
Our PB24 request contains a substantial 5.2% pay raise for military and civilian personnel while we expand access to mental health care and provide significant resources towards the prevention of sexual assault and harassment.įor ship construction, the Department requests to procure an additional nine battle force ships: one Columbia-class submarine, two Virginia-class submarines, two-Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, two Constellation-class guided-missile frigates, one John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler, and one submarine tender.

We also added nearly two billion dollars to our weapons programs, investing in critical munitions and supporting multi-year procurement contracts. Research & Development increases by nearly a billion dollars, investing in modernizing our warfighting capabilities across all domains. Our request funds both private and public sector ship maintenance to 100%, with a focus on increasing capacity and retaining highly skilled labor at our public shipyards. PB24 resources the second Columbia-class submarine, our nation’s most survivable leg of the nuclear triad, and resources an on-track delivery of the first vessel in FY28.


The Commandant’s Force Design directs that we continue to build the Marine Corps as our nation’s expeditionary crisis response force.Īligned with Secretary Austin’s three priorities, our request demonstrates the Department’s commitment to providing a ready, modernized, and capable naval force that continues to be the nation’s primary instrument of sea control both now and into the future. The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) provides the direction for maintaining the world’s preeminent naval force as an investment in the security and prosperity of the United States – a security that has supported the global economy since World War II.
