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  • 2 weeks ago | news.usni.org | Mallory Shelbourne

    A new executive order is calling on U.S. senior leadership to create a maritime action plan by November, according to a document signed by President Trump on Wednesday. The maritime executive order is pushing for a government-wide overhaul to the commercial maritime sector to revitalize U.S. shipbuilding as the Trump administration aims to blunt China’s dominance of commercial shipbuilding.

  • 2 weeks ago | news.usni.org | Mallory Shelbourne

    NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — A new pilot program aimed at improving Navy amphibious ship readiness will kick off this year in shipyards on both the east and west coasts, service officials said Monday. Under the program, the Navy will complete the proposed maintenance package 500 days before the start of the so-called “signature availability” and award the contract 360 days before the overhaul begins, Vice Adm. Brendan McLane said at the annual Sea Air Space symposium.

  • 1 month ago | news.usni.org | Mallory Shelbourne

    The White House has chosen retired submariner Brent Sadler to lead the U.S. Maritime Administration, according to a Congressional notification. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Technology – which oversees the Department of Transportation – received Sadler’s nomination on Monday. The Maritime Administration sits under the Department of Transportation, which falls under the oversight purview of the Senate Commerce Committee.

  • 1 month ago | news.usni.org | Mallory Shelbourne

    Boeing will build the U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance program, President Donald Trump announced Friday at the White House. Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump announced that Boeing won the contract to build the sixth-generation fighter, named the F-47, for the Air Force. Boeing beat out Lockheed Martin to win the contract award. “The experimental version of the plane has secretly been flying for almost five years,” Trump said.

  • 1 month ago | news.usni.org | Mallory Shelbourne

    Destroyer USS Spruance (DDG-111) will deploy to U.S. Northern Command to support the ongoing mission at the southern border, USNI News has learned. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer will be the second destroyer to deploy as part of President Donald Trump’s call to secure the southern border, a U.S. official confirmed to USNI News.

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Mallory Shelbourne
Mallory Shelbourne @MalShelbourne
4 Apr 25

RT @StevenBeynon: "reducing staff and overhead" thanks for confirming the story's findings after declining to comment in recent days b…

Mallory Shelbourne
Mallory Shelbourne @MalShelbourne
27 Mar 25

RT @OrenCNN: “It is safe to say that anybody in uniform would be court martialed for this. We don’t provide that level of information on un…

Mallory Shelbourne
Mallory Shelbourne @MalShelbourne
27 Mar 25

This claim that the press did not aggressively cover the Afghanistan withdrawal & Austin's hospitalization is not true. The Pentagon press corps did. Go back & watch the briefings from those times & you'll see a sincere effort from my colleagues to hold administration accountable

Erick Erickson
Erick Erickson @EWErickson

On Jan 1, 2024, SecDef Lloyd Austin, unbeknownst to anyone, went into a hospital. On Jan 3, his Deputy Secretary, on vacation, learned Austin was gone, but didn't know he was in the hospital. On Jan 4, the Commander-in-Chief learned Austin was missing. Two wrongs don't make a