The National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) is often deemed part of the mothball fleet, and it boasted 2,077 vessels in 1950. These numbers fell to 274 by 2003 and plummeted again to 91 by 2021 ...

The National Defense Reserve Fleet program started in 1946 at the end of World War II. At the time the Navy had a huge surplus of vessels from the war, and Suisun Bay became one of eight places ...

An M1 Abrams tank comes off the ramp of the MV Cape Washington, a Ready Reserve Fleet cargo vessel. The equipment arrived at the port in Vlissingen, Netherlands, on March 27, 2022, in support of ...

About 85% of all U.S. military cargo is currently housed in the country, said Capt. Douglas Harrington, who is responsible for the operations and management of the National Defense Reserve Fleet ...

With the CRAF and its maritime equivalent — dubbed the National Defense Reserve Fleet — as models for how to take advantage of commercially-owned capacity in times of need, the Space Force is in the ...

Dec. 8—WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted 350-80 Thursday to approve the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, which the Senate will now consider. U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd ...

President Trump’s National Security Team will hopefully soon be assembled and one of its first tasks is to create a National Security Strategy (NSS,) reflective of how the new administration ...

Air National Guard director Lt. Gen. Michael Loh has also backed leveling the fighter fleet to strike a more even balance of jets across the service’s components.

About 85% of all U.S. military cargo is currently housed in the country, said Capt. Douglas Harrington, who is responsible for the operations and management of the National Defense Reserve Fleet ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Maritime Administration is pursuing a three-pronged approach to update and grow the nation’s surge sealift capacity, according to its leader Ann Phillips, but ...