Navy, Marines Struggle To Connect Battle Networks

Navy, Marines Struggle To Connect Battle Networks
Navy, Marines Struggle To Connect Battle Networks

PORTSMOUTH, VA: People tend to think of the Marines as square-jawed jarheads, not tech geeks. But after a decade of wartime investment in network technologies, Marine commanders have acquired lots of high-tech gear — so much so that now they’re returning from long land wars to Navy ships, they can’t always find a place to…

Pacific Strategy: Adm. Locklear ‘Spreads The Theater’

Pacific Strategy: Adm. Locklear ‘Spreads The Theater’
Pacific Strategy: Adm. Locklear ‘Spreads The Theater’

PORTSMOUTH, VA: For decades, America’s Pacific strategy has focused on the northeast corner of that vast theater, with major forces and bases in Korea and Japan. But as economies boom and tensions rise in Southeast Asia, the Pentagon has played catch-up, deploying more forces to Australia, Singapore, and Guam. At a conference here last week, the…

CNO to Hill: Reprogram By January Or Programs ‘Paralyzed’

CNO to Hill: Reprogram By January Or Programs ‘Paralyzed’
CNO to Hill: Reprogram By January Or Programs ‘Paralyzed’

PORTSMOUTH, VA:  Go ahead and cut our budget across the board if you really have to. But please, then give us authority to move money around to save our top priorities — and give it to us soon. That’s the message, in a nutshell, from the Navy’s top officer. [Editorial note: Just to be clear,…

Marines, Navy Reach Out To Army, Air Force For Expeditionary Warfare

Marines, Navy Reach Out To Army, Air Force For Expeditionary Warfare
Marines, Navy Reach Out To Army, Air Force For Expeditionary Warfare

PORTSMOUTH, VA: This is a Navy town, just minutes from the massive Atlantic Fleet base at Norfolk. But when Navy and Marine Corps leaders convened here yesterday for their annual conference on expeditionary warfare, traditionally a Navy-Marine affair, they reached out to the other services in unprecedented ways. Message No. 1: After 12 years of…