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Today I testified before the House Armed Services Committee on the Navy's priorities and challenges. I will always be honest about the problems we face and clear about the solutions we need. We remain the top naval power, but rivals are closing fast. We must adapt to stay ahead.

Today I testified before the House Armed Services Committee on the Navy's priorities and challenges. I will always be honest about the problems we face and clear about the solutions we need. We remain the top naval power, but rivals are closing fast. We must adapt to stay ahead.

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Visited Navy Rugby this afternoon to share a couple of special messages from friends and legends Francois Pienaar and Siya Kolisi before they took on Lindenwood Rugby. Our @navalacademy Middies left it on the field, unfortunately came up short. Next time. #GoNavy

Visited Navy Rugby this afternoon to share a couple of special messages from friends and legends Francois Pienaar and Siya Kolisi before they took on Lindenwood Rugby. Our @navalacademy Middies left it on the field, unfortunately came up short. Next time. #GoNavy

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It was an honor to administer the oath of enlistment to future Sailors and Marines aboard USS Bataan. Our Sailors and Marines are the reason we have the strongest U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines in the world! #FleetWeekMiami

It was an honor to administer the oath of enlistment to future Sailors and Marines aboard USS Bataan. Our Sailors and Marines are the reason we have the strongest U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines in the world! #FleetWeekMiami

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I'd like to introduce Kristina Wong, my new Director of Communications and Chief Spokesperson for the Department of the Navy. Welcome aboard!
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I'd like to introduce Kristina Wong, my new Director of Communications and Chief Spokesperson for the Department of the Navy. Welcome aboard!

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3,370,591 views • 1 year ago

Our work with Department of Government Efficiency to root out waste and inefficiency continues.
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Our work with Department of Government Efficiency to root out waste and inefficiency continues.

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2,150,735 views • 1 year ago

From day one I made it clear: I won’t spend a dollar if it doesn’t strengthen readiness or our ability to win. To keep that promise, we’re reshaping how we build and field the Fleet—working with industry to deliver warfighting advantage, beginning with a strategic shift away from the Constellation-class frigate program.
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From day one I made it clear: I won’t spend a dollar if it doesn’t strengthen readiness or our ability to win. To keep that promise, we’re reshaping how we build and field the Fleet—working with industry to deliver warfighting advantage, beginning with a strategic shift away from the Constellation-class frigate program.

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897,732 views • 10 months ago

Today it gives me great pleasure to terminate all Department of the Navy's testing on cats and dogs, ending these inhumane practices and saving taxpayer dollars. This is long overdue. I commend President Donald J. Trump, @SecDef and Department of Government Efficiency for bringing this to light.
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Today it gives me great pleasure to terminate all Department of the Navy's testing on cats and dogs, ending these inhumane practices and saving taxpayer dollars. This is long overdue. I commend President Donald J. Trump, @SecDef and Department of Government Efficiency for bringing this to light.

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1,367,136 views • 1 year ago

I am proud to announce that we have met our Fiscal Year 2025 recruiting goal three months ahead of schedule. A total of 40,600 future Sailors have stepped up to serve in our U.S. Navy. This achievement reflects the courage of those who choose a life of honor and commitment in defense of our nation. Thank you to President Donald J. Trump and @SecDef for your leadership. Your support has been instrumental in strengthening our U.S. Navy and ensuring its readiness for the challenges ahead.
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I am proud to announce that we have met our Fiscal Year 2025 recruiting goal three months ahead of schedule. A total of 40,600 future Sailors have stepped up to serve in our U.S. Navy. This achievement reflects the courage of those who choose a life of honor and commitment in defense of our nation. Thank you to President Donald J. Trump and @SecDef for your leadership. Your support has been instrumental in strengthening our U.S. Navy and ensuring its readiness for the challenges ahead.

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1,077,461 views • 1 year ago

BREAKING: As Secretary of the Navy, I'm focused on ensuring accountability, cutting waste and strengthening our fighting forces. Today, I'm canceling IT contracts that are ineffective and over-budget. I'm also canceling 45 grants and awards funding non-essential activities like studying the “population consequences of the disturbance of humpback whales in the context of climate change.” By eliminating this waste, we will save almost $300 million. I commend the DOGE team for finding these opportunities to help save the Navy and increase our readiness and war-fighting capability. Stay tuned — there’s more to come.
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BREAKING: As Secretary of the Navy, I'm focused on ensuring accountability, cutting waste and strengthening our fighting forces. Today, I'm canceling IT contracts that are ineffective and over-budget. I'm also canceling 45 grants and awards funding non-essential activities like studying the “population consequences of the disturbance of humpback whales in the context of climate change.” By eliminating this waste, we will save almost $300 million. I commend the DOGE team for finding these opportunities to help save the Navy and increase our readiness and war-fighting capability. Stay tuned — there’s more to come.

