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President Joe Biden has nominated new commanders to lead U.S. Submarine Forces and U.S. 2nd Fleet, the Pentagon announced last week. Rear Adm. Robert Gaucher is up for a third star and to serve as the commander of Naval Submarine Forces. If confirmed, Gaucher would be tripled-hatted as the commander of Submarine Force, Atlantic and […]

The White House has nominated the next admiral to oversee shipbuilding and repair, the next Air Boss and the next admiral in charge of naval education, the Department of Defense announced this week. Rear Adm. Daniel Cheever was nominated for a third star and to command Naval Air Forces, as well as to lead Naval […]

The 36th Annual IWV Economic Outlook Conference will be moving to the Desert Empire Fairgrounds this year only on Thursday, Feb. 23. Normally held at the Kerr McGee Center, this

VT: Real combat experience? Gays fight far better than hillbilly's. This was observed in Vietnam where gays in the Marine Corps peppered the most elite units. As always, certain details on US Navy vessels were always "gay only," a tradition that had gone on for a century or more.

6 Rear Adm. Christopher Alexander, a native of Key West, Fla., assumed command of Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), headquartered in San Diego, May 10th without a change of command ceremony due to his predecessor being transferred ahead of Alexander’s arrival to fill an urgent operational role. Prior to SMWDC, Alexander was most recently the Commanding Officer of Surface Warfare Schools Command located onboard Naval Station Newport, R.I. Alexander ...

Vice Adm. Jeff Hughes is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and a 1988 graduate of Duke University with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He graduated with distinction from the Naval War College in 2008 receiving a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies. He was designated a naval aviator in September 1989 and has flown MH-60R and SH-60B Seahawk helicopters throughout his career. Hughes’ operational assignments include initial squadron and detachment officer...

Johnston (DD-557). 1 Declaring to his new crew and guests, “This is going to be a fighting ship,” he motioned toward the bunting-draped destroyer and added, “I intend to go in harm’s way, and anyone who doesn’t want to go along had better get off right now.” He continued resolutely, “I will never again retreat from an enemy force.”  In recognition of his valiant spirit and heroism in fighting his ship until she sank in the Battle off Samar on 25 October 1944, Evans posthumously...

New Naval Strategy Zeroes in on China as Biggest Long-Term Threat to the US The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) and U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mellon (WHEC 717) pass each other during a surface gunfire exercise on July 12, 2010. The ships were participating in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Singapore 2010, a series of bilateral exercises held annually in Southeast Asia to strengthen relationships and enhance force readiness. (U.S. Navy photo by M...