Navy Matters

We’ve seen a public relations blitz of late by the Navy and the military in general attempting to blame all its readiness and maintenance p...

As you know, carriers undergo a mid-life nuclear refueling and comprehensive overhaul (RCOH) and the USS Washington is the next up in line....

One of the cornerstones of naval readiness has been the capacity to surge non-deployed ships in a crisis.   A portion of the ships that wer...

As reported by Navy Times website (1), Defense Secretary Hagel has acknowledged that one of the options for dealing with continued sequestr...

CNO Greenert delivered a State of the Navy briefing to reporters at the Pentagon on 19-Jul-2013 (1).   Here are some highlights. A yea...

Well, the post  Sequester the Admirals  generated a bit more interest and comments than I thought it would.  So, here's some more infor...

The Navy has 280 ships and over 300 Admirals.  How about we get rid of about 250 Admirals as a start towards meeting the budget cut requirem...

As we've recently reported, the Navy is inactivating four air wings and reducing two others to "sustainment" levels.  That lea...

For those of you keeping score at home, Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) will be the first to stand down, begining now, with three others followin...