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Multiple Royal Caribbean Cruise Passengers Arrested in PortMiami on Drug Charges

The Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office (MDSO) arrested five men on various drug charges on Sunday, February 1, 2026. The men...

27 People Sick on Seven Seas Mariner: First CDC-Reported GI Outbreak of 2026

At least 27 people are sick on the Seven Seas Mariner with a gastrointestinal (GI) infection, according to the Centers...

Russia’s Strategic Brown Water Capabilities: A NATO Blind Spot?

By Helge Adrians Russia is working to integrate inland waterways more deeply into its deterrence and defense posture. In Western...

Leading the Digital Fight: How the Navy’s IW Community Must Innovate to Win

By Shane Halton and Adam Reiffen “When companies spend millions of dollars on new information technologies but don’t change anything...

U.S. Coast Guard Rescues Luxury Cruise Ship Trapped in Antarctic Ice: VIDEO

A luxury cruise ship became trapped in thick Arctic ice in the Ross Sea on January 17, 2026. The cruise...

Washington’s Misplaced Shipbuilding Obsession

By Colin Grabow In a year dominated by sharp partisanship, numerous lawmakers improbably united around the revival of America’s commercial...

Sea Control 595: China’s Command Revolution with Elsa Kania

By Brian Kerg Dr. Elsa Kania joins the program to discuss her dissertation, “China’s Command Revolution,” which examines the reforms,...

Sea Control: 594: From Hulls to Pods with Emma Salisbury

By J. Overton Dr. Emma Salisbury joins the program to discuss her essay, “From Hulls to Pods: Why NATO’s Navies...

Cruise Crime Data Doesn’t Add Up: Carnival Reports Lowest Incidents Since Pandemic

Last week the Department of Transportation (DOT) published its quarterly cruise crime data for Q4 2025. The data followed similar...

Trilateral Shipbuilding: Build a Missile Corvette Fleet with Asian Allies

By CDR Chase E. Harding, USN Introduction The balance of power in the Indo-Pacific is shifting rapidly as China’s shipbuilding...

Cruise Ship Crime Report — Q4 2025: Royal Caribbean Leads All Cruise Lines

The Department of Transportation (DOT) reported 44 crimes across all cruise lines in Q4 of 2025. Royal Caribbean led the...

The Arctic is a Strategic Distraction

By T.X. Hammes Over the past five years, numerous articles have called for increased U.S. defense resources focused on the...

Passenger Goes Overboard From Windstar Cruises Star Breeze

A passenger went overboard from the Star Breeze while the cruise ship was sailing off the Marquesas Islands in French...

27-Year-Old Found Dead on Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas in Singapore

A young man was found deceased aboard Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas while the ship was in port in...

Charting a Course: Addressing Chinese Maritime Coercion Around Taiwan

By Anthony Marco and Nils Peterson On September 13th, 2025, a Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) vessel entered the restricted waters...

Royal Caribbean Cancels All Cruises to Labadee, Haiti for 2026

Royal Caribbean canceled all cruise ship visits to its private resort Labadee in Haiti for the remainder of 2026, extending...

U.S. Veteran Wrongfully Detained by CBP Agents on Carnival Cruise

A U.S. Coast Guard Veteran, Jose Martinez, was wrongfully detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in the...

RDML T.J. Zerr on Strengthening Surface Force Lethality

By Dmitry Filipoff CIMSEC recently engaged with the commander of the Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), RDML T.J....

Cosmetics versus Combat: Inspect for Warfighting Over Rust

By Spike Dearing From the moment we leave our homeports, the ships of 7th Fleet live under the shadow of...

SWO Specialization Week Concludes on CIMSEC

By Dmitry Filipoff Last week CIMSEC published submissions sent in response to our Call for Articles on whether U.S. Navy...