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Coast Guard Asking U.S., Foreign Yards for Arctic Security Cutter Pitches

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

The Coast Guard has issued a call to domestic and international shipbuilders to quickly build a new class of icebreaker, according to a government notice. American and international shipbuilders have until April 25 to answer the Coast Guard’s request for information to deliver the first Arctic Security Cutter within three years once a contract is awarded.
Two Marines Killed, One Injured in Vehicle Crash By Southern Border

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

Two Marines are dead and another injured after a vehicle accident Tuesday morning near the southern border in New Mexico. The three Marines are with the 1st Marine Division and attached to Joint Task Force – Southern Border, according to a Marine Corps statement. The names of the Marines are being withheld until next of kin notifications. The third Marine, who is also not named, is being treated at a local hospital.
GD Electric Boat Draftsmen Union Could Strike Over Contract Dispute

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

A group of 2,500 submarine workers is threatening to walk off the job over a contract dispute with General Dynamics Electric Boat, drawing in the president of one of the largest labor unions in the country to the negotiating table.
Storied U.S. Marine Regiment Retooled for New Mission

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

Last month, the Okinawa, Japan-based 12th Marine Littoral Regiment stood up the last of its subordinate units, pulling a storied combat infantry battalion into the fold of a modern front-line Marine Corps force in the Western Pacific. As the second of the Marine Corps’ three planned littoral regiments, the 12th MLR is tasked with operating alongside Japanese Self-Defense Forces if conflict erupts in the region, notably with China.
USS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams Back in U.S. After Almost 5 Years

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

The Navy’s forward-deployed European and African sea base is back in the U.S. after almost five years and set for a maintenance period in Newport News, USNI News has learned. USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB-4) returned to the East Coast on Thursday after being stationed in Souda Bay, Greece, since 2020 and is set to begin a maintenance period, a Military Sealift Command spokesperson told USNI News on Monday.
Gen. Dan Caine Sworn in as Chairman of Joint Chiefs

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

Air Force Gen. Dan Caine was sworn in on Monday as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to press reports. Caine, 56, was confirmed by the Senate in an early Friday vote of 60 to 25. He was nominated shortly after President Donald Trump removed former chairman Gen. C.Q. Brown in February. A 1990 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, Caine served in the Air National Guard as an F-16 pilot who flew combat air patrols over Washington, D.C., after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
Navy Sends Destroyer USS Stockdale to the Southern Border

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

A guided-missile destroyer was dispatched to patrol the Eastern Pacific on Friday, the Navy announced. USS Stockdale (DDG-106) left Naval Base San Diego, Calif., on Friday with an embarked Coast Guard law enforcement detachment. The patrol is part of U.S. Northern Command’s efforts in tandem with the Department of Homeland Security focus on the U.S. southern border.
Russian Incursions Drive Increase in Japanese Fighter Scrambles, Officials Say

2 weeks ago | news.usni.org | Dzirhan Mahadzir

Japan carried out a total of 704 fighter aircraft scrambles from April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025, an increase from 669 in the same period the year before. Japan saw scrambles against Russian aircraft significantly increase while scrambles against Chinese aircraft saw a small downturn, according to a Japan Joint Staff Office release on Thursday.
New White House Executive Order Sets Stage for U.S. Shipbuilding Action Plan

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.
Personnel Chief Anticipates Drop in At-Sea Gaps as Navy Meets Recruiting Goals

2 weeks ago | news.usni.org | Heather Mongilio

The head of the Navy personnel expects that gaps at sea will drop by 2,000 by the end of the fiscal year, he told a Senate Armed Services Committee subcommittee. Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. Richard Cheeseman, who will retire this summer, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee personnel subcommittee, along with his counterparts in the other services, discussing the successes in recruiting for the current fiscal year and ongoing challenges to meet a 100 percent fill rate.