Part of Phelan’s plan for the Navy is to rebuild the “hollowed-out maritime industrial base,” which he told lawmakers is ...

Rear Adm. Kevin Smith was relieved from leadership of the program office by Dr. Brett Seidle, acting assistant secretary of ...

Navy chief John Phelan calls for some much-needed accountability in the Navy and for the government to work with him to ...

John Phelan’s tenure as Secretary of the Navy is likely to be one of the most important in recent history. On Tuesday, the Senate confirmed American businessman and investor John Phelan as the ...

WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he is nominating businessman John Phelan, one of his former campaign donors, to serve as his United States Secretary of the Navy.

The most recent Navy secretary, Carlos Del Toro, was a retired Navy officer who served for more than 20 years. Phelan is the founder of several investment firms and serves on the board of Spirit ...

If confirmed, he might even prove as impactful a Navy secretary as some of his most distinguished predecessors. The global role and national necessity of American sea power made such prescient and ...

If confirmed, Phelan would be the first Navy secretary without military experience ... a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader and current philanthropist, and they have one daughter, Makenzie Moon ...

He tapped businessman John Phelan to serve as his United States Secretary of the Navy. Phelan ... a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader and current philanthropist, and they have one daughter ...