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Navy/USMC

SecNav Renaming Fleet Forces To Atlantic Fleet, Reiterates New 1st Fleet

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020

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U.S. Fleet Forces Command logo. (Image: U.S. Navy)

The Secretary of the Navy on Wednesday announced U.S. Fleet Forces Command is being renamed U.S. Atlantic Fleet, in part, to focus on countering Russia. Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Readiness and Management Support subcommittee, Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite argued this is part of how the service must continually adjust to threats changing over time. “Our existing fleet structure operates on the premise that we still live in a post-9/11 state where NATO’s flanks are secure, the…

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]