Tag: Coast Guard

OMNIBUS SPENDING BILL GIVES US NAVY $21 BILLION FOR SHIPBUILDING AND $16 BILLION FOR MORE AIRCRAFT

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55) transits the Mediterranean Sea. Stout is on a scheduled deployment supporting U.S. 6th Fleet operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Christopher B. Stoltz/Released)

Sourced : USNI News By: Megan Eckstein House and Senate appropriators reached an agreement to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year that includes a $593-billion defense spending package to allow the Navy and Marine Corps to continue with planned ship and aircraft procurement and readiness increases. This bill represents a compromise… Continue reading OMNIBUS SPENDING BILL GIVES US NAVY $21 BILLION FOR SHIPBUILDING AND $16 BILLION FOR MORE AIRCRAFT

THE EUROPEAN BORDER AND COAST GUARD AGENCY HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED

Today the European Border and Coast Guard Agency is being officially launched, less than a year after it was first proposed by the Commission. The launch event takes place at the Kapitan Andreevo Border Checkpoint at the Bulgarian external border with Turkey and includes a presentation of the vehicles, equipment and teams of the new… Continue reading THE EUROPEAN BORDER AND COAST GUARD AGENCY HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED