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1 month ago | 
realcleardefense.com | Zita Fletcher |J.D. Simkins
Trump Signs Shipbuilding Order As Navy Leaders Call for 381-Ship Fleet the service’s goal of growing its fleet of battle force ships to 381 over the next 30 years Read Full Article »
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1 month ago | 
militarytimes.com | J.D. Simkins
President Donald Trump on April 9 signed into law a new policy aimed at revitalizing an American shipbuilding industry that has fallen well behind production levels of its rivals from the People’s Republic of China. Language in the executive order, which cites the need to strengthen a “commercial shipbuilding capacity and maritime workforce,” mirrors many concerns expressed among the industry’s defense counterparts.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | J.D. Simkins
Riley Ceder, Zita Fletcher, J.D. SimkinsMon, April 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM UTC6 min readPresident Donald Trump on April 9 signed into law a new policy aimed at revitalizing an American shipbuilding industry that has fallen well behind production levels of its rivals from the People’s Republic of China.
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1 month ago | 
militarytimes.com | J.D. Simkins
Nov. 19, 2006 is remembered as hell on earth for Petty Officer Ray Mendoza and members of Naval Special Warfare Task Unit-Ramadi. That day, Mendoza’s team was ambushed in a coordinated attack — a grenade, an improvised explosive device and a hail of small arms fire — shortly after setting up sniper overwatch in an Iraqi residence. By the time the team was evacuated, an Iraqi Army scout was dead. Two SEALs, including Mendoza’s best friend, Elliot, were severely wounded.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | J.D. Simkins
Nov. 19, 2006 is remembered as hell on earth for Petty Officer Ray Mendoza and members of Naval Special Warfare Task Unit-Ramadi. That day, Mendoza’s team was ambushed in a coordinated attack — a grenade, an improvised explosive device and a hail of small arms fire — shortly after setting up sniper overwatch in an Iraqi residence. By the time the team was evacuated, an Iraqi Army scout was dead. Two SEALs, including Mendoza’s best friend, Elliot, were severely wounded.
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1 month ago | 
militarytimes.com | J.D. Simkins
Ray Mendoza had been in gunfights prior to Nov. 19, 2006. He’d experience his fair share after. But the fight that ensued that day, after members of Naval Special Warfare Task Unit-Ramadi set up sniper overwatch in an Iraqi residence, would be seared into his memory. Ramadi had become a hornet’s nest of insurgent activity in 2006. For Mendoza’s team, who occupied the home alongside Marines from an Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company and two Iraqi Army scouts, Nov.
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2 months ago | 
militarytimes.com | J.D. Simkins
Among the outcomes of the Spanish-American War of 1898 was the transfer of the Philippine Archipelago from Spain to the United States. It was followed by another war when Filipinos led by Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy, who had rebelled against the Spanish in 1896 in hopes of establishing an indigenous republic, found their country seized by the U.S. instead.
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2 months ago | 
militarytimes.com | J.D. Simkins
The counselor and top attorney representing President Donald Trump raised questions Tuesday about the the capability and willingness of veterans to work after an unknown number have been fired from jobs as part of sweeping layoffs that continue to reduce the federal government’s footprint. Fielding questions outside the White House, Alina Habba was asked by one reporter whether the president is “starting to think about some of those veterans [who have lost jobs] ...
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
militarytimes.com | J.D. Simkins
A Polish general was dismissed last week by the nation’s defense minister after reportedly misplacing a batch of anti-tank mines that were later found in an Ikea warehouse, according to Polish news outlet Onet. Maj. Gen. Artur Kępczyński was fired Jan. 9 for reasons that were not specified by Polish military officials, though numerous local reports suggested the missing explosives were — naturally — the catalyst for his dismissal.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
defensenews.com | J.D. Simkins
For years, the U.S. has been pushed by military officials and lawmakers to devote more resources to the rapidly evolving Arctic environment, but it is a recent surge in regional collaboration between China and Russia that is giving rise to an all-new sense of urgency. Speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Thursday, Iris A.
