The co-chairmen of a commission that reviews the National Defense Strategy have said the lack of stable funding and concept of operations would make it difficult for the strategy to address the threats posed by China and Russia, USNI News reported Wednesday. Gary Roughead, a retired Navy admiral, and diplomat Eric Edelman of the Commission on the National Defense Strategy appeared Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee to discuss the commission’s recommendations.
Read More »Navy’s Strategic Readiness Review Recommends More Training for Surface Warfare Officers
The U.S. Navy has released its strategic readiness review report that includes 26 recommendations the service branch should carry out to address readiness and capability shortfalls, Military.com reported Thursday. The review published Thursday calls for the service branch to restructure career path and provide more training to surface warfare officers …
Read More »Congress Forms National Defense Strategy Advisory Panel
Congress has established a 12-member advisory committee that will be responsible for the assessment of the country’s defense strategy that covers force structure, missions, risks and force posture, Defense News reported Friday. The House and Senate armed services panels formed the Commission on the National Defense Strategy for the U.S. …
Read More »Norton Schwartz: ‘Air-Sea Battle’ Focused on Tactics, Technology
Norton Schwartz, former chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, says the goal of the Pentagon’s Air-Sea Battle operational concept is to learn how to operate against warfare based on new technologies, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. Sydney Freedberg writes the concept emerged in 2008 during conversations between Schwartz and …
Read More »Albright, Cartwright Among Five New Members Named to Defense Policy Board
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and retired Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright are among five new members of the Defense Policy Board, a panel advising top Pentagon officials on matters of defense policy. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta also named Jamie Gorelick, former deputy attorney general and member of the …
Read More »Gates Recommends CNO Successor
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced his recommendation of Navy Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, who currently serves as vice chief of naval operations, to be the next chief of naval operations. Current CNO Navy Adm. Gary Roughead is retiring next fall. Gates’ recommendation is based on Greenert’s “solid portfolio” of …
Read More »CNO Roughead: Navy ‘Irreversibly’ Committed to Social Media
Count Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead among the social media enthusiasts in the government and military. The Navy is “irreversibly” committed to engaging in social media, he said, according to a FierceGovernmentIT report on remarks he made this week at an Institute for Public Relations’ Strategic Communications Summit …
Read More »Chief of Naval Operations: Pentagon ‘Enslaved’ to Acquisition Process
In recent House Appropriations Committee testimony, the now-canceled Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle was held up as a symbol of Pentagon waste by both members of Congress as well as Navy leaders. Rep. Norman Dicks (D-Wash.) said the EFV, which, after years of development and speculation as to its fate was finally …
Read More »ADM Gary Roughead Speaks at 2010 Current Strategy Forum
Chief of Naval Operations ADM Gary Roughead delivered the opening remarks at the 2010 Current Strategy Forum at the Naval War College in Rhode Island. Before heading to Hawaii to meet his Japanese counterpart, Roughead addressed the current status of Naval operations and future issues to come. He explained the …
Read More »Adm. Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Ops, Emphasizes Need for Affordability
During a Service Chiefs’ Panel at the Navy League Sea Air Space 2010 Exposition in Maryland this week, Adm. Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) told the audience that the current pace of operations in the Navy is incredibly busy due to current commitments and pointed to the need …
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