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USS Stout helps injured cargo ship crew member
The hurt crew member had suffered injuries from a hot fuel oil spill.
By Diana Stancy
House appropriators advance $706 billion defense spending bill
The House Appropriations Committee has approved a $706 billion defense spending bill for fiscal 2022 over the objections of panel Republicans.
By Joe Gould
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.”
Best pics of the week: July 11, 2021
Fireworks over a Hercules, soldiers fire mortars, Marine recruits in San Diego, and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Best pics of the week: July 4, 2021
The 31st MEU in the Philippine Sea, soldiers at the Infantry Advanced Leaders Course, Air Force maintainers at Red Flag-Alaska, Navy submariners in the Pacific and more in this week’s Frontline Photos
Democratic appropriators want to spend more on weapons procurement than Biden
House appropriators proposed $1.7 billion more for weapons procurement and $1.6 billion less for development and testing of cutting-edge technologies meant to deter China.
By Joe Gould
China denounces US-Australian navy drills as muscle flexing
China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said the two countries should “do things that are conducive to regional peace and stability, instead of flexing their muscles.”
If Congress can find the money, the US Navy would like another new destroyer this year
The Navy asked for just one destroyer in its budget request, despite having contracts in place to buy two destroyers a year. But it really wants the second DDG if Congress can find the money, the Navy said in a second document today.
Wreck of USS Johnston discovered 77 years after its sinking at the Battle of Leyte Gulf
Of the 327-man crew, only 141 survived that day.
US, Belgium, France and Japan hold Mideast naval exercise
The Group Arabian Sea Warfare Exercise will see ships from the four countries conduct drills in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman.
Guided-missile destroyer Russell conducts FONOP in South China Sea by Spratly Islands
“Unlawful and sweeping maritime claims in the South China Sea pose a serious threat to the freedom of the sea," the 7th Fleet said.
By Diana Stancy