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• National Guard officer candidates push through amid challenging conditions

  National Guard officer candidates have been fighting the heat, humidity and affronts to their physical endurance since arriving in East Lyme last Friday for the 67th Officer Candidate School at Camp Nett and Stones Ranch Military Reservation.

• Defense Spending Bill Promises Historic Support For Submarine Production Courtney Says

  Proposed defense spending approved by the U.S. House of Representatives includes a historic level of support for submarine construction and procurement and would help lay the groundwork for future production of three nuclear submarines a year, according to Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District.

• Connecticut needs thousands of skilled workers to build nuclear submarines

  Rep. Joe Courtney on Thursday convened General Dynamics Electric Boat representatives and others to review the work of the region’s workforce pipeline churning out a rising number of nuclear submarines

• US Navy awards Sikorsky $879M contract for CH-53K helicopters

  The U.S. Navy has awarded Sikorsky a contract to build nine more CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopters, with language added into the contract to continue bringing down the cost of the aircraft as the firm gains production experience.

• SASC Adds Six F-35s To FY22 NDAA Splits With House

  House and Senate lawmakers are headed for a clash over the Defense Department’s troubled F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program — with leading senators pushing the Air Force and Navy to buy more planes in fiscal 2022, while the just-passed House defense policy bill threatens cutbacks to service buys if the fighter’s enormous sustainment costs can not be wrestled down.

• Nautilus leaves Submarine Force Museum for $36 million preservation project

  The Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, was towed Friday afternoon from its home at the Submarine Force Museum upriver to a pier at the Naval Submarine Base, where it will undergo an estimated $36 million preservation project.

• President Joe Biden delivers commencement address at Coast Guard Academy in New London

  The U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduated 240 ensigns at Cadet Memorial Field on Wednesday, in a commencement ceremony that included an address from President Joe Biden and marked more of a return to normalcy after last year's ceremony went virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Courtney Renamed Chair of Navy Oversight Panel

  U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, has been reappointed chairman of the congressional subcommittee with oversight over a broad range of Navy and Marine Corps programs at a time of great demand for submarines in U.S. national security policy and as a new presidential administration takes over.

• USS Delaware families get holiday visit from first lady Jill Biden

  Family members of submariners on the USS Delaware got a visit Thursday from first lady Jill Biden and Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, at a festive holiday gathering that United Through Reading hosted at the U.S. Submarine Veterans Club.

• The Coast Guards eye in the sky Civil Air Patrol monitors ice

  About 1,500 feet in the air in clear blue skies, the focus is down below.

• Coast Guards Eagle moving to City Pier in New London

  The Coast Guard barque Eagle has secured priority docking at City Pier that will allow it to call New London’s waterfront home for at least 20 years.

• Waterford moves forward with demolishing abandoned marina

  Two abandoned docks adjacent to the condominiums on Scotch Cap Road are set to be demolished.

• US Department of Education adopts Courtney recommendations on student loan forgiveness

  The U.S. Department of Education has adopted policy changes pushed by U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, that will help service members gain easier student loan forgiveness.

• Submarine Base Commander Embraces Vaccine in Battle Against COVID-19

  As commanding officer of the Naval Submarine Base, Capt. Todd Moore’s job is to prepare sailors and submarines to go to sea.

• Electric Boat Facing More Work Than At Any Point In Companys History

  A demand for more advanced and stealthy U.S. submarines, driven by continued investments by China and Russia in their undersea fleets, means Electric Boat is facing more work than at any other point in the submarine builder’s history, president Kevin Graney said.