From Breaking Defense: 355-Ship Navy Takes At Least 18 Years: CBO

President Trump and the US Navy want a 355-ship fleet, but even if you double shipbuilding budgets compared to historic levels, it can’t be done...

From Defense News: Missile submarine joins US naval ‘armada’ in Korea

WASHINGTON — It may not be “far more powerful than the aircraft carrier” — as President Trump said in a recent interview, but a well-armed...

From the Associated Press: Women in the military: US Navy redesigning its submarines

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Every submarine in the U.S. fleet was designed with the height, reach and strength of men in mind, from the way...

From Politico: How Trump Can Build a 350-Ship Navy

When President Donald Trump wanted to send a message to North Korea, he did it the old-fashioned way: by sending the USS Carl Vinson—a Nimitz-class...

From the Day: Submarine force makes birthday wish: more boats

Groton —  From one to 70. That’s one measure of how far the submarine force has come. Tuesday marked 117 years since the Navy purchased...

From the Norwich Bulletin: Submarine force, the ‘sword and shield’ of the sea, celebrates 117th birthday

GROTON — Having served on five submarines in his 20-year career, Navy veteran Chuck Norris, of Norwich, has a fierce loyalty to the “silent service,”...

From Inside Defense: Proposed Navy shipbuilding plan adds 23 ships in five years

The Navy recently sent Defense Secretary Jim Mattis an accelerated shipbuilding plan that would build an additional 23 ships, at a cost of $61.8 billion,...

From the United States Naval Institute News: Navy, Marines Continue to Warn of the Perils of A Continuing Resolution

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Navy and Marine Corps leadership issued full-voiced warnings against extending a continuing resolution funding measure and implored Congress to pass a Fiscal...

From The Day: Submarine program on ‘knife-edge timeline,’ needs stable funding, officials say

The head of U.S. Strategic Command warned early this week of the “precipitous risk” in the next decade as the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines reach...

From the Daily Press: Navy leaders describe budget gridlock fallout

Navy ship maintenance would drop, readiness would suffer and stress on sailors would ratchet up if federal budget gridlock drags far into 2017, Navy leaders...