Archive: Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan
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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.
Archive: Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan896,712 views • 6 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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.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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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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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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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.
Archive: Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan253,278 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.
Archive: Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan255,294 views • 6 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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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 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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. President Donald J. Trump historic FY27 budget delivers $65.8B for Navy shipbuilding—+46% over FY26, +123% over FY25. To be a superpower, a nation must be a seapower—and this is the opening move to strengthen American maritime dominance. We look forward to working with Congress to execute—topline into tonnage, appropriations into readiness and the Golden Fleet Initiative into the Fleet of the Future .
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“Far and away, the most important weapon onboard these ships is the American Sailor." -Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan ‘Raizin’ Caine I could not agree more, Chairman Caine!! Our platforms are the apex predators of the sea, but make no mistake, it is our U.S. Navy Sailors and U.S. Marines Marines who make them unmatched. I'm incredibly proud of our naval warfighters operating 24/7/365 in the CENTCOM AOR and around the globe. BZ! Watch The Joint Staff 🇺🇸 remarks on our forward-deployed forces below. ⬇️
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.President Donald J. Trump has been clear: America will dominate the seas. The U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines deliver the combat power that deters our enemies, protects our way of life, and secures the homeland. Adm. Caudle, Gen. Smith, and I recognize that the heart of our naval force is not found in the Pentagon, it starts at home - it is in the family and friends who support them. Our Nation's safety, prosperity, and the values we hold dear are upheld by the strength of our military families. Thank you for standing behind our warfighters.
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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
Archive: Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan122,291 views • 6 months ago
Ronald Reagan said the only thing more expensive than having a Navy is not having one so at the end of the day, we do need to spend more on defense. POTUS ’s defense budget announcement today showed his commitment to increasing our investment in national security. That’s how we build the Golden Fleet, restore American naval dominance, and enter a new Golden Age of American manufacturing.
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Across the globe, every minute of every day, the U.S. Navy-U.S. Marines team is protecting the American way of life. The tenacity, grit, and determination of our Sailors aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and USS Abraham Lincoln were emphasized this morning by The Joint Staff 🇺🇸 Gen. Dan Caine. These men and women serve an integral role within U.S. Central Command’s joint force, standing side by side to form the shield that guards the homeland.
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