Like some of the senior sailors who walk its deckplates, the USS Blue Ridge did a little weightlifting recently to stave off the physical decline that sometimes comes with getting…
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Navy Hopes Increased Funding Keeps Its Ships in Shape Longer
April 9, 2012 • In the News • Original: Stars and Stripes
Being ‘Army Strong’ Gets Weak Backing With Obama’s Strategy
April 8, 2012 • In the News • Original: Washington Times
The Army is coming out of a decade of war beat up and strapped for cash/…/ After spending huge amounts of money on equipment to fight terrorists, the Army has…
Sequestration Could Be Left To Lame-Duck U.S. Congress
April 7, 2012 • In the News • Original: Defense News
Between now and Jan. 2, when automatic spending cuts are set to slash up to $54 billion from the Pentagon’s 2013 budget, there is only one date that truly matters:…
China’s Military Rise: A Rare Look Inside the World’s Biggest Military Expansion
April 6, 2012 • In the News • Original: the Economist
/…/That China is rapidly modernising its armed forces is not in doubt, though there is disagreement about what the true spending figure is. China’s defence budget has almost certainly experienced…
Six Bidders Begin Slugging Out Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Competition
April 2, 2012 • In the News • Source: Inside Defense
A field of six industry competitors has officially begun to compete for one of the last major vehicle modernization contracts left in the wake of the Army’s approaching era of…