Questions loom as to whether existing ship priorities and a new ship design will be funded, floating and fighting in time to keep the Corps relevant. The Corps needs both big and small ships for maritime combat. Aviators first reported green glow was an issue on the F-35 in 2012. Remembrance at the Pentagon, sailors over Sicily, Lightnings in Toronto and more in this weeks Frontline Photos. The sailor also pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition on base, as well as larceny. The guided-missile cruiser was undergoing a maintenance and modernization availability in Norfolk, Virginia, when "a small fire" broke out Wednesday. The final list will be dictated by the defense bill lawmakers pass in the coming months. Supporters say naming a ship for Telesforo Trinidad would honor not just the only Asian American in the U.S. Navy granted the nation’s highest award for valor, but the tens of thousands of Filipinos and Americans of Filipino descent who have served in the U.S. Navy since 1901. The combination could help the Marines' ship-sinking problem. How is the Navy going to replace its 22 Ticonderoga-class cruisers, the air defense ships that each pack 122 vertical-launching missile cells? By David B. Larter
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