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WASHINGTON, D.C. – A year after Hurricane Michael hit Florida’s panhandle, labor shortages in the region are causing the Coast Guard’s $10.5-billion high-priority Offshore Patrol Cutter program to fall 12 months behind schedule and be at risk of running over budget. The Coast Guard’s solution is to modify the original contract. Eastern Shipbuilding Group, the […]

The Navy last week took another step foward in its transition to the next-generation fleet of logistics aircraft to support its carrier strike groups. The service established Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Wing 1, or COMVRMWING, at a ceremony on Oct. 10 at Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado. Vice Adm. DeWolfe Miller, who commands Naval […]

The new chief of naval operations will soon release his first document outlining his vision for the Navy, after spending the last two months listening to admirals and deckplate sailors alike about readiness and manpower issues. Adm. Mike Gilday, speaking to USNI News by phone while in Rota, Spain, said he had traveled to visit […]