NCC Harsh

The news was almost predictable. For yet another year, auditors have found that America’s new weapons aren’t being delivered on time. “DOD plans to invest over $2.4 trillion to develop and acquire its costliest weapon programs,” according to the Government Accountability Office’s 2026 annual report on major defense acquisition programs, or MDAP. “Schedule delays persisted across MDAPs, signaling o...[Read More]

The U.S. Navy on Monday called off its search for a sailor who disappeared after the helicopter they were aboard made an emergency landing in the Arabian Sea, the service said. The aircrewman went missing Wednesday after their MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the USS George H.W. Bush, went down at 3:30 a.m. EDT. The helicopter contained three other crew members who were successfully rescued...[Read More]

The United States deepened its commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific this week as U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and U.S. Marine Corps forces joined maritime partners from Thailand and Canada in Sattahip to open the 32nd iteration of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand 2026, July 6.

The Fourth of July and the signing of the Declaration of Independence severed ties with Great Britain and thus receives its due attention. But it was on July 5, 1776, that the former colonials got down to the nuts-and-bolts of governing and winning a war. One of the first orders of business that day for members of the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia was getting cooking kettles ...[Read More]

NEW YORK — The U.S. Navy announced the official start of the International Naval Review (INR) 250 today, launching the nation’s largest maritime celebration in decades to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States.

The United States has withdrawn most of the forces it deployed for a recent operation against Islamic State militants in Nigeria and is now providing intelligence support at Abuja’s request, the head of U.S. Africa Command said. In May, U.S. and Nigerian forces conducted military operations in northeastern Nigeria that killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the second-in-command of ISIS globally. That follow...[Read More]

Seven African navies are represented in New York as International Naval Review 250 gets underway, putting African ships, sailors and senior leaders at the center of America’s 250th anniversary maritime celebration—and showing the reach of partnerships that connect security across the Atlantic.

The U.S. Navy announced on Thursday that the service reached its fiscal 2026 goal of contracting 45,000 future sailors to man the fleet, continuing a trend over the past several years of successfully meeting its enlistment needs. The service reached its goal three months early, according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, after accomplishing the same feat in fiscal 2025. “Today’s Navy is stronger ...[Read More]

Vietnam War veterans are pushing back against the use of an “Honor and Remember” flag because of its resemblance to the Bolshevik Communist flag and the flag flown by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Vietnam Veterans of America, a national veterans service organization, argued Thursday that the flag “cannot serve as a positive symbol” for veterans who fought against communism. The flag shows a ...[Read More]

The U.S. Navy has contracted 45,000 future Sailors, achieving its Fiscal Year 2026 recruiting

For one U.S. Army soldier-turned-contractor, the lure of a processed lemon poppy seed poundcake seemingly proved too tempting to resist. Joseph Lavar Davis, 47, was convicted of stealing over $1.1 million worth of the military’s pre-packaged Meals-Ready-to-Eat, or MREs, in El Paso, Texas, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas, said Tuesday, in a scheme involving three other co-defe...[Read More]