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Special operators set to pick light machine gun in new caliber
The .338 caliber has been adopted for sniper use. This is its debut in machine guns.
By Todd South
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Without change, US Navy’s future fleet looks too ambitious for industry
For industry to execute the plans in the Future Years Defense Program, major improvements will have to take place.
By Theo Egan
House appropriators would protect three of four littoral combat ships
House appropriators ripped a proposal to decommission four littoral combat ships contained in President Joe Biden’s Pentagon budget request for next year as “a misuse of taxpayer funds.”
Navy to chart new course after rash of problems
The CNO insists the Navy is now on a “positive trajectory,” but it will have to rebuild confidence under congressional scrutiny as it prepares a new strategic plan.
US Navy’s top officer applauds workforce at Bath Iron Works
The shipyard builds destroyers, the workhorse of the Navy fleet.
Sea power backers propose $25 billion to fix US shipyards
The introduction of the 11-page Shipyard Act comes after President Joe Biden proposed a $2.25 trillion infrastructure package and Republicans made a $568 billion counteroffer.
By Joe Gould
OPM places senior position applications on hold
Applications for the Senior Executive Service may face delays as the Office of Personnel Management has placed a hold on a final step in the hiring process.
By Jessie Bur
Best pics of the week: Jan. 3, 2021
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout across the military, soldiers and Marines participate in joint live-fire exercise and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Best pics of the week: Dec. 13, 2020
Recruits work together during the Crucible at Parris Island, paratroopers train in Syria, Santa appears with the Blue Angels and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Shipbuilders approve 3-year pact, ending monthslong strike at Bath Iron Works
A 63-day strike at Bath Iron Works — against the backdrop of a pandemic in an election year — came to an end Sunday with shipbuilders voting to return to their jobs producing warships for the United States Navy.
Return to work plans ‘endanger’ federal workers, senators say
Four senators representing the states surrounding Washington, D.C. have called federal return to work plans unsafe and premature in the wake of new COVID-19 numbers.
By Jessie Bur
Marine helicopter ditches large steel target in ocean off Okinawa
No Marines were injured and the cause of the incident is still under investigation.
By Philip Athey