With Gen. Smith hospitalized, a 3-star is in command of Marine Corps
The Marine Corps lacks a confirmed assistant commandant due to ongoing gridlock in the Senate.
Strategic forces commission stops short of endorsing controversial SLCM-N program
The panel's leaders described the need for a capability similar to the Navy research program, but declined to pick "winners and losers," its chairwoman said.
4 of 5 last Marines ARG-MEU deployments were delayed: Official
Pending legislation in the Senate aims to force the Navy and Marine Corps to have 24 amphibs "operationally available" on any given day.
Lawmakers rev up support for Marine Corps’ Force Design 2030 in letter to appropriators
The full-throated support by Armed Services Committee lawmakers could foreshadow Force Design 2030's future when its biggest proponent leaves the Marine Corps.
Congress lags in setting up its own ‘future navy’ panel
The commission was supposed to be up and running by March, but that deadline came and went. Only three of eight members have been announced.
‘What goes around comes around’: Reed warns GOP on military holds long-term impact
“[It could become] a real waste of time and resource if every nominee for any political position is held up, but made all the more nonsensical in that uniformed service members do not set policy,” said CNAS senior fellow Katherine Kuzminski.
EXCLUSIVE: Reed, Inhofe warn Biden AUKUS risks becoming ‘zero sum game’ for US Navy
"We are concerned that what was initially touted as a 'do no harm' opportunity to support Australia and the United Kingdom and build long-term competitive advantages for the U.S. and its Pacific allies, may be turning into a zero-sum game for scarce, highly advanced U.S. SSNs," wrote the SASC heads.