Navy Matters

In a recent post, a reader, referencing the current ‘3 ships to keep one deployed (3:1)’ model, asked this,   Can we alter or change the mai...

In a previous post noting the deployment of the Lincoln strike group (can you really call a carrier and three destroyers a strike group?), r...

  USS Kidd flies the Jolly Roger.   USS Kidd Flying the Jolly Roger USS Kidd Flying the Jolly Roger Those are not photoshop’ed pictures.   T...

The USS Abraham Lincoln and escorts, comprising Carrier Strike Group 3 (CSG-3), are headed to the Middle East in reaction to a potential att...

Here’s some tidbits pertaining to the Ford class, as noted in the recent CRS report.[1]     Carriers – The Navy is statutorily (10 U.S.C. 8...

Austal (USA) just launched the final LCS, the USS Pierre (LCS 38).   Now would seem an especially appropriate time to assess the financial a...

The Captain set the message down after reading it to the officers assembled in the wardroom.   Setting aside all the navalese language, it d...