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900,599 views • 1 year ago

Today I am rescinding the Biden Administration’s Navy Climate Action 2030 program. We need to focus on having a lethal and ready naval force, unimpeded by ideologically motivated regulations. Our goal is Peace through Strength.
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Today I am rescinding the Biden Administration’s Navy Climate Action 2030 program. We need to focus on having a lethal and ready naval force, unimpeded by ideologically motivated regulations. Our goal is Peace through Strength.

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601,322 views • 1 year ago

Prototype to production in under 12 months. The Saronic OTA proves how we’ll build a hybrid manned–unmanned Fleet: open competition, real contracts, real hardware for Sailors and Marines not slides. This is now the standard.
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Prototype to production in under 12 months. The Saronic OTA proves how we’ll build a hybrid manned–unmanned Fleet: open competition, real contracts, real hardware for Sailors and Marines not slides. This is now the standard.

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266,223 views • 9 months ago

I have directed a new Frigate class as part of President Donald J. Trump Golden Fleet. Built on a proven American design, in American shipyards, with an American supply chain, this effort is focused on one outcome: delivering combat power to the Fleet fast.
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I have directed a new Frigate class as part of President Donald J. Trump Golden Fleet. Built on a proven American design, in American shipyards, with an American supply chain, this effort is focused on one outcome: delivering combat power to the Fleet fast.

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253,780 views • 9 months ago

.U.S. Navy BBG(X) is built for the fight ahead—and designed for producibility. No commander should have to choose between air defense, ASW, ASuW, or long-range strike. This platform delivers all of it—at the highest level. Battlegroups will integrate unmanned systems, embarked staff elements, layered defenses, and high-speed long-range fires. The next-generation battleship anchors the high end of the Fleet of the Future and delivers decisive combat power from the 2030s into the next century.
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.U.S. Navy BBG(X) is built for the fight ahead—and designed for producibility. No commander should have to choose between air defense, ASW, ASuW, or long-range strike. This platform delivers all of it—at the highest level. Battlegroups will integrate unmanned systems, embarked staff elements, layered defenses, and high-speed long-range fires. The next-generation battleship anchors the high end of the Fleet of the Future and delivers decisive combat power from the 2030s into the next century.

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145,088 views • 5 months ago

We are fundamentally reshaping how the Navy builds and fields its Fleet. Today, I’m taking the second major step in that effort: selecting the design for our Medium Landing Ship, an operationally driven, fiscally disciplined choice that puts capability in the Fleet on a responsible timeline.
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We are fundamentally reshaping how the Navy builds and fields its Fleet. Today, I’m taking the second major step in that effort: selecting the design for our Medium Landing Ship, an operationally driven, fiscally disciplined choice that puts capability in the Fleet on a responsible timeline.

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255,650 views • 9 months ago

A day that lives in infamy. December 7, 1941, changed America forever. We honor the 2,403 fallen at Pearl Harbor and the Sailors and Marines who refused to yield; the grit that forged a Fleet that still stands watch, ready and relentless.
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A day that lives in infamy. December 7, 1941, changed America forever. We honor the 2,403 fallen at Pearl Harbor and the Sailors and Marines who refused to yield; the grit that forged a Fleet that still stands watch, ready and relentless.

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241,626 views • 9 months ago

The future Trump Class Battleship USS DEFIANT will be the largest, deadliest, most versatile, and best-looking warship anywhere on the world’s oceans. I want to thank President Donald J. Trump for his vision to make this game-changing capability a reality for America’s Navy.
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The future Trump Class Battleship USS DEFIANT will be the largest, deadliest, most versatile, and best-looking warship anywhere on the world’s oceans. I want to thank President Donald J. Trump for his vision to make this game-changing capability a reality for America’s Navy.

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163,932 views • 9 months ago

USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. is the first warship to bear the name of a Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient—Col. Harvey C. Barnum Jr. whose actions in the Que Son Valley during Operation Harvest Moon set the standard for leadership under fire. This is not symbolism. This is combat power. And today, she joins something bigger. Under President Donald J. Trump Golden Fleet, we are rebuilding American maritime dominance, putting more hulls in the water, faster, strengthening the industrial base, and ensuring we are ready to fight and win today, tomorrow, and beyond. Harvey C. Barnum Jr. honors a warrior and delivers the kind of seapower that both deters war and wins. Naval Surface Forces U.S. Navy U.S. Marines
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USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. is the first warship to bear the name of a Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient—Col. Harvey C. Barnum Jr. whose actions in the Que Son Valley during Operation Harvest Moon set the standard for leadership under fire. This is not symbolism. This is combat power. And today, she joins something bigger. Under President Donald J. Trump Golden Fleet, we are rebuilding American maritime dominance, putting more hulls in the water, faster, strengthening the industrial base, and ensuring we are ready to fight and win today, tomorrow, and beyond. Harvey C. Barnum Jr. honors a warrior and delivers the kind of seapower that both deters war and wins. Naval Surface Forces U.S. Navy U.S. Marines

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100,687 views • 5 months ago

After pulling 6 Gs in the backseat of an F/A-18 with an elite Top Gun instructor pilot, I have a newfound perspective: you realize there’s NOWHERE left for our enemies to hide. Our Naval aviators hunt and eliminate enemy threats, with every sortie, a lethal promise kept. LT, great flight, heck of a ride. 250 years of our U.S. Navy & U.S. Marines
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After pulling 6 Gs in the backseat of an F/A-18 with an elite Top Gun instructor pilot, I have a newfound perspective: you realize there’s NOWHERE left for our enemies to hide. Our Naval aviators hunt and eliminate enemy threats, with every sortie, a lethal promise kept. LT, great flight, heck of a ride. 250 years of our U.S. Navy & U.S. Marines

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135,673 views • 11 months ago

I cannot overstate President Donald J. Trump engagement in revitalizing our shipbuilding industry. He knows that to be a superpower, one must be a seapower. He sees shipbuilding as a pillar of American sovereignty and of our very way of life and he has given me every resource needed to bring it back. Today, as we commission the USS Pierre, we close one proud chapter in shipbuilding and begin another in our U.S. Navy’s story. One built on those very resources and the renewed momentum this administration has created. Naval Surface Forces Donald J. Trump
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I cannot overstate President Donald J. Trump engagement in revitalizing our shipbuilding industry. He knows that to be a superpower, one must be a seapower. He sees shipbuilding as a pillar of American sovereignty and of our very way of life and he has given me every resource needed to bring it back. Today, as we commission the USS Pierre, we close one proud chapter in shipbuilding and begin another in our U.S. Navy’s story. One built on those very resources and the renewed momentum this administration has created. Naval Surface Forces Donald J. Trump

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122,336 views • 10 months ago

WHEELS DOWN: Just landed at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, Hawaii. Thank you for the warm welcome, U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. Koehler.
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WHEELS DOWN: Just landed at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, Hawaii. Thank you for the warm welcome, U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. Koehler.

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183,306 views • 1 year ago

Hey, Secretary of the Army enjoy.
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Hey, Secretary of the Army enjoy.

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107,861 views • 9 months ago

Born at Tun Tavern in 1775, Marines have fought the toughest battles, from Montezuma to Fallujah. The character of war changes but the character of our U.S. Marines does not. Today’s Marines are writing the next chapter. Honoring 250 years.
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Born at Tun Tavern in 1775, Marines have fought the toughest battles, from Montezuma to Fallujah. The character of war changes but the character of our U.S. Marines does not. Today’s Marines are writing the next chapter. Honoring 250 years.

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126,087 views • 11 months ago

The future fight isn’t manned or unmanned—it’s both, integrated and acting interchangeably. High-end platforms that command and endure anchor the force. But wars are won by speed, iterating in real time, and scaling combat power without delay. That’s why we are building a true high-low mix of frigates, small surface combatants, and fully integrated unmanned systems. Paired with platforms like the new frigate and MUSVs, we’re expanding sensing, distributing targeting, and increasing fires—without locking capability into a single hull. This is how we maintain control of the seas and project power where it matters.
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The future fight isn’t manned or unmanned—it’s both, integrated and acting interchangeably. High-end platforms that command and endure anchor the force. But wars are won by speed, iterating in real time, and scaling combat power without delay. That’s why we are building a true high-low mix of frigates, small surface combatants, and fully integrated unmanned systems. Paired with platforms like the new frigate and MUSVs, we’re expanding sensing, distributing targeting, and increasing fires—without locking capability into a single hull. This is how we maintain control of the seas and project power where it matters.

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61,883 views • 5 months ago