By J. Overton Dr. Emma Salisbury joins the program to discuss her essay, “From Hulls to Pods: Why NATO’s Navies...
Last week the Department of Transportation (DOT) published its quarterly cruise crime data for Q4 2025. The data followed similar...
By CDR Chase E. Harding, USN Introduction The balance of power in the Indo-Pacific is shifting rapidly as China’s shipbuilding...
The Department of Transportation (DOT) reported 44 crimes across all cruise lines in Q4 of 2025. Royal Caribbean led the...
By T.X. Hammes Over the past five years, numerous articles have called for increased U.S. defense resources focused on the...
A passenger went overboard from the Star Breeze while the cruise ship was sailing off the Marquesas Islands in French...
A young man was found deceased aboard Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas while the ship was in port in...
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...
