Analysis places ship-building budget 19% higher than Navy’s estimate
The Congressional Budget Office’s new report on the Navy’s fiscal year 2013 shipbuilding plan. Read the report: Navy shipbuilding report july2012
View ArticleAssociated Press needs military reporters and copy editors
When writing from a U.S. naval station, the correct dateline is “Naval Station (name of location). Note to AP editors: The Air Force calls them bases; the Navy calls them “stations.” In the case below,...
View ArticleKnow your Western Pacific from your Eastern Pacific
A story in the Nov. 27, 2012 U-T San Diego (formerly the San Diego Union-Tribune) reports the frigate USS Vandegrift is returning to San Diego, and will be decommissioned in January. The reporter also...
View ArticleUT-San Diego slipping in its military coverage
I’m not sure what’s happened with the coverage of the military at the Pacific’s Navy Town paper, the U-T San Diego, but it has certainly slipped in recent months in accurately covering the military....
View ArticleNavy uniform ‘will burn robustly until it is consumed’
According to a notice from the Navy’s Fleet Forces Command the Navy Working Uniform is not fire resistant. After a test was conducted Nov. 15, the Navy said the uniform “will burn robustly until...
View ArticleNavy graphically shows sequestratian hit
The Navy outlined its plan to reduce its budget, as well as show what sequestration will look like in the following PDF file. 122880292-Navy-Sequestration-Guidelines
View ArticleThe Navy’s convention on naming ships
A report to Congress on how the Navy names its ships. Navy naming conventions
View ArticleNavy and Postal Service change mailing instructions; what could go wrong?
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View ArticleTwo San Diego-based crew member possibly lost at sea
The Navy has discontinued its search for two crew members of an MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter crash today. Navy officials said that given the time elapsed since the incident, aircrew survivability was...
View ArticleUSS Freedom celebrates 5 years of problems
The Littoral Combat Ship USS Freedom’s crew cut cake Nov. 8 in Singapore celebrating its fifth year of being commissioned. Two days later, the mechanically plagued ship was still sitting dockside...
View ArticleStyle tip: Navy aid to The Philippines
When writing about the aircraft carrier, USS George Washington, supporting relief efforts in The Philippines, drop the standard PAO response that it carries “more than 80 planes.” Many of those...
View ArticleNavy releases retention study; LCS, F-35 get negative reviews
The Navy released its 2014 Retention Study to better understand the current perceptions of U.S. Navy sailors. Specifically, what impacts their decision-making when deciding to remain in uniformed...
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