By Anthony Marco and Nils Peterson On September 13th, 2025, a Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) vessel entered the restricted waters...
Royal Caribbean canceled all cruise ship visits to its private resort Labadee in Haiti for the remainder of 2026, extending...
A U.S. Coast Guard Veteran, Jose Martinez, was wrongfully detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in the...
By Dmitry Filipoff CIMSEC recently engaged with the commander of the Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), RDML T.J....
By Spike Dearing From the moment we leave our homeports, the ships of 7th Fleet live under the shadow of...
By Dmitry Filipoff Last week CIMSEC published submissions sent in response to our Call for Articles on whether U.S. Navy...
SWO Specialization Week By Mike Fierro As a SWO, my career included serving as the Surface Commander Detailer and CRUDES...
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the Rotterdam cruise ship operated by Holland America Line (HAL)...
SWO Specialization Week By Gerry Roncolato Introduction “Despite the remarkable developments in military technology, despite the weapons and machines which...
SWO Specialization Week By Chris Rielage SWO specialization was a good idea for the last generation of officers, but time...
A twenty-two year-old man from Huntsville, Alabama, was arrested for possession and transportation of child pornography at Port Everglades on...
SWO Specialization Week By Scott Mobley Specialization debates are hardly new to the U.S. Navy or the Surface Warfare Officer...
SWO Specialization Week By MIDN 1/C Jeffrey W. Jaeger, USNR Since 1899, the U.S. Navy has used a generalist career...
A sixteen-year-old girl aboard a Carnival cruise ship was allegedly sexually assaulted by another teenager who was arrested by the...
SWO Specialization Week By LCDR JR Dinglasan, USN Introduction To win the fight against a peer adversary, the navy’s surface...
Two American cruise passengers have been charged with rape after allegedly swapping places to deceive a woman into having sex...
SWO Specialization Week By Rob Watts The debate over whether Surface Warfare Officers (SWOs) should be “generalists” or “specialists” is...
By Dmitry Filipoff This week CIMSEC is publishing submissions sent in response to our Call for Articles on whether U.S....
A seventy-seven year old passenger reportedly went overboard from Holland America Line’s Nieuw Statendam in the early morning hours of...
By Dmitry Filipoff In the past year, numerous authors wrote for CIMSEC to offer useful insights and analysis on a...
