Senate Armed Services Committee
Pentagon Acquisition Chief Nominee Argues Navy Needs Larger, More Survivable Fleet
USS Princeton (CG-59) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Halsey (DDG-97) and USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) steam in formation during a composite unit training exercise (COMPTUEX) on May 12, 2020. US Navy Photo
The nominee for the Pentagon’s top acquisition post told the Senate Armed Services Committee today that the Navy needs a larger and more survivable fleet.
“We need more numbers” when it comes to Navy fleet size and “we want survivable; we want strike” for the...
CENTCOM CO: No U.S. Over-the-Horizon Strikes in Afghanistan Since Withdrawal
Gen. Kenneth McKenzie commander, U.S. Central Command, provides testimony at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on ending the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. on Sept. 29, 2021. DoD Photo
The U.S. is gathering over-the-horizon intelligence on terrorist activities in Afghanistan but hasn’t made a strike against ISIS-K and al Qaeda, the head of U.S. Central Command told a Senate panel said.
Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth McKenzie said Tuesday in...
Eliminating ‘Risk Aversion’ Key to Weapons Development, Says Vice Chair Nominee Grady
Adm. Christopher Grady speaks at the memorial service for Mr. John ‘Bag’ Hefti on Nov. 5, 2021. US Navy Photo
Fear of failure is keeping the U.S. from developing weapon systems to keep up with China and Russia, the nominee for the number two job on the Joint Chiefs of Staff told a Senate panel on Wednesday.
“That risk aversion was born of a period perhaps in the late 90s, early 90s, when we didn’t have any peer competitors. That’s not the case now. We have to be able to fail, to learn faster....
Fleet Forces CO Grady Nominated to be Vice Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
Adm. Christopher W. Grady, commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, speaks to assembled leaders on Oct. 26, 2021. US Navy Photo
The White House has nominated the current commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command to serve in the number two position on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, USNI News has learned.
Adm. Chris Grady’s nomination to serve as the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday, two legislative sources familiar with the nomination...
Joint Chiefs Vice Chair Hyten Concerned About Potential Gap in Position When He Leaves Next Month
U.S. Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, 11th Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to Department of Defense staff members during a memorial observance in honor of those who were lost during 9/11 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Sept. 10, 2021. US Army Photo
The outgoing vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is concerned ongoing work on electronic warfare could stall if there’s a gap between his November retirement and a successor assuming the number-two position in the Pentagon.
Naming Commission Still Undecided How To Handle Ships with Confederate Ties
USS Chancellorsville (CG-62), USNS Maury (T-AGS-66) US Navy Photos
A commission tasked with identifying military assets with names tied to the Confederacy has not yet visited two ships that could be renamed.
The Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorate the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who Served Voluntarily with the Confederate States of America, which goes by the shorthand “The Naming Commission,” spent the past summer visiting military...
MDA: US Has Several Options To Defend Guam From Missile Threats
On Nov. 16, U.S. Missile Defense Agency and Navy sailors aboard USS John Finn (DDG 113), an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System-equipped destroyer, fired a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA guided missile that successfully intercepted and destroyed a mock Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) during a flight test demonstration in the broad ocean area northeast of Hawaii in November 2020. MDA photo.
The U.S. has several options to defend Guam against attack, the director of the Missile...
https://news.usni.org/2021/08/13/mda-u-s-has-several-options-to-defend-guam-from-missile-threats
House Seapower panel set to add second destroyer to Navy budget
The House Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces today released its proposals for the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
The subcommittee will meet tomorrow for its mark up of the bill and it looks set to follow the Senate Armed Services Committee’s example in passing a version of the FY 2022 NDAA that puts back the second Arleigh Burke class destroyer that the Navy had cut from its request.
The House Seapower panel today released highlights of its proposal that note that...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/house-seapower-panel-set-to-add-second-destroyer-to-navy-budget/
Lawmakers Survey: 94% of Sailors Say ‘Damaging Operational Failures’ Related to Navy Culture, Leadership Problems
USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) departs Huntington Ingalls Industries – Ingalls Shipbuilding’s Pascagoula shipyard to conduct comprehensive at-sea testing on Feb. 3, 2020. US Navy Photo
The Navy’s surface warfare community is weighed with a culture that values administrative chores over training to fight, ship commanders that are micromanaged and an aversion to risk, according to a new survey overseen by a retired Navy admiral and Marine general at the behest of a group of Republican lawmakers. That...