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Budget glass is more than half full for Navy, Marine Corps
Navy and Marine Corps officials are upbeat about how they'll fare under the current round of budget cuts. Navy Department officials said the strategy DoD developed following the passage of the Budget Control Act aligns perfectly with the capabilities of the maritime services.
Tags: DoD , Navy , Marine Corps , budget , Budget Control Act , sequestration , Robert Work , Buck McKeon ,
Tighter budget inspires services to rethink their workforce
With less money to work with, the military services has to think creatively in order to deploy its shrinking workforce.
Tags: David Van Buren , DoD , Navy , Marine Corps , Air Force , acquisition , contracting , workforce , Federal Drive , acquisition workforce , Michael OConnell
Mandatory breathalyzer tests coming to Navy, Marine Corps
The alcohol screening program is part of a sweeping realignment of personnel and readiness programs in the Department of the Navy.
Tags: DoD , Navy , USMC , Jonathan Greenert , workforce , Jared Serbu , alcohol , marijuana , 21st Century Sailor and Marine , readiness
Navy plan to move carrier from Va. to Fla. on hold
The Navy's plans to move an aircraft carrier from Virginia to Florida are on hold for at least five years, but the two states will likely see a shuffling of some other military ships.
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Navy names ship for former congresswoman Giffords
In a ceremony at the Pentagon, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus unveiled an artist's rendering of the USS Gabrielle Giffords to honor former congresswoman.
Tags: DoD , Navy , Gabrielle Giffords , Congress , House
Did White House consider ousting Chu at Energy?
Top officials at the White House circulated a plan calling for the ouster of Energy Secretary Steven Chu and other top Energy Department officials as the administration braced for a political storm brewing over the failing solar energy company Solyndra
Tags: Carol Browner , Energy , Steven Chu , Solyndra , Pete Rouse ,
Navy takes lifecycle view of energy costs in acquisitions
The Navy is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to find alternatives to fossil fuels. A parallel effort aims to engrain energy efficiency into the way the service buys the ships and planes it will own for the next few decades.
Tags: DoD , Energy , Navy , alternative energy , acquisition , acquisition policy , jim thomsen , jo decker , terry blake , green government , Jared Serbu , DoD Report
Defense puts green in its blueprints
Contractors building facilities for the Navy and Marine Corps have to offer up some green elements in their blueprints. WFED's Jared Serbu reports.
Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , Green building , Navy , Marine Corps , Jared Serbu , LEED , biofuel , Suzanne Kubota , BRAC
DoD, Energy to fund new hybrid energy research
The Defense and Energy departments will team up on a pair of multimillion dollar research projects. The goal is to give the military access to secure, reliable renewable energy, both in deployed units and on military bases.
Tags: DoD , DoE , ARPA-E , Quadrennial Defense Review , Navy , energy efficiency , Renewable energy , DoD budget , Mike McCord , Jared Serbu
Navy's Mabus: No plans for more BRAC closings in 2015
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said there are no plans in place for Base Realignment and Closure starting in 2015.
Tags: BRAC , DoD , John Kerry , Buck McKeon , John Buckner
