibility to meet training requirements, Rear...

https://news.usni.org/2019/02/14/west-new-rules-giving-surface-commanders-latitude-train

As Navy Moves Beyond Relearning the Basics to Focusing on Lethality, So Too Do Navy Trainers

Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) participate in visual information training as part of virtual reality ship handling training at the Navigation, Seamanship and Shiphandling Trainer (NSST), on board Naval Base San Diego. US Navy photo.

ARLINGTON, Va. – In 2018, the Navy stressed the basics of training, crew qualifications and readiness following two fatal ship collisions the year before. 2019 will be all about moving beyond the fundamentals and focusing...

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/15/navy-moves-beyond-relearning-basics-focusing-lethality-navy-trainers

Navy Honing in on Requirement for Next Large Combatant; Industry Talks Start This Week

USS Stockdale (DDG-106) transits the Gulf of Oman on Jan. 5, 2019. US Navy Photo

THE PENTAGON – The Navy’s next surface force may rely more on highly capable frigates and therefore need fewer large combatants – a notion that is changing how the Navy looks at its requirement for a future large surface combatant, the director of surface warfare told USNI News.

The Navy will begin talks with industry this week on the large combatant within its Future Surface Combatant family of systems, Rear Adm....

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/15/navy-honing-requirement-next-large-combatant-industry-talks-start-week

Navy Set to Restart LCS Deployments this Year, Despite Challenges in Manning, Training

USS Wichita (LCS-13) conducts acceptance trials on Lake Michigan on July 11, 2018. Lockheed Martin photo.

The Navy is optimistic it will deploy three Littoral Combat Ships by this fall, after not deploying any last year and grappling with significant gaps in manning and advanced training.

The service was supposed to push forward three ships in Fiscal Year 2018, after a 2016 overhaul of LCS homeporting, command and control and manning constructs. However, USNI News first reported in April 2018...

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/14/navy-confident-in-lcs-deployments-this-year-despite-challenges-in-manning-training

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