U.S. Air Force

U.S. Defense Budget, Budget Control Act : Frequently Asked Questions

The following is the Sept. 30, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, Defense Budget and the Budget Control Act: Frequently Asked Questions.

From the report

Enacted on August 2, 2011, the Budget Control Act of 2011 as amended (P.L. 112-25, P.L. 112 240, P.L. 113-67, P.L. 114-74, P.L. 115-123, and P.L. 116-37) sets limits on defense and nondefense discretionary spending. As part of an agreement to increase the statutory limit on public debt, the BCA aimed to reduce annual federal budget...

https://news.usni.org/2019/10/03/u-s-defense-budget-budget-control-act-frequently-asked-questions

Navy to Go Green Inside the Pentagon

Petty Officer Second Class Brennen Devney from Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division peels off his Navy Working Uniform Type 1 on Sept. 26, 2019. US Navy Photo Illustration

Starting Monday, Navy personnel will walk the Pentagon’s corridors dressed in green as the service falls in line with the other military branches who years ago authorized wearing utility uniforms throughout much of official Washington.

On Oct. 1, the green camouflage Navy Working Uniform (NWU) Type III officially...

https://news.usni.org/2019/10/03/navy-to-go-green-inside-the-pentagon

Experts Say Beijing Will Bring South China Sea Lessons to Space

China News Photo

The way China is aggressively asserting itself in the South China Sea likely will be the way Beijing will behave in the increasingly contested domain of space, the executive secretary of the National Space Council said Monday.

“It’s hard to believe China’s behavior will be any better” in that domain than it is in the maritime, Scott Pace said. He cautioned transatlantic partners that “Europe is not exempt” from China’s effort to elbow its way into dominance in space.

“China is the...

https://news.usni.org/2019/09/30/experts-say-beijing-will-bring-south-china-sea-lessons-to-space

Pentagon Sees Military Suicide Rates Continue to Rise

Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Adriana Ramirez, attached to U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19), attends a candlelight vigil in observance of Suicide Prevention month in 2018. US Navy Photo

THE PENTAGON – The suicide rate among active-duty military personnel has been steadily increasing by an average of 6 percent a year during the past five years, according to a new Department of Defense report released Thursday.

That trend appears to be continuing. The Navy and Marine Corps have both...

https://news.usni.org/2019/09/26/pentagon-sees-military-suicide-rates-continue-to-rise

Faulty $5 Parts Cause 18-Month, $1 Billion Delay to Navy, Air Force Nuclear Upgrades

An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska (SSBN-739) off the coast of California. US Navy Photo

Defects found in a $5 electrical component will delay the Navy and Air Force nuclear warhead refurbishment program by 18 months and cost more than $1 billion to fix, a National Nuclear Security Administration official said during a congressional hearing Wednesday.

The faulty components are small commercially available capacitors that were to...

https://news.usni.org/2019/09/25/faulty-5-parts-cause-18-month-1-billion-delay-to-navy-air-force-nuclear-upgrades

USS George H.W. Bush CO Acknowledges String of Suicides

Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) grieve at a memorial service for Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuel) Airman Juan G. Medina Reynaga on Sept. 18, 2019. US Navy Photo

Three sailors from USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) took their lives last week the ship’s commanding officer confirmed to the crew and community in a Facebook post late Monday.

Capt. Sean Bailey, Bush’s commanding officer, posted a note expressing his sadness over what has been an especially challenging...

https://news.usni.org/2019/09/23/uss-george-h-w-bush-co-acknowledges-string-of-suicides

Scores of Well-Meaning Aviators Clogging Skies Over the Bahamas as Dorian Victims Struggle

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew surveys the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas on Sept. 7, 2019. US Coast Guard Photo

NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS — With 700 islands spread over 180,000 square miles of bright blue ocean, it’s difficult to imagine the airspace over the Bahamas becoming crowded. But so many U.S. military, government, private and other aircraft have flown to the rescue in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian that the skies are “tight,” according to one Coast Guard pilot.

US...

https://news.usni.org/2019/09/10/scores-of-well-meaning-aviators-clogging-skies-over-the-bahamas-as-dorian-victims-struggle

USS Bataan, 26 MEU Join Coast Guard for Aid Mission in the Bahamas a Week After Dorian

Coast Guardsman passes water to those affected by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas on Sept. 8, 2019. Coast Guard Photo

THE PENTAGON – Over the weekend, amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD-5) joined the international effort delivering supplies, transporting U.S. relief personnel and providing medical evacuations from the Bahamas a week after Hurricane Dorian slammed into the island nation.

Since the storm moved past the Bahamas, the U.S. Coast Guard has rescued more than 300 people in the...

https://news.usni.org/2019/09/09/uss-bataan-26-meu-join-coast-guard-for-aid-mission-in-the-bahamas-a-week-after-dorian

Naval Postgraduate School Pitching Its Curriculum As Pathway To U.S. Space Command

Gen. Jay Raymond, the former Air Force Space Command commander who was tapped to lead the new U.S. Space Command, briefs Airmen at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, July 29, 2019. US Air Force photo.

THE PENTAGON – As U.S. Space Command stands up today, the Naval Postgraduate School is pitching itself as an established source of space planners, logisticians and program managers.

For decades, the school in Monterey, Calif., has trained mostly Navy personnel how to run and design the space...

https://news.usni.org/2019/08/29/naval-postgraduate-school-pitching-its-curriculum-as-pathway-to-u-s-space-command

U.S. Air Force Chief Stresses Importance Of Freedom of Navigation Operations During Pacific Tour

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein speaks to Airmen during an all call at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on Aug. 14, 2019. US Air Force Photo

MANILA — The U.S. Air Force and the Navy will continue a combination of air and sea patrols in the Indo-Pacific region in an effort to keep the waters and skies open to overflight and international navigation, the head of the U.S. Air Force said in the Philippines, his first stopover during a visit to the air forces in the region.

The U.S....

https://news.usni.org/2019/08/20/u-s-air-force-chief-stresses-importance-of-freedom-of-navigation-operations-during-pacific-tour

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