Category: Navy
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New GAO report highlights sorry condition of Navy amphibious warfare ships
New GAO report highlights sorry condition of Navy amphibious warfare ships A new U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finds that sixteen out of the 32 ships in the Navy’s amphibious warfare ship fleet are considered to be in “poor material condition” by the service’s own standards. Amphibious warfare ships are critical for Marine Corps…
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Op-Ed: The degradation and recovery of U.S. shipbuilding
Op-Ed: The degradation and recovery of U.S. shipbuilding by Ted Williams, president of Senesco Marine LLC Global maritime supremacy has been a cornerstone of our national security for decades. However, today, we have not only lost this supremacy, we are not even close to being able to regain it if needed. We are a nation…