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Toward a Navy Fatigue Management Program

By Dr. John P. Cordle, Captain, USN (Ret). The first week of June 2026 marked a seminal event in the...

Guam’s Logistics Capacity Must Be Increased

By Crispinus Lee and Joe Schwartzstein Guam is the westernmost territory of the United States in the Pacific region. The...

Three GI Illness Outbreaks in Seven Weeks — When Will the CDC Shut Down the National Geographic Sea Bird?

Lindblad Expeditions’ National Geographic Sea Bird suffered its third CDC reported gastrointestinal (GI) illness outbreak since May 2026, this time...

Regal Princess Crew Member Dies After Going Overboard Near Cancún

A crew member died after going overboard from the Regal Princess during the early hours of Monday, July 13, 2026....

Norwegian Cruise Line Lands at the Bottom of Consumer Reports Satisfaction Survey

Norwegian Cruise Line finished last among 19 ocean cruise lines in a new Consumer Reports satisfaction survey based on responses...

Performance Is Not Endurance: Sustaining Combat Power in Contested Operations

By Captains Al Collins and Kevin Eyer Now…and Then Recent naval operations in the Red Sea and the Strait of...

Congress Needs to Fix Navy Posture Statements

By Bruce B. Stubbs The Problem Every year the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) submits a posture statement to Congress....

Covert Maritime Intelligence and Russia’s Shadow Fleet

By Catherine Marie Abbott Introduction It is widely documented that Russia has leveraged various threat vectors to employ coercive and...

Atlantis Events Cruise Turned Away by Egypt After Turkey Previously Blocked Ship

An LGBTQ+ chartered cruise has been denied entry into two countries in the Middle East in less than a week....

The Grid is the Arsenal: Power Wars and the New Foundations of Military Strength

By Morgan Bazilian and Jahara Matisek Just as oil fueled the mechanized warfare of the 20th century, electricity is becoming...

Virgin Voyages Crew Member Arrested After Sexually Assaulting Passengers

A 26-year-old Indian national was arrested and charged with two counts of abusive sexual contact aboard a cruise ship, according...

The Cost of Abandoning Taiwan: How Appeasement Leads to an Outcome Far Worse Than Defeat

By Josh Richards and Joseph Hanacek A Cause Worth Losing For Foreign policy debates are often framed around a single...

Iran War Series Concludes on CIMSEC

By Dmitry Filipoff In the last two weeks, CIMSEC featured writing submitted to our Call for Articles on maritime conflict...

American Naval Mines Can Be Decisive Against Iran

Iran War Topic Week By Commander Ronald E. Swart, United States Navy (Retired) and Scott C. Truver, PhD President Donald...

Convert Merchants into Unmanned Ships to Manage Risk in the Strait of Hormuz

Iran War Topic Week By Alexander Lott, Kristjan Tabri, and Angela Sooba Introduction Reportedly, approximately 20,000 seafarers on board some...

The Hormuz Strait Crisis Confirms Nodal Control Will Dominate Maritime Geopolitics

Iran War Topic Week By Ludovico Domini Introduction The 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis exposes the inadequacy of some classical...

Norovirus Outbreak on Ruby Princess Sickens Over 100 — Third Princess Cruises Outbreak in 2026

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a norovirus outbreak on the Ruby Princess during its June 12...

Second Norovirus Outbreak Hits National Geographic Sea Bird in One Month

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reporting another norovirus outbreak aboard Lindblad Expeditions’ National Geographic Sea Bird,...

Pregnant Fin Whale Found Dead on Bow of Royal Caribbean Ship in Alaska

A dead pregnant fin whale was found draped across the bow of Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas when the...

The Iran War Highlights New Realities and Changing Paradigms

Iran War Topic Week By Paul Viscovich, CDR, USN (Ret.) After four months into the conflict, Iran is defiantly refusing...