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“We are in our most dangerous decade right now with the geopolitical threats we face,” said Vice Adm. Bill Houston, commander of submarine forces.

"What is our true capability and capacity?" Rear Adm. Jonathan Rucker said. "If we make the assumption that we've never going to get better, the answer is we don't have enough [shipyards]. But we're doing a lot of stuff" to improve the service's infrastructure in the meantime.

A Rolls-Royce facility has opened in Mississippi to build propellers for the Navy. They partnered with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College to create an apprenticeship program

A standing ovation marked the grand opening of a multi-million dollar facility on Mississippi's Gulf Coast to build propellers for the U.S. Navy.

The 26,000 square-foot facility to build propellers for the U.S. Navy opened with a ceremony in Pascagoula on Thursday.

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) — A standing ovation marked the grand opening of a multi-million dollar facility on Mississippis Gulf Coast to build propellers for the U.S. Navy.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Less than a third of the Navy’s attack submarines have made it out of maintenance on time in the last decade as demand for the boats remain high, the head of Naval Sea Systems Command said on Wednesday. “We’re really struggling to get submarines out on time. Over the last ten […]