Report to Congress on Taiwan, U.S. Relations
The following is the May 23, 2024, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Taiwan: Background and U.S. Relations.…
Romney’s Navy Plan
This week in a speech in Virginia, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney talked about his plan to build a 350-ship…
Navy, Marine Corps Reprogramming Clears Way for Nuclear Refuelings to Continue
The future of certain Navy and Marine Corps programs remain in doubt while a temporary legislative funding measure takes effect…
Clearing Syrian WMDs Means 75K Troops and Massive Air Strikes
In July, Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid Mullalem declared that Syria’s stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons would go unused in…
U.S. Leading Largest Mine Exercise in Recent Memory
Sea mines are historically the most dangerous threat to naval vessels. Since World War II, 15 U.S. Navy ships have…
Sebastian Junger: Tim Hetherington Didn’t Have to Die
U.S. Naval Institute’s Fred Schultz spoke with journalist and documentary filmmaker Sebastian Junger on Sept. 24 about Junger’s new organization…
Smaller U.S. Fleet Requires a Pacific Focus
This article is a response to “Atlantic Naval Forces Have a Future,” written on Sept. 10, 2012 by J. Randy…
The Sinking of the Sydney
As more information comes in from the Sunday attack on Camp Bastion, Afghanistan more and more news outlets are calling…
Outgoing Fleet Forces CO: ‘I Could Have Done Better’
More than a decade ago, Navy leaders decided to abandon historic standards for ship-manning levels and for shipboard maintenance, supposedly…
Secrets in the Open: Publishing Uncle Sam Didn’t Like
The Pentagon indicated it will pursue legal action against Matt Bissonnette for his first hand account of the raid that…
Seasick: Our Acidic Oceans
Proceedings, Sept. 2012 Carbon dioxide . . . it’s what makes our soft drinks zesty and champagne . . .…