Biden Budget Forces Navy To Cut Construction of High-Tech Ships, Internal Memo Reveals
Defense cuts will likely mean fewer nuclear weapons, warships Navy fighters / Getty Images Jack Beyrer • June 9, 2021 12:10 pm
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A dwindling budget will force the Navy to cut construction of next-generation warships and weapons, according to a memo by acting secretary Thomas W. Harker.
The memo, which was first obtained by
USNI News on Tuesday, warned that constraints on defense dollars will leave the Navy in a position in which it cannot afford to build advanced platforms, many of which could prove crucial in confronting China. The memo specifically identifies sea-launched nuclear cruise missiles as ripe for cuts and says the Navy will have to choose to build either a destroyer, a submarine, or a fighter jet. The cuts will prevent the branch from building all three at the same time.
Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County under review for name change
Fort Belvoir under review for name change
Fort Belvoir in Virginia is among the four U.S. army installations are being considered for name changes by the Pentagon s renaming commission.
WASHINGTON - Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia is among several U.S. army installations being considered for a name change by the Pentagon s Confederate renaming commission.
According to the MilitaryTimes.com, the commission is looking not just at locations and things named after individual Confederates – but is considering anything that was named to honor the Confederacy.
Belvoir was originally the name of a plantation on which the post now sits. It was called Fort A.A. Humphreys when it became an Army installation in 1917 and went back to Belvoir in 1935 at the request of a Virginia congressman who wanted to recognize the historical plantation, the report says.
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National Guard Troops Deployed After Capitol Riot to Return Home Sunday – Report
Controversial mission expected to wrap up by May 23
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Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby declared on Wednesday that thousands of National Guard troops who were deployed to protect the US Capitol after the violent insurrection will be heading back home this weekend, as their mission is expected to wrap up by May 23.
“We have received no request to extend [the stay of troops in the nation’s capital],” Kirby told reporters at the Pentagon.
There were about 5,200 National Guard troops deployed around the White House after the Capitol uproar on January 6. As of Wednesday, the number of National Guards has dropped to 2,149.