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PACFLEET CO: U.S. Committed to Partnerships, Exercising with Allies in Indo-Pacific

6 days ago | news.usni.org | Dzirhan Mahadzir

The U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet is committed to continuing its numerous engagements in the region and cooperation with regional partners to keep the Indo-Pacific secure and ensure deterrence, its commander said during the International Maritime Security Conference 2025 Wednesday.
Sea Launched Cruise Nuclear Missile to Deliver in 2034, Says Admiral

1 week ago | news.usni.org | John Grady

The Navy is completing a milestone decision on the nuclear sea-launched cruise missile in Fiscal Year 2026 with delivery expected in 2034, Vice Adm. Johnny Wolfe said Wednesday. “We’ve already done an industry day” through its program office, the director of the Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs said before the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces subcommittee. Wolfe listed the sea-launched cruise missile as one of his three top warfighting priorities.
Back to Yorktown

1 week ago | news.usni.org | John Grady

Finding aircraft actively involved in the pivotal battle of World War II in the Pacific was the most important discovery in the most recent exploration of the wreckage of carrier Yorktown (CV-5), the lead scientist ashore told USNI News. “One of the areas that we wanted to focus on [was] individual aircraft, particularly aircraft that have been shot down or that crashed into the ocean,” James Delgado said.
F/A-18F Goes Overboard During Failed Landing on USS Harry S. Truman

1 week ago | news.usni.org | Sam LaGrone

An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) went overboard during an attempted landing on the aircraft carrier on Tuesday, a defense official confirmed to USNI News. The two-seat Super Hornet, assigned to the “Red Rippers” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, came in for a night landing around 9 p.m. local time when the hook of the aircraft failed to catch the arresting wire of the aircraft carrier. “The arrestment failed, causing the aircraft to go overboard.
Bollinger, Edison Chouest Offshore Team to Pitch Coast Guard Arctic Security Cutter Designs

1 week ago | news.usni.org | Sam LaGrone

Two Louisiana-based shipbuilders are teaming up to pitch the Coast Guard on designs for the Arctic Security Cutter, according to a statement from the companies. Bollinger Shipyards and Edison Chouest Offshore have approached the service with multiple designs in response to the Coast Guard’s request for information for new designs for the icebreaker, a Bollinger spokesperson told USNI News on Tuesday.
U.K., Italian Carrier Strike Groups Team Up in Ionian Sea

1 week ago | news.usni.org | Dzirhan Mahadzir

The U.K. and Italian carrier strike groups will meet in the Ionian Sea this week as part of a NATO exercise while the U.S. 6th Fleet is leading NATO At Sea Demonstration Formidable Shield 25 which kicked off on Saturday and taking place in the North and Norwegian Seas and North Atlantic Ocean. The carriers are part of NATO Exercise Med Strike which kicked off on Monday. The drill marks the first major workout for the UKCSG for its eight-month deployment, according to a Royal Navy (RN) release.
U.S. Stops Houthi Bombing Campaign on Presidential Orders

1 week ago | news.usni.org | Heather Mongilio

The Houthis told the U.S. that they would stop attacks on American warships in the Red Sea, prompting a potential ceasefire, President Donald Trump said during a Tuesday Oval Office meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. “They just don’t want to fight, and we will honor that, and we will stop the bombings, and they have capitulated.
SECDEF Hegseth Calls for 20% Reduction of Four-Star Officers

1 week ago | news.usni.org | Sam LaGrone

Pentagon leadership is seeking a 20 percent reduction of four-star military officers and an overall 10 percent reduction of general officers, according to a Monday memo from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The memo, titled “General/Flag Officer Reductions,” called for an overall reduction of 20 percent of four-star flag and general officers in the active force and 10 percent in the flag and general officer corps, reads the memo.
Semper DIY: Operation Clean Sweep Sends Marines to Fix Aging Housing

1 week ago | news.usni.org | Gidget Fuentes

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – On any given day, thousands of unmarried Marines and sailors with Fleet Marine Force units spend days and nights out in the field, or weeks training shipboard or on bases far from home. “We wake them up before dawn. We send them into the hills running and hiking every day, and they come back to the rooms. And then we send them [to training bases] for weeks on end, and we bring them back to these rooms,” said Col.
Pentagon Hiring Freeze Pausing Navy Expansion of Prevention Workforce

1 week ago | news.usni.org | Heather Mongilio

The planned expansion of one of the Navy’s programs to combat suicide and sexual assault is stalled due to the ongoing Department of Defense hiring freeze, USNI News has learned. The Integrated Primary Prevention Workforce is a Navy program that hires civilians to assist and advise leaders on how to bring healthy life skills to the fleet, USNI News previously reported. The program focuses on skills to help with harmful behaviors, like suicide ideation or sexual assault.