SECNAV Modly: Navy Needs Additional $120 Billion To Build 355-Ship Fleet By 2030

The Honorable Thomas Modly, acting Secretary of the Navy, talks with Capt. John J. Cummings, USS Gerald R. Ford'(CVN 78) commanding officer, in the ship’s pilot house. US Navy photo.

The Navy could build a 355-ship fleet by 2030, but paying for such a force will require adding between $120 billion and $130 billion to the service’s funding over the next decade, Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly told lawmakers Thursday.

Assuming the Navy and Department of Defense receive flat topline...

https://news.usni.org/2020/02/27/secnav-modly-navy-needs-additional-120-billion-to-build-355-ship-fleet-by-2030

Marines Will Soon Reveal Plans to Divest Old Systems, Invest in New Tech to Fight China

U.S. Marines drive a Joint Light Tactical Vehicles through the water at White Beach as part of the I Marine Expeditionary Force JLTV Operator New Equipment Training course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Oct. 24, 2019. US Marine Photo

CAPITOL HILL — The Marine Corps is on a course to overhaul its force design in just a matter of years to better position itself to deter and, if needed, defeat China in the Pacific, the commandant said today. The outcomes of two future force reviews...

https://news.usni.org/2020/02/11/marines-will-soon-reveal-plans-to-divest-old-systems-invest-in-new-tech-to-fight-china

Rep. Gallagher: U.S. Needs More Agile Forces in the Pacific

Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit load gear onto a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced) during simulated Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations at Ie Shima Training Facility, March 13, 2019. Marine Corps photo

ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. should absorb lessons from the recent ballistic missile strikes against troops in Iraq and Kenya and put a new emphasis on fielding mobile and dispersed forces, a member of the House Armed Services...

https://news.usni.org/2020/01/15/rep-gallagher-u-s-needs-more-agile-forces-in-the-pacific

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