May 3, 2016 Second Day Search Fails to Find Missing Marine Huey In Nepal The second-day search for a Marine helicopter that went missing while on an aid mission in Nepal failed to find the aircraft or the six Marines aboard.
May 3, 2016 US Helicopter with Six Marines On Board Missing in Nepal A UH-1 Huey with six U.S. Marines and two Nepalese soldiers on board went missing the crew was conducting relief operations.
May 3, 2016 Congress Adds $60 Million to Navy Submarine Upgrades Lawmakers have added $60 million toward submarine upgrades to include unmanned aerial vehicles, torpedo enhancements and combat systems modernization. The funding initiative, which moved the $60 million from Navy destroyer modernization over to submarine research and development, was put in place during the 2016 defense bill mark up by Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., chairman […]
May 3, 2016 Joint Chiefs to Get Overhaul as Obama Presidency Nears Final Approach President Obama plans to overhaul the Joint Chiefs of Staff this year as he seeks to replace a handful of longtime members whose terms are coming to a close.
May 3, 2016 Obama to Nominate Marine Commandant Dunford as Next JCS Chairman President Obama has settled on Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford to succeed Dempsey as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.,President Obama was expected to nominate Marine Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, marking a rapid ascension to the military's top post by the 59-year-old Dunford.
May 3, 2016 Congress Adds Cash to Special Account to Build New Nuclear Submarines Congress plans to add money into a fund established this year for the purpose of paying for the Navy's next-generation, nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines.
May 3, 2016 Navy Studies Building 3 Virginia-Class Attack Submarines Per Year The Navy is investigating the prospect of building three new Virginia-class attack submarines per year instead of the current two per year build rate.
May 3, 2016 Marines Postpone Faster Amphibious Combat Ships to 2025 The Marines will have to wait another decade to increase the speed of its amphibious troop carriers, Corps officials said Tuesday.,The Marines will have to wait another decade to increase the speed of its amphibious troop carriers, Marine Corps officials said Tuesday. The service is pushing forward with plans to build about 200 new Amphibious Combat Vehicles that will ultimately replace the older, Amphibious Assault Vehicle fleet.
May 3, 2016 Commandant Says Marine Corps Needs More Sergeants The Marine Corps has a sergeant gap and must work to retain more NCOs, according to Marine Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford.,Marine Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford said Monday that the Corps was in need of a demographic overhaul to boost the number of sergeants and make up for a lack of experienced small unit leadership. The sergeant shortage was a major factor in the reduced state of readiness of Marines based in the U.S.
May 3, 2016 Navy and Marines Maintain Wartime Op Tempo Due to Russia and Mideast The Navy and the Marine Corps on still deploying on a wartime basis despite the drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan.,Emerging crises worldwide have kept the operations tempo of the Navy and the Marines on a wartime pace despite the drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan, the leaders of the Navy and the Marine Corps said Monday.
