Navy Says It Needs a Budget, Not a Stopgap Funding Bill, to Meet China Threat

The USS Gerald R. Ford Navy aircraft carrier is launched in 2017. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan

As the United States’ forward-deployed military force, the Department of the Navy and its Marine Corps deal with daily provocations from the “seabed to the stars” across the globe.

Contending with an expanding Chinese navy in the South China Sea, responding to North Korea’s missile launches, and staying on station in the Black Sea despite Russian harassment, these are familiar missions for sailors and Marines in the face of agitation in hot spots across and above the planet.