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The Unwitting Fleet

By Eva Prokofiev Thousands of commercial and private vessels transit the world’s oceans daily, broadcasting positional data, transmitting communications through...

Why America Needs a Four-Ocean Navy

By Derek S. Reveron Rethinking America’s Strategic Map When Americans think about how the United States engages the world, we...

OPERATION HIGHMAST: UK EASTERN DEPLOYMENT FOR A “TWO-CARRIER NAVY”

By David Scott Operation Highmast, running from April to November 2025, took a UK Carrier Strike Group (CSG), led by...

Driving Toward Distributed Maritime Operations: Getting the Navy Out of Its VLS Hole

By Peter Kouretsos The Department of War is addressing its critical shortfall in precision munitions, but it also needs more...

Turkey’s Air-to-Air Drone Test and the Logic of Middle-Power Alliance Stress

by Lawrence J Kaiser In late 2025, Turkey conducted a successful test of an air-to-air missile launched from an unmanned...

Norovirus Outbreak Sickens At Least 153 People on Star Princess

On March 12 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that 104 passengers and 49 crew members are...

Sailor’s First – Aligning the Leadership Continuum

By CAPT Paul W. Nickell, USN, MA, MBA The Sailor is the Navy. No Navy is better than its Sailors....

The United States Can’t Deter China Without Allied Shipyards

By Patrick M. Cronin and David Glick Introduction Industrial endurance and allied integration are indispensable to making deterrence-by-denial against China...

Mass Drones to Save Missiles: A High–Low Mix for the Pacific

By Connor Keating  The future of conflict in the Western Pacific will hinge on sustaining firepower over vast distances with...

Can an Interagency Task Force Work in the Arctic?

By Jeffrey Kucik and Veronica De Allende An increasingly accessible Arctic raises questions about U.S. responsibilities in the region. There...

Enduring the Storm: Reflections on the U.S. Navy’s “Fat Leonard” Scandal

By Rear Admiral Bruce Loveless, U.S. Navy (Ret.) Heavy Seas Heavy seas do calm with time. Yet long after headlines...

Useful Lemons

By Jason Flores Rutledge Introduction The People’s Republic of China (PRC) represents a strong threat to the United States due...

The Billionaire Who Built a Cruise Empire — and Bankrolled Jeffrey Epstein

For a decade, Leon Black quietly built one of the largest cruise lines in the world. As CEO of Apollo...

Archers Need Arrows: Deficiencies in U.S. Submarine Munitions

By Alana Davis In 2023, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) wargamed a conflict between the United States...

Taiwan’s Layered Air Defence and the Calculus of Deterrence

By Guarav Sen In any future Taiwan Strait conflict, the opening phase would be decisive – not because it guarantees...

Fire on World Legacy Kills 1 Crew Member, Injures 4 Passengers

A fire broke out on the World Legacy cruise ship on Friday, February 20, 2026, killing one Indonesian crew member...

A Concept of Operations for Achieving a Navy Fleet of 500 Ships

By Captain George Galdorisi The U. S. Navy stands at the precipice of a new era of technology advancement. In...

Royal Caribbean Cruise Passenger Arrested on Freedom of the Seas for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials

A passenger on Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas was arrested on Tuesday at PortMiami for possession of cell phone...

Royal Caribbean Board Member Tom Pritzker Invited Jeffrey Epstein Aboard Ship in 2011, Epstein Files Show

Newly released documents from the Epstein files show disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein maintained close relationships with prominent figures connected...

Optimizing Reactor Plant Maintenance: The Case for Shipboard SLMs

By: LT P.J. Greenbaum and LT Vince Freschi Introduction Operational availability is the Nuclear Navy’s bread and butter, yet shipboard